William Crawforda photography exhibition by American photographer William Crawford Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting - May 20, 2023 April 26, 2023 William Crawford 18 street life photos taken from 1985-2015 by William Crawford. William Crawford was one of the first photographers to gain access to postwar Vietnam in 1985 and he continued to return at regular intervals for a period of thirty years. As an American witnessing the devastation and sorrow of war he was compelled to show the humanity that coexists with deep suffering. Sensitive to the subtle nuances of everyday life and the customs of the people in this exotic land, he documented the life of the Vietnamese as it evolved over three decades. The artist became entranced with the streets of the old quarter in Hanoi which revealed all manner of arts and crafts and the traditional lifestyles of the Vietnamese. Revisiting the same sites repeatedly gave the artist entrée into intimate moments in time as the country shifted from a post war mentality struggling to advance to a thriving metropolis emerging as a model for economic growth in SE Asia. As he worked over the years the photographer formed friendships with the local people as they went about their daily lives. With the years passing over 3 decades, his photos became a diary of one man’s efforts to reconcile with the past and heal the wounds of war with the simple humanity of acknowledging the dignity of the human spirit. Tender intimate moments in life, a bodybuilder toning his physique, young men sharing confidences over a cup of tea, the beauty of a dedicated altar honoring all that came before, become testimony to the strength of the human spirit and the ability to overcome great adversity with compassion, love, and insight. All of the photos were shot on film which also highlights the transition of a time-honored medium that makes way for the digital age, just as the landscape of the city itself must make way and yield to the current times. Suzanne Lecht ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Nguyễn Huy AnA solo exhibition by NGUYỄN HUY AN 02.06 - 15.06.2018 Calculus Exercise #6/5 - June 15, 2018 June 2, 2018 Nguyễn Huy An Calculus Exercise #6/5 is Huy An’s second solo exhibition since 78 Rhythms - his first solo show at Galerie Quynh in Saigon in 2014. Known for his quiet, powerful paintings, installations and performance pieces, Huy An’s practice tends towards a minimal way of expression, using dark materials sourced from everyday life with an association to memories and personal experiences. In this exhibition, Huy An shows small, simple, serene and poetic paintings on Dó paper portraying iconic rural sceneries alongside a continuation of his intriguing experimentation with conceptual writings. Inspired by landscapes or historical relics in the North of Vietnam like Tản Viên Mountain or Hoan Kiem Lake or Phủ Giày and by lingering memories and symbols associated with countryside folktales, like the betel nut, spinach fences, the shadow of a buffalo or a village hall, originating from the Red River Delta, Huy An's conceptual texts work as a visual archive of his memories and histories that relate to the social and political context of Northern Vietnam. The vague, hopeless yet unquestionably determined acts described with every single sentence manifests the artist’s nostalgia for the old days as well as a melancholic irony as a response to the fast change of the country. The exhibition is an intricate poetic journey where the artist himself wanders through time and space and the past and the present, while delving into the culture and history of the country. *This exhibition is part of Manzi’s art programme supported by the Danish Embassy. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Trương Công TùngA collaborative installation by plants, insects, earth, water, ash, air... and Trương Công Tùng A state of absence... Words out there - January 30, 2022 December 17, 2021 Trương Công Tùng We are here, right in the presence of things being seen, being heard, being known, and right in your imagination... A state of absence... Words out there. This can be interpreted as transfiguration of a land, a river, a forest, as a change in the scenery, a portrait, and as a metamorphosis of an insect, an animal, or a community. The concept of ‘absence’ propounded here concatenates various states of ‘non-appearance’ of the natural world connecting with how it became non-present in the human mindset and the social behaviours of everyday life. This work is a collaboration between living beings, natural substances like: plants, insects, earth, water, the souls.. and the elements commonly labelled man-made, such as: engines, motors, the camera, electric lights.. Throughout this whole process, the human involvement is merely an intermediary role, serving as a link or a conveyor, that assists the probabilities of operation for both natural and artificial elements. By this installation, the artist, once again goes through that passage, just like many times before - the passage between life and death, between waking and dreaming, between sanity and madness, reality and illusion, between insect and human, between the earth and skin and flesh, between forest canopies and bare hills, between the lost lands and perished states, between nameless places and unknown destinations,...In a move to have a grasp of the subject matter, to create a depiction, to reiterate the words which could not be precisely heard, wholly sensed and fully comprehended just by passing only once; after all, there will be another chance for us to listen, to look into their words, tune in to their thoughts, their souls and their sadness. Words out there, a harmony between machine, nature and human beings, or rather a confession of the conversion and rebirth of beings which were not, are not, and would not become human at all. