Ly Hoàng Ly biography Ly Hoàng Ly is a multidisciplinary artist working across poetry, painting, video, performance art, installation and public art. Ly graduated from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts in 1999, received a Fulbright Scholarship in 2011 and earned her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), majoring in Sculpture in 2013. She spent a year from 2013 to 2014 interning at the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (JFABC, SAIC). Ly is the first female visual artist in Vietnam doing performance art and poetry performance. Her installations incorporate a level of performance or activation between subjects and objects that unlock sensual affects in the human-materiality nexus. Ly’s previous works make bodily references to women’s cultural experiences of maternity and ministrations as well as highlight human emotions and our relationship to place and nature. Since 2011, Ly has explored the relationship of freedom and surveillance, inherited trauma, the ephemeral materiality of memory, the dislocation and the importance of community and human connection, the association of the loss of nature and human mortality. Her art raises questions about the general human conditions, the critical states of society, and our shared issues of migration and immigration. It speaks not only on a personal level, but also on a global scale: of (mis)understandings and (mis)placement, of (trans)forming identity and being rootless, of adaptation and acceptance, of division and union, and of being human. Ly Hoàng Ly has exhibited widely in and outside of Vietnam such as ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9)’ at Queensland Art Gallery /Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (2018); ‘APT Selection’ at Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile (2019); ‘Blood, Sweat and Tears’ – START 2017 (Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 2017); ‘Zonas Grises – Grey Zones’ (Museo de Antioquia, Colombia, 2016-2017) In 2017, she open her largest solo exhibition in Vietnam at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, Ho Chi Minh City. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Ashes no. 22 LY HOÀNG LY 2017 30 x 22 cm digital print on aluminium Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

Nguyễn Đình Hoàng Việt biography Born in 1988 in Dac Lac, Viet grew up in Hue and holds a BA in Applied Arts from the Hue University of Fine Arts. Viet is best known for his trompe l’oeil portraits of animals (fish, duck, chicken, crab…) looking peacefully content, trancelike, as if captured by a wonderful dream. Although playfully depicted, the works seriously have us question our eyes, as on closer inspection all the creatures turn out to be dead. His second area of interest is everyday objects – for which he has been producing 2D replicas of things we see and overlook daily with his trademark photorealist precision: broken glass, a bent nail, pieces of paper and a wall crack. However, the obvious and mundane here is made obscure and abstract – not in terms of style but content. Objects perceived to serve a specific function are rendered useless: a painted nail cannot hold a piece of art, a painted crack cannot be fixed, a painted broken piece of glass cannot be swept up. Viet is able to provoke double-edged meanings and interpretations, whilst questioning the role and value of painting. His works are both witty and thoughtful, lighthearted and destructive. His recent notable exhibitions included: “The Language of the Images”: Hungarian – Vietnamese Contemporary Painting Exhibition – Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi & HCMC Fine Arts Museum, Ho Chi Minh city – 2018; ‘?!’ – Solo Exhibition at Manzi Art Space, Hanoi - 2016 works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Abandoned house 2 NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2023 42 x 30 cm oil on photograph Enquire works Giant freshwater prawn NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2023 42 x 30 cm oil on paper Enquire works Contented NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2023 38.5 x 38.5 cm oil and newspaper on canvas Enquire works Sumo NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2023 100 x 71 cm oil and newspaper on canvas Enquire works Two Fish NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2020 36 x 27 cm oil on paper Enquire works Drift NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2018 21 x 16.5 cm oil, pen, pencil on paper Enquire works Abandoned house 1 NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2023 42 x 30 cm oil on photograph Enquire works The Fish NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2023 30 x 42 cm oil on paper Enquire works Escape NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2023 42 x 30 cm oil on paper Enquire works Come in NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2023 42 x 30 cm oil on paper Enquire works Summer NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 2019 12 x 17 cm oil on paper Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

