ONCE UPON A TIME

Biography :
1949:        Born in Bac Ninh province (19/01/1949)
Nguyen Thanh Chuong (THANH CHUONG)
1956:        Began painting from the age of 7
1960:        Entered the Hanoi Fine Arts College
1966:        Served in the army
1974:        Worked as a painter, and illustrator for Thong Nhat Journal
1975:        up to now, work as the main painter for Van Nghe Weekly.
EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS :
1956:        The first work Alluber Cock – gold prize in the Painting  Competition of  International Children, England
1973:         The third prize of the Hanoi Painting Exhibition
1974:         Exhibition of Illustration for Publications in Hanoi
1985:         National Painting Exhibition in Hanoi
1987:         Hanoi Artists  Group Painting Exhibition
1988:         Hanoi Artist Painting Exhibition – Hanoi Art Museum
1994:         Painting Exhibition in China Asian Art Painting Exhibition in Hong Kong, the second prize for Graphics by the
Plastic Artists Association of Vietnam. Solo Painting exhibition – Red River Gallery, Hanoi
1995:         Exhibition of Vietnam Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, London, England. Exhibition “Vietnam Open” –
Copenhagen, Denmark. Exhibition of Paintings, Yokohama, Japan
1996:         Painting Exhibition, Seoul, Korea. Exhibition of Hanoi Painting –   Center of Introduction and Change for Arts in
Hanoi. Ten Hanoi’s Artists Exhibition  – Namson Gallery, Hanoi
1997:         Exhibition “A Moment from Hanoi” – Duc Minh Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Exhibition  “The Changing
Face of Hanoi ” – Hong Kong. “Vietnam Selecton” – Namson Gallery, Hanoi. “Contemporary Art in Hanoi” –
Hanoi & Osaka, Japan. “Aspiration” – Daweoo Hotel, Hanoi & Namson Gallery, Hanoi. “Thanh
Chuong’s Paintings ”
Vietnam Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. “Vietnamese Sensibility” – Hien Minh Gallery, Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam. “Gold Paintbrush” – Faber Foundation, Castell, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. “Nostalgia” –
Sofitel Metropole Hotel & Red River Gallery, Hanoi. “A New Morning” – The Hanoi Fine Arts College
1998:          Exhibition “With Heart & Soul & Mind” – World  Art Centre, SoHo, New York. “Vision from Hanoi” – Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam. “Vietnamese Sensibility”  – Germany. “Vision from Vietnam” – Prudential’s Collection Five
Contemporary Vietnamese Painters – Vinh Loi Art Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
1999:         Celebration of Life” – London, England. Exhibition of International – Korea. “The Color of Vietnam” – New World
Hotel, Vinh Loi Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. “The 4th Vietnamese Contemporary Art Exhibition ” – Art U
Gallery,  Osaka,
Japan. The Exhibition of Vietnamese Painting ” – Seoul, Korea. Two Contemporary VietnamesePainters
Exhibition – Tatkamasu & Tokyo, Japan; The Lacquer World of Thanh Chuong” – Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi.
Thanh Chuong’s Lacquer Painting ” – Art U Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2000:         Exhibition in Switzerland
2001:         The painting “Love” was chosen by the United Nations  to make a stamp and symbol for the Year of Volunteers
2002:         Group Exhibition – Jakarta, Malaysia. Group Exhibition – Belgium
2006:         Solo Exhibition – Consulate of Vietnam, San Francisco, USA. Group Exhibition – Victoriano Palazo, Rome, Italy.
Completed his biggest artwork – An Installation, Live Museum. Named “Thanh Chuong’s Vietnamese art soul”
2007:         Good morning Vietnam, Good morning Korea” – Art Exhibition – Samsung, Cultural Exchange Centre, Seoul,
Korea.