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Dan DrageA show by DAN DRAGE 14.05 - 28.05.2017 A Sifted Gaze... - May 28, 2017 May 14, 2017 Dan Drage Including a series of sculptures and silk paintings, A Sifted Gaze invites audience to see everyday objects in a new way, in the value of their form, in their repeating patterns, in the beauty of their line, in the interplay between the individual objects, in the collective whole which together they create. About the artist: Born in Colorado, USA, in 1978, Dan Drage graduated from Milligan College in 2001 with a degree in Visual Arts and Humanities. He and his wife relocated to Hanoi, Vietnam in 2006 as Vietnamese language students. In 2010 they joined the German NGO Allianz Mission, and continue to work alongside the local team. Dan has the joyful situation of being able to spend half his time with the NGO helping communities in various forms of poverty, and half his time making art. In June Dan and his family will relocate to Scotland for a year while he completes a masters’ degree in art and theology at the University of St. Andrews. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

oil/acrylic Lê Thanh Tùng biography Born in 1989 in Hanoi, graduated from the Bejing Academy for Fine Art in 2015 (MA course), Lê Thanh Tùng has been seen in Vietnam as one of the most potential painters. As an artist with multicultural background, Tung’s works focus on cultural conflicts and hierarchy in society. Since his return to Vietnam in 2015, Tùng has participated in different prestigious exhibitions in Korea, Japan and China. Tung lives and works in Hanoi works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Broken AC LÊ THANH TÙNG 2022 150 x 70 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Tiger on the moon LÊ THANH TÙNG 2024 50 x 40 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Pastel LÊ THANH TÙNG 2022 50 x 40 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Seal on the moon LÊ THANH TÙNG 2024 50 x 40 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Otter on the moon LÊ THANH TÙNG 2024 50 x 40 cm oil on canvas Enquire related My Zootopia The sky is the same everywhere Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects what's going on at Manzi My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi See more December 28, 2025 Bầu trời ở đâu cũng giống nhau | The sky is the same everywhere See more November 8, 2025 Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025

Titled ‘In spaces of everyscape, at time without end’, his fourth showcase at manzi and his first-ever body of painting using dzo paper as the main medium will present a catalogue of situations. Some of them are common and familiar in his art world, but the majority of other scenarios are quite new and uninvestigated. VUI LÒNG CHỌN NGÔN NGỮ Tiếng Việt CHOOSE THE LANGUAGE English

Jamie Maxtone-GrahamPhotography by JAMIE MAXTONE - GRAHAM 30.03 - 30.04.2013 The Desiring Garden - April 29, 2013 March 29, 2013 Jamie Maxtone-Graham The photography exhibition ‘The Desiring Garden’ showcases a series of fascinating works by Jamie Maxtone-Graham, an American photographer based in Hanoi. Produced within intensely urban Hanoi, Vietnam, the images in The Desiring Garden are the record of a place that exists between the projected and the perceived. "The images in The Desiring Garden prey on the Western perception of the exotic; a Rousseau-like play on an environment – here, the urban center of Hanoi - in which certain indigenous species of plants, some items of human utility and sources of nourishment are presented together in some arrangement alongside people with an uncertain relationship to these objects. The physical view of the people inhabiting the frame, observed within these embellished environments, is that of an outsider; of one who looks upon the scene - but not in - and, in turn, is unnoticed." ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Nhung Nguyễn, Zach Scha sound installation by Nhung Nguyễn and Zach Sch Hồi Sóng - April 7, 2024 March 25, 2024 Nhung Nguyễn, Zach Sch HỒI SÓNG - A research and sound installation project by Nhung Nguyen & Zach Sch The second physical form presented at manzi Opening: 11.00 PM Monday 25 March 2024 On display: 11.00 AM - 07.00 PM (Tue - Sun) from 25 Mar until 07 Apr 2024 Art project “Hồi Sóng", consisting of archival study and sound installation by two Vietnam-based artists Nhung Nguyễn and Zach Sch, is available in both digital form at hoisong.art and physical form at Manzi Exhibition Space. From the original intent of exploring the intangible cultural heritage, specifically the oral history documented in the historical archives, the artist duo adopts sound installation as their medium to explore the relationships between archived information and sound arts. Originally and spanning from the topics centered around the lives of soldiers and workers imported from French colonies in Africa and Vietnam, the project extends to historical brushstrokes of the peoples from Egypt, Algeria, Mali, Martinique and Indochina (composed of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) and their wartime assignments, living conditions, their feelings and memories reminisced 60 years after the end of World War II. Accordingly, the installation work aims to juxtapose the archival materials from the said topics with music and sound designs. The artist duo assesses archives’ respective socio-cultural contexts and their attached literary and musical materials to architect the recordings. While Nhung focuses on the oral recordings, Zach places greater emphasis on sound experiments. Presented at manzi as a second physical counterpart to the online platform (the first installaition was launched at Sàn Art, HCMC in 2021), our display will offer a thrilling reboot of the archive inviting the audience to join us and tune in the sounds, immerse themselves in the radio installation and interact with artifacts of the dim and distant past hardly be told. ________________________ ❗ The project is supported by: The Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam Nguyen Thien Dao Foundation Sàn Art Humboldt University of Berlin ❗ 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 to our friends who have helped us during the research and production of this project: Nguyễn Khiếu Anh,Jonathan Mayers, Mai Phương ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Lương Văn Việt an open studio by Lương Văn Việt Spatium - January 2, 2025 December 20, 2024 Lương Văn Việt SPATIUM - OPEN STUDIO BY SCULPTOR LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT An unprecedented experimentation with space-time-material-form Manzi Exhibition Space, 2 ngõ Hàng Bún, Ba Đình, Hanoi Free Entrance Phase 1: OPEN WORKING STUDIO - from 20 Dec 2024 to 2 Jan 2025 (10.00 AM - 4.00 PM) For 2 weeks, manzi will turn into a working studio where the artist will complete his large-scale sculpture and handle the installation directly. Visitors are welcomed to watch and record throughout the process. Phase 2: OPEN SCULPTURE-SPACE & INTRODUCE THE WORK - from 5 Jan to 19 Jan (11.00 AM - 07.00 PM) The installation-sculpture artwork, whether completed or unfinished, is open to the public and invites interactions. ______________ Spatium is a Latin word, which roughly translates to "space," encompasses many concepts in many different contexts: it can refer to the general place/room of existence, the physical space governed by natural laws, or the area intervened and covered - a significant quantity that must be calculated and considered in architecture and construction. When used in more abstract contexts, the term ‘spatium' serves as the root for notions and theories in social studies or philosophy, referring to the voids, gaps, and factors that define the distance or connection, as well as specific theory in ontology about perception and reality. Spatium by Lương Văn Việt, which literally comes into being right inside Manzi Exhibition Space, is not just a sculptural practice but rather a space-shaping and space-questioning exercise in numerous aspects. This exhibition room that hosted more than 30 different showcases and installations with works of various forms and materials continuously residing and moving out over the last 5 years, inevitably have been marked with all traces of intervention in the space: erecting and demolishing, hanging on the ceiling and digging down the floor. Now, the entire space is flattened literally, all the holes be filled and the marks be covered, all the walls be repainted in white, only white - a thorough stripping and cleaning in a way of going back to the beginning, a return to the pure state: empty and clear. A blank space. It prepares and waits. Large corten steel plates, then are hauled in, bent, and put together into a single artwork hanging on a support system, allowing visitors to walk around, lean down, and look into it. All steps of this procedure are carried out in just one place, which have fused all creative spaces - artist’s studio, installation/construction site and an exhibition room - into a singular existence. By this way, a place will actively nurture and create an object instead of passively waiting to be occupied and taken over. Space determines the structural form and presence of the displayed object; conversely, a piece of sculpture, when moving and adapting in space, also simultaneously rewrites the surrounding rhythm and regulates the breath of that place. In this sense, a sculpture is no longer labeled as a distinct and unchanging unit or a singular presence defined only by shape, weight, and volume against a white background, but rather the space itself, including the container and the contained, the occupied and the blank, the solids and voids, being and nothingness, all constitute a sculpture. Aside from such experimenting with interpretations in work of art, installation & sculpture, this adventure at manzi also unveils numerous possibilities within the gaps that exist between idea and reality, concept and creation , as well as between industrial materials and manual techniques , technical calculations and aesthetic values. The variable is also generated from the approach of Spatium : such the rotation, the duality of creating and exhibiting spaces, and the dimensions of experiences within them. Artist studio - the working environment which used to be determined by the artist's internal, psychological, and private experiences, in this case, have been transformed into an external, social, and public area that is responsive and uncertain. Spatium at Manzi, therefore, is a brave and unconventional endeavour by an audacious artist who believes strongly in the creative process itself. Like a dedicated traveler, Viet walks tirelessly on a journey but not for a final destination; unflinchingly he embraces all the encounters and revelations along the way, whether they come in the form of challenges or setbacks. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

mixed media Nguyễn Đức Phương biography Nguyen Duc Phuong (aka. Phuong Gio) was born in 1982 in Uoc Le - a village specialised in making giò chả (Vietnamese sausages); hence his other namesake, ‘Phương Giò’. After his graduation from the Vietnam Fine Art University in 2007, Phuong spent his time focusing on experimentation, eschewing participation in artist groups or exhibitions. Often uses natural colors originated from soil or flowers and plants for his paintings on dzo paper (a traditional handmade paper), Phương’s works is simple but delicate and full of life. “In all of Phuong’s works, the way he sees the world is saturated with nostalgia, decadence, a mourning for things past but also full of Joie de vivre. Destruction and decay are inevitable in the circle of natural movement but it is also a hope for a rebirth. Overall, that nonchalant, carefree and simple spirit in Phuong’s artistic creations is his statement: Just by being.” Phuong’s most recent notable