Nghĩa Đặng biography Nghĩa Đặng is a visual artist from Hanoi, Vietnam and currently based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His practice encompasses soft sculpture, installation, and drawing, driven by a concern with psychological processes, memories, fantasies and their aftermaths. Dang’s work has been exhibited in local and international spaces, notably The Factory Contemporary Art Centre (HCMC), Galerie Quynh (HCMC), Sullivan Galleries (Chicago), Richard Koh Fine Arts (Singapore). works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Seed Chart (illustration for Medusa by Duong Manh Hung - First printed in 'Garden of Six Seasons', Kathmandu Triennale, 2022) NGHĨA ĐẶNG 2021 19 x 21.5 cm graphite, colored pencil on archival paper Enquire works Lung Chart (illustration for Medusa by Duong Manh Hung - First printed in 'Garden of Six Seasons', Kathmandu Triennale, 2022) NGHĨA ĐẶNG 2021 19 x 21.5 cm graphite, colored pencil on archival paper Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

Trịnh Nhật Vũ biography Born 1990 in Hanoi, and graduated from the Fine Art University of Vietnam in 2013, in the recent years, young painter Trịnh Nhật Vũ has gained a huge attention from the art community of Vietnam for his amazing technique in oil paintings depicting daily objects and architectures. Vũ has participated in a wide range of exhibition in Vietnam and abroad, such as ‘More than a Monarch’, Thailand; Pulau Ketam International Arts Festival 2014, Malaysia; ‘Propaganda Art Now!’, Hanoi; The 15th International Calligraphy and Painting Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno, Tokyo, Japan. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Genesis 1:3 - and the light appeared TRỊNH NHẬT VŨ 2019 29 x 20 cm pencil on paper Enquire works Pulau Ketam Temple by night TRỊNH NHẬT VŨ 2016 34 x 24 cm acrylic on canvas Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

Lê Công Thành biography Born in 1932 in Danang and graduated from the Vietnam Fine Art University in 1962, Le Cong Thanh is considered the most important sculptor in Vietnam. Having been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, Thanh’s work is included in numerous public and private collections in France, Italy, the US, Holland, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea. Le Cong Thanh is also well-known in the art community for his paintings of the theme of women and love. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Recitation LÊ CÔNG THÀNH 1992 47 x 43 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Wish LÊ CÔNG THÀNH 1999 49 x 43 cm color pigments on paper Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

Lương Văn Việt biography Born in 1977, graduated from the Viet Nam University of Art in 2002, Luong Van Viet is considered one of the best sculptors in Hanoi today. Using minimal shapes and colours to create a sophisticated and elegant contrast, Viet’s works explore and push boundaries between spaces and forms, revealing the philosophy of coexistence and human existentialism. Luong Van Viet’s notable solo exhibitions include: ‘Sense’ – Manzi Art Space – 2016; ‘The way of metal’ - 2008, ‘The Doors - 2010, ‘The Narrow doors’ - 2012, he also took part intensively in different international group sculpture exhibitions works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Door LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT 2013 23 x 14.5 x 3.5 cm Wood Enquire works Underneath LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT 2013 7.5 x 8 x 12 cm Aluminium Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

Lãng Đỗ biography Born in 1986, Do Thanh Lang received his Bachelor of Fine Art from the Ho Chi Minh University of Fine Art in 2011. The fact of belonging to the generation of young Vietnamese born at the turn of Đổi Mới and coming of age into a brave new open-market economy, has impressed itself on Lang’s artistic practices, particularly his featured themes of freedom and transgression. Drenched in blazes of bold shapes and colors, Lang’s paintings involve faceless figures and hypnagogic settings evocative of Italian giallo films. The situations and actions depicted range from being unsettling to downright grotesque, their significance not immediately obvious. However, such ambiguity at play throughout openly invites viewers to weave individualities into these psychedelic backdrops, at the same time hints at the inevitability of universal history repeating itself. Lang states, “Practicing art is an excitement. There is always spontaneity, accidents and elements of surprise that go beyond my imagination. Emotion is a necessity to an artist. It needs to be captured and flourished. An uncontrollable burst of energy is always my creative premise. Ideas and images will eventually take place. Painting remains as a mysterious language, full of energy, and has profound content and philosophy” works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Hard-boiled wonderland LÃNG ĐỖ 2021 20 x 20 cm acrylic on F.O panel Enquire works Wanted to tease girl bathing in a stream, boys encountered a gangster sister LÃNG ĐỖ 2016 42 x 42 cm acrylic on pp paper Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

