VU DINH SON
I want to deliver a message of STILL FEELING and CONNECTION in every painting
1970 Born in Tien Giang, the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 1998 Graduated from the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts University. Currently, live and active in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Exhibitions:
1998-2000 National Art Exhibition, Hanoi
2001 “Fish and Son” Solo Exhibition, Blue Space Gallery, HCMC, Vietnam, sponsored by the Ford Foundation
2002 Group Exhibition at Gallery Vietnam, New York, USA
2003 “The New Talents” Exhibition organized by Particular Art Gallery, Metropolitan, HCMC, Vietnam
2003 “New Saigon” Exhibition at Saigon Town & Country Club, HCMC, Vietnam
2003 Group Exhibition at Gallery HKFineArt.com, Hong Kong
2003 Exhibition at Gallery Winsor, Vancouver, Canada
2004 Group Exhibition at Particular Art Gallery, HCMC, Vietnam
2005 Participate in Charity Auction together with French Designer Pier Cardin, at Sheraton Saigon Hotel, HCMC, Vietnam
2006 Started Lacquer Paintings, LO Entrance Gallery, the HCMC Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam
2008 “Vu Dinh Son and his countryside” Solo Exhibition, LO Entrance Gallery, inside the HCMC Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam
2009 Lacquer Show, at MegaArt.com, Korea. “Friends and Family” Solo Exhibition, Lacquer & Oil Gallery, Eden Mall, HCMC, Vietnam
2010 Group Art Show by Averie Galleries, at Sheraton Hotel, HCMC, Vietnam
2011 “Portraits” Solo Exhibition, LO Entrance Gallery, inside the HCMC Fine Arts Museum, HCMC, Vietnam
2012 “Village Houses” Solo Exhibition, LiQhouse – Spirits and Wines, HCMC, Vietnam
Gabriel Heng – http://www.gabrielasianarts.com
Vu Dinh Son, born 1970 in Tien Giang in the Mekong Delta area of Southern Vietnam, is a graduate of the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts University in 1998. Having spent a large part of his childhood in the Mekong Delta area, Son chooses to express his artwork through the lenses of simplicity and childhood memories. He adores the countryside lifestyle around the Mekong River and shares these emotions with his audience through subjects of family, nature and the interaction between the two in most, if not all of his paintings.
Son is an expressionist artist who prides himself with high standards of craftsmanship and creativity. He has participated widely in both solo and group exhibitions in Vietnam, USA, Canada, Japan and Hong Kong, and continues to explore opportunities to share his artworks with the rest of the world.
‘During my visit to Ho Chi Minh City’s LO-Entrance Gallery I was immediately drawn to two portraits by artist Vu Dinh Son. What struck me was the firm and confident glance of the two androgynous creatures as well as the combination of natural colors with a splash of exuberant red. On closer examination you discover a mixture of traditional Vietnamese painting techniques with egg shell, silver leaf and lacquer on board as well as natural dyes. It was an impulse to buy these two portraits which I have not regretted since.’