exhibitions include: ‘ The Foliage 2’ – Vincom Centre of Contemporary Art, Hanoi – 2018; solo exhibition ‘Just by being’- Manzi Art Space, Hanoi – 2017; ‘Looking for the Divine Beings’ group exhibition in the series CRAFTING HOME – Nha San Collective, Hanoi - 2017 works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Year of the Wood Snake NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2024 57 (W) x 68 (L) x 9 (H) cm lacquer on found object Enquire works Pagoda NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2024 64.5 x 33 cm color pigments on dzo paper pasted on canvas Enquire works Salute to Spring NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2024 44.5 x 26 cm color pigments on dzo paper Enquire works How Covid-19 has changed Vietnamese art history - Nguyễn Sáng NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2020 19 x 27,5 cm ink & watercolor on paper Enquire works How Covid-19 has changed Vietnamese art history - Lê Phổ NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2020 19 x 27,5 cm ink & watercolor on paper Enquire works Background check NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2021 40 x 40 cm dzo paper, natural colors, golden & silver leaf Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (12-1983) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (12-1980) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (11-1980) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (8-1981) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (8-1979) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (5-1980) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (5-1982) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (3-1983) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works The Old Master and His Student go swimming in the river NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2024 62 x 43 cm color pigments on dzo paper Enquire works Year of the Dragon NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2024 54 x 28 cm color pigments on dzo paper Enquire works How Covid-19 has changed Vietnamese art history - Trần Trung Tín NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2020 19 x 27,5 cm ink & watercolor on paper Enquire works How Covid-19 has changed Vietnamese art history - Nguyễn Sáng NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2020 19 x 27,5 cm ink & watercolor on paper Enquire works How Covid-19 has changed Vietnamese art history - Nguyễn Tiến Chung NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2020 19 x 27,5 cm ink & watercolor on paper Enquire works A morden folk song NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 84 x 150 cm natural colors & resin from Diospyros lotus on silk Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (12-1981) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (11-1979) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (10-1981) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (9-1981) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (7-1982) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (6-1982) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire works Strive to survive till dawn (4-1982) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2019 20 x 30 cm ink & natural color pigment on old magazine Enquire related My Zootopia The sky is the same everywhere Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects what's going on at Manzi My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi See more December 28, 2025 Bầu trời ở đâu cũng giống nhau | The sky is the same everywhere See more November 8, 2025 Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025

Trịnh CungA solo exhibition by TRỊNH CUNG 12.01 - 20.01. 2015 CONSCIOUSNESS - January 20, 2015 January 12, 2015 Trịnh Cung ‘Consciousness’ featuring Trinh Cung's latest creations with 9 sketches and 7 large size oil paintings will mark the return of one of the most important artists of Saigon before 1975 after more than 20 years long of absence in the local art scene. ‘I haven’t shown my work to public for a long time as I felt depressed with everything I created, so I wrapped them up, locked them in a tube, brought them along with me with the hope to find a heaven, for me and for them. Now at the age of 77, I have realised that my artwork need to be free, they need to be alive and that’s why they are here, at manzi art space today’ - Trinh Cung. By setting up an ambiguous interplay between foreground and background, transforming his canvas into a composition of loose, organic forms, in this series of work, Trinh Cung has created a perpetual motion, candidly confronting themes of identity, sexuality and the fear of loss and abandonment. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

A historical display exploring the attire worn by Vietnamese people throughout 1000 years 23.08 - 09.09.2013 A Study of Vietnamese Costumes in the last 1,000 years - September 8, 2013 August 23, 2013 A collaboration of manzi art space with Nha Nam Publishing House, 'Ngàn Năm Áo Mũ' is a very special historical display of images, paintings and royal costumes exploring the attire worn by Vietnamese people from all levels of society throughout the last 1,000 years. Conducted by the 28-year-old researcher Tran Quang Duc of the Viet Nam Institute of Literature, this study is described as the most comprehensive research ever undertaken on the subject, and was published by Nha Nam Company and World publishing house earlier this year. "It is an absolute blessing that such valuable resources have been published as a book. Up until now, this is most likely one of the most in-depth and into-details studies on the Vietnamese culture and clothing, both locally and internationally." Researcher Trinh Bach, who has spent many years studying traditional culture, especially Vietnamese royal costumes, is one of many experts to praise the book. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)