Tạ Huy Longan open studio by Tạ Huy Long My Zootopia - March 1, 2026 December 28, 2025 Tạ Huy Long Timed with the gentle cold of late winter and the festive anticipation of the year’s end, Manzi gladly presents My Zootopia , an open studio by Ta Huy Long . The exhibition space is transformed into a vivid, story-filled world—arched gateways, narrative paintings, glowing glass objects, and handcrafted furniture shaped like creatures from myth and memory. Known to many as a celebrated book illustrator, Ta Huy Long here unveils a rare, comprehensive view of his creative universe, patiently built over more than twenty years. Paintings, watercolors, original book sketches, functional furniture, and the artist’s own working desk come together in one space, revealing a continuous movement of his creative practice between drawing and object, imagination and study of material. Characters once living on paper—crickets, fish, horses, toads—gradually demand physical bodies. They reappear as trunks, cabinets, lamps, and mobile chests made from wood, leather, metal, and glass—objects designed not only to be seen, but to be used, touched, and worn by time. Through daily life, these works accumulate memory and quietly continue their stories. At the far end of My Zootopia , another narrative opens. Inspired by the life and legacy of Alexandre Yersin —scientist, explorer, and quiet visionary—Ta Huy Long turns to a different kind of storytelling. Moving beyond illustration, he develops The Whale Song , a graphic novel authored and drawn by himself, blending historical research with imagination and myth. This journey continues into three-dimensional form: illuminated chest covered with historical maps and a luminous whale crafted with stained glass where Yersin’s voyages merge with coastal legends and seafaring dreams. My Zootopia is shaped by a delicate balance between childlike wonder and rigorous craftsmanship. It is not a finished fantasy, but an inhabitable world—solid, tactile, and open-ended. As Glenn Gould once wrote, “The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.” This is the spirit that animates Ta Huy Long’s Zootopia: a world that endures, and an on-going adventure continues to unfold. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Duo Siedl/Caoa five-channel video and sound installation by the artist duo Siedl/Cao The Fifth Cardinal Direction - March 2, 2025 February 14, 2025 Duo Siedl/Cao The Fifth Cardinal Direction Birth, Love, Work, Coming of Age & Death a five-channel video and sound installation by the artist duo Siedl/Cao. Time: 11.00 AM - 07.00 PM from 14 February to 02 March 2025 Venue: Manzi Exhibition Space, 2 Ngõ Hàng Bún, Ba Đình, Hà Nội Free Entrance *** Please note: We can only accommodate a maximum of 6 audiences each slot Expanding upon their critically acclaimed music-theater work of the same name — premiered at the Hanoi Opera House and subsequently presented in Rotterdam and Vienna — this installation reimagines their theatrical work within a new medium and spatial framework allowing a shift in the relationship between spectators and performer. Despite the average 8-second attention span today, each video consists of a continuous shot, with the performer maintaining her posture for the entire 8-minute duration. The artwork invites the viewer to pause and to step out of the fast-paced, fragmented rhythm of contemporary life and to engage with the larger temporal structures of human existence. At the heart of the installation is a solitary figure, whose age and subtle movements embody her humanity. Her voice, the sole audible element in the space, resonates with the essence of each life chapter, inviting viewers to contemplate the emotional and existential themes at play. The deliberate silence between each sound event creates a long arch of time, similar to that found in nature, such as the time between bird’s song or between dawn and sunset. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

silk Nguyễn Trang Ngà biography Graduating from Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 1997 and receiving a Master's degree in Painting in 2006, Nguyen Trang Nga is known as one of the most outstanding silk painters nowadays in Vietnam. Throughout 20 years of diligently practicing in silk painting, consistent with the Asian figurative and composition, Trang Nga has built her own characteristic style: delicate feminine yet full of dynamic dominant traits, especially her choice of colors - vivid hues juxtaposed with the sombre shades. Her paintings, mostly still life, captured a frozen moment of fleeting time and invisible whispers of the nature. Flowers and plants take a center stage in Trang Nga’s works, presented with all kinds of nuances: sometimes shy and timid as of the first buds of a season, sometimes glowing, gorgeous as the flowers in full bloom, otherwise decayed, withered as if suffered from ill-treat of the mist and the wind. Either joyful or gloomy, exuberant or sorrowful, the flowers of Trang Nga mesmerized the viewers with their own melancholic beauty, though pure, sweet and poetic, they are softly humming the rhythm of death and cycle of life. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Clouds sauntering, Breeze fluttering NGUYỄN TRANG NGÀ 2024 61 x 61 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works The window at the side of Tuyền Lâm lake NGUYỄN TRANG NGÀ 2019 40 x 40 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works Still Life NGUYỄN TRANG NGÀ 2024 40 x 80 cm watercolor on silk 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