One Planet - July 28, 2013 July 6, 2013 Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng A collaboration of manzi art space with Galerie Quynh (HCMC), 'One Planet' is a solo exhibiton by visual artist Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng - one of the most important young artists in Vietnam. ‘One Planet’ features Hùng's new sculptural installations which was on show in Ho Chi Minh City early this year and a series of his paintings that the artist himself refers to as 'Mauvais Gout' (‘bad taste') entitled ‘We’ve been here’. Drawing from his own personal history growing up in a cramped Soviet style apartment block in Hanoi, Hùng reflects on the idea of community, the conflicts that exist within and without constructed societies, and the complexities of civic development and individual responsibility. How is a community defined? Is the traditional idea of community just hollow rhetoric or an ideal that can evolve and adapt to modern day Vietnam? Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng confronts these issues with his trademark irony and humor highlighting the oftentimes absurdity of human behavior and endeavor. 'One Planet' in Hanoi is supported by the Prince Claus Fund for Culture & Development ARTWORKS GALLERY https://www.facebook.com/notes/1734658223368105/ OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Phạm Khắc Quang biography Pham Khac Quang was born in 1975 in Hai Duong Province, and graduated from the Graphic Art department within the University of Fine Art in Hanoi in 2002 and has since been working as a graphic artist. Beginning with traditional woodcuts printing, Quang gradually moved to experiments with a variety of material from ceramic to glasses and stainless steel. He has established himself as one of Vietnam’s most proficient, diverse and established printers, he creates evocative artworks with a strong personal narrative and connection; finding beauty in what others could perceive as the ordinary. Quang has collaborated and participated in a vast number of group shows throughout his career and dedicated his practice to produce four exceptional solo shows: ‘In Vitra +’ – Manzi Art Space, Hà Nội – 2019; ‘Shape of Round’ – Goethe Institut, Hanoi – 2017; ‘Breath’- woodcut installation in Emages Festival, Aarhus, Denmark – 2013; ‘Contemporary Scenario’ – Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi - 2011 works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Early morning PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 80 x 60 cm woodcut print on paper Enquire works The Garden Corner PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 80 x 60 cm woodcut print on paper Enquire works Absorbed in nature PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 28 x 19 cm linocut printed on inox tray Enquire works Rustling PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 28 x 19 cm linocut printed on inox tray Enquire works Round 1 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2017 30 x 30 cm Woodcut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Round 4 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2017 30 x 30 cm Woodcut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Quiet countryside PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 30 x 50 cm woodcut print on dzo paper Enquire works Compatriot #3 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 50 x 70 cm woodcut print on dzo paper Enquire works Barcode 12 (edition 5) PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 30 x 30 cm linocut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Metropolis no. 1 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 113 x 132 cm linocut print on paper Enquire works Alone PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 80 x 60 cm woodcut print on paper Enquire works Place of peace PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 28 x 19 cm linocut printed on inox tray Enquire works Winter is coming to town PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 28 x 19 cm linocut printed on inox tray Enquire works Villager #5 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2017 25 x 40 cm woodcut print on paper Enquire works Round 3 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2017 30 x 30 cm Woodcut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Hen-house PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 30 x 50 cm woodcut print on dzo paper Enquire works Compatriot #2 PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2014 50 x 70 cm woodcut print on dzo paper Enquire works Barcode 13 (edition 5) PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 30 x 50 cm linocut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire works Barcode 14 (edition 5) PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 2018 30 x 30 cm linocut print on fired glass at 760°C Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

