Le Quang Ha

Le Quang Ha was born in Hanoi in 1963 and graduated from the Hanoi Industrial College of Fine Arts in 1992. Le Quang Ha avoids traditional, academic subjects in his art, and instead chooses to address issues that many artists prefer to overlook or even ignore in their work. There is much vitality, meaning, and social critique in the brutal honesty of his art. With its ironic comments, his art addresses subjects, which the young generations of Vietnam are confronted with. The works present a sophisticated discourse on the clashes between tradition and the modern values of contemporary Vietnam.

In Vietnam, his art is still regarded as an outburst within the official and social framework. Nevertheless, it is the very controversy that he arouses which has become the leading indicator of the importance of his art. Le Quang Ha has participated in several exhibitions in Vietnam. He has also taken part in shows in Germany (1992, 1996, 1997), China (1993), Switzerland (1996, 2001, 2004), Hong Kong (1997), Japan (1998), USA (1998, 1999, 2006), Korea (1999), Indonesia (2001), and Great Britain (2005). His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan and the Singapore Art Museum.

He owns a pub lounge called « The factory » on Pub street in Hanoi. « Quang Ha wants Factory to be a place for budding artists. He invites them to display their art, as well as providing them somewhere to hang out, watch films and live music ».

• Career of Le Quang Ha

  Born 1963 in Hanoi
  
  1970 Student of Young Pioneer's Club; Autodidact in painting
  1986-1989 Ho Chi Minh City Branch of HanoiIndustrialFineArtsUniversity
  1989-1992 Hanoi IndustrialFineArtsUniversity
  1992 BA from Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts University (designer)
  
  Member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association
  
  1987     National Exhibition of Young Painters - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  1990-1991        Fine Art Exhibitions in Hanoi, Vietnam
  1992     Bronze medal at Hanoi Fine Art Association Exhibition
                    Group Show of Ten Vietnamese Painters at the French Culture Center - Hanoi, Vietnam
                    Group Show of Young Painters - Berlin, Germany
  1993     Bronze medal at Hanoi Fine Art Association Exhibition
                    Group Show of Vietnamese Paintings - Beijing, China
  1994     Bronze medal at Hanoi Fine Art Association Exhibition
                    Group Show of Young Painters, Song Hong Gallery - Hanoi, Vietnam
                    Group Show: War and Revolution at the National Fine Arts Exhibition
  1995     Silver medal at Vietnam Fine Arts Association Exhibition
                    Solo Show at Vinh Loi Gallery - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  1996     Group Show - Zurich, Switzerland
                    Group Show - Berlin, Germany
                   Group Show: Second Painting & Sculpture Exhibition of Young Artists - Hue, Vietnam
  1997     Group Show: The Changing Face of Hanoi - Hongkong
                    Group Show - Berlin, Germany
                    Rencontre with Oliver Passieux – Hanoi, Vietnam
  1998     Group Shows in New York, Boston and California, USA
                    Group Show at the Fukuoka Modern Art Museum - Fukuoka, Japan
  1999     Group Show - Seoul, Korea
                    Group Show - Boston, USA
  2000     Second Prize Winner in the National Fine Arts Exhibition
  2001     Solo Show in the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum – Hanoi, Vietnam
                    Participated in the Internation Fine Arts Workshop - Hanoi, Vietnam
                    Represented Vietnam at the ASIAN Art Awards (Philip Morris Prize) - Bali, Indonesia
                    Group Show – Zug, Switzerland
  2002     Launched website www.lequangha.com
                    Group Show Vietnam Art Actuel at Centre d’exposition de l’Université de Montréal – Montreal, Canada
  2003     Participated melbourneconnectionasia 2003 – Melbourne, Australia
  2004     Solo Show: Le Quang Ha at l’Espace (French Culture Centre) – Hanoi, Vietnam
                   Group Show at Hotel Arte – Olten, Switzerland
  2005     Group Show: The Ten Courts of the Kings of Hell, Vietnam Past and Present at Backside Gallery - London, UK
  2006     Group Show: Nam Cao va Hoi Hoa at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum – Hanoi, Vietnam
                    Participated in Hue Festival – Hue, Vietnam
                    Group Show at the Fielding-Lecht Gallery - Austin, Texas, USA
  2008     Solo Show: Altered Faces at Thavibu Gallery – Bangkok, Thailand
                    Launched the new website www.lequangha.com
  October 2012 Solo exhibition 'blinded realism' in HCMC



• Gallery of Le Quang Ha

  

  LQH86, 1994, 105x75cm

  

  LQH85, 1993, 75x105cm

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