on our pathway vol. 4 - September 30, 2023 September 8, 2023 Lê Xuân Tiến 𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐖𝐀𝐘 - 𝐕𝐎𝐋.𝟒 an open studio by an emerging moving-image artist Lê Xuân Tiến 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆: 06.30 PM Friday 08 Sep 2023 At Manzi Art Space, 14 Phan Huy Ích, Ba Đình, Hanoi 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 featuring ‘‘𝕊𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕪 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥’ ’ - a series of videos, on view from 09 Sep until 30 Sep 11.00 AM - 07.00 PM (Tue - Sun) At Manzi Exhibition Space, 2 ngõ Hàng Bún, Ba Đình, Hanoi 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲: screening short ‘𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕪 𝕕𝕒𝕪’ followed by an artist talk 03.30 PM 01 Oct at Manzi Exhibition Space, 2 ngõ Hàng Bún, Ba Đình, Hanoi ‘On our pathway’ is an on-going series that Lê Xuân Tiến has been working on since the end of 2019, up until now, 3 volumes have been completed. In the upcoming open studio at manzi, Tiến will introduce the latest developments of this project - Volume no.4 which he described as “born from a concept of a man lying inside a frozen lamb bone, in the snow”. The volume is composed of two bodies of works - a twin named ‘Snowy Night’ & ‘Sunny Day'. ‘Snowy Night’ consists of 14 videos arranged as a multi-channel installation while ‘Sunny Day’ is a 30-minute short film. ARTWORKS GALLERY "𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡, 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠. 𝐼 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑢𝑝 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚: "𝑂𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑤𝑎𝑦." - Artist’s statement about his project ___________ >>> https://onourpathway.wordpress.com/ >>> https://lxtien.wordpress.com/ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ 📝 [VOLUME NO. 4 ] Snowy night awaiting for Sunny day >>> writing for the open studio OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Hồ Hưng biography Born in 1981 in Hue, after graduating from the Art University of Hue in 2005, Hồ Hưng attended a series of training courses on water colour paintings in Japan and Thailand. Hồ Hưng has been considered one of the best water colour painters in Vietnam and his works have been exhibited widely in Vietnam and other countries in the region. Hồ Hưng’s solo exhibitions such as ‘The trees and the sun’ (2011), ‘Water Colour’ (2013) and ‘Monsoon’ (2014) have been highly acclaimed by local public and international audiences. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Golden spring of canola blossom HỒ HƯNG 2023 40 x 30 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Confederate rose HỒ HƯNG 2023 40 x 30 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Landscape of Hue Citadel #1 HỒ HƯNG 2023 40 x 30 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Hometown HỒ HƯNG 2015 30 x 20 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Countryside 2 HỒ HƯNG 2015 30 x 20 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Still Life of mangosteen HỒ HƯNG 2015 30 x 20 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Ninh Binh landscape HỒ HƯNG 2023 40 x 30 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Landscape of Hue Citadel #2 HỒ HƯNG 2023 40 x 30 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Midland Scenery HỒ HƯNG 2021 25,5 x 15,5 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Countryside 3 HỒ HƯNG 2015 30 x 20 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Countryside 1 HỒ HƯNG 2015 30 x 20 cm watercolor on paper Enquire related what's going on at Manzi

I will come to see you with a visual story - March 23, 2014 March 19, 2014 Trần Trọng Vũ Images and languages are used as tools for human expression. They both are often being put together and sometime act as integral part of each other in order to bring multi-meanings & answers for an object. Read the images and see the words, write a picture and draw and essay – we can call these the jobs of both art-makers and art-enjoyers. Read the images with words might be a fascinating way to break away from the images. Search for images in words can also be a nice suggestion to go beyond the words. ‘I will come to see you with a visual story’ will show to the audience the first part of Trần Trọng Vũ’s new art project, in which language and visual aspect are results of a series of extraordinary facts. This visit will also introduce other artworks of the project under the possible forms of litrature and visual art. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)