Nguyễn Đức Phương Nguyễn HàA Light art installation by NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG & NGUYỄN HÀ 05.07 - 09.08.2020 Xem Đêm Càng Đêm - August 9, 2020 July 5, 2020 Nguyễn Đức Phương Nguyễn Hà "...In the distance the stars Nearby, fireflies..." – Phung Cung Manzi is pleased to present ‘Xem đêm- Càng đêm’ – a light art installation by visual artist Nguyen Duc Phuong (aka Phuong Gio) and architect Nguyen Ha. Divided into 2 different sections over a 4 week period, like 2 chapters of a novel, the light installation Chapter 1 - ‘Xem đêm’ and Chapter 2 – ‘Càng đêm’ is an intriguing combination of architecture and visual art, reflecting the similarities between the artist and the architect in the process of recreating space and form. Inspired by the traditional culture of the Northwest Mountains and the Northern Delta, ‘Xem đêm – Càng đêm’ comprises a series of 5 installations composed of 180 lamps in the form of everyday objects often found in rural areas such as bamboo baskets, ax blades, earthen cooking tripods and flint stones… as well as items used in spiritual activities in the Northwest Mountains such as bamboo cards, seals, stamps and fish-shaped wooden tocsins. The combination of traditional materials such as Dzo paper, cloth, indigo, coal and copper together with modern industrial materials like cast aluminum, composite and steel creates an unexpected visual and functional effect in the works in this exhibition. Like the poetry collection “Xem đêm” by Phùng Cung*, from which the exhibition borrows part of its name, the installation ‘Xem đêm – Càng đêm’ can, in a way, be seen as an act of ‘memory gathering’, an attempt to elucidate the nature of the night, its silence and its darkness. The exhibition will open at 18:30 on Sunday, July 5th at Manzi’s exhibition space, 2 Ngo Hang Bun street. Admission free *Phung Cung (1928-1997) is a famous Vietnamese poet and writer. His poetry collection ‘Xem đêm’ is a despairing but beautiful compilation of memories of the countryside of northern Vietnam. 'Xem đêm - Càng đêm' is part of Manzi’s art programme, supported by the Goethe-Institut. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Lương Văn ViệtA solo sculpture show by LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT 05.06 - 05.07.2016 SENSE - July 5, 2016 June 5, 2016 Lương Văn Việt Sense is Luong Van Viet’s 7th solo exhibition, marking a new chapter in his artistic journey. Unlike any other conventional sculpture show, Sense is designed to not only incorporate Manzi’s existing architectural features, but also to manipulate its dual function. It asks where Manzi - as an art and exhibition space - ends, and Manzi - as a café and space for social interactions - begins? Sense acts as an invitation for the audience to come into contact with the work using all of their senses. They can, for example, walk around and/or through the work, look at them from afar, or come closer and pick them up for a more intimate inspection. “I hope to offer the audience a sense of freedom. The freedom to physically experience the characteristics of the materials: the warmth of wood, the heaviness of stone and the coolness of metal. The freedom to compare and judge the similarities and differences in terms of composition and distance between the works. The freedom to create their own narrative and relationship with art. The freedom to sense what is real” – the artist stated. *The exhibition is part of Manzi’s art programme supported by CDEF of the Danish Embassy ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

silk Nguyễn Cẩm Nhung biography Born & raised up in Hanoi, Nguyễn Cẩm Nhung is currently doing her final year at Vietnam Fine Arts University. Choosing silk as the main medium, Nhung's practice focuses on the fascinating equilibrium of nature, as the first step of the likely worth-expecting process of exploring what's in essence of life - the death. She has participated in numerous group shows and was awarded the second prize at her university's competition this year. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Tiny no.3 NGUYỄN CẨM NHUNG 2024 25 x 25 cm watercolor on silk 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

mixed media Đinh Thị Thắm Poong biography Born in 1970 in a Muong minority family, Dinh Thi Tham Poong went on to study at the Hanoi Fine Arts College and graduated in 1993. Poong combines images from her own Muong heritage with a surrealist visual landscape imbuing her canvases – both formally and emotionally - with quality which can be described as utterly unique and completely global. Pure flights of the imagination fuse with concrete details from daily life creating canvases that work and play in the ethereal landscape of the mind. Utilizing a pattern uponpatterninaflat palette of color on traditional Dzo paper, the artist creates a world at once introspective and surrealistic. Depictions of ethnic minorities juxtaposed with flat decorative pattern are flights of imagination fused with normal daily life, they are but one destination point in this versatile artist's work. Tham Poong’s works are held in the collections of the Singapore Art Museum, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works I will love you till the winds don't blow ĐINH THỊ THẮM POONG 2020 59 x 77 cm mixed media on dzo paper Enquire works Xoe Dance ĐINH THỊ THẮM POONG 2014 77 x 107 cm mixed media on dzo paper Enquire works Our love, may it be as everlasting as hardwoods ĐINH THỊ THẮM POONG 2018 73 x 103 cm mixed media on dzo paper 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

ink/watercolor Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng biography Hung was born 1976 and graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 2002. He belongs to the second generation of avant-garde artists in Hanoi and has been making extensive contribution and impact on both the local and international art scene ever since he emerged in the early 2000s. Hung makes art that reflects the comical situations arising from the rapid yet piecemeal processes of domestic urbanisation and modernisation. As a multi-disciplinary artist, he is equally at ease painting as he is creating large-scale installations or exploring performance art. Hung’s particular realist style encompasses a distinctive sense of playfulness and humour that sets him apart from previous generations of artists. Hung has exhibited in a number of notable regional and international exhibitions, including: ‘The Age After Divinity’- solo exhibition, Manzi Art Space, Hanoi – 2018; ‘Into Thin Air’ – the public art project, Manzi Art Space, Hanoi – 2016; ‘Asia Young 36’- Jeonbuk Museum, Korea – 2016; ‘Where is The Enemy’- solo exhibition, Negative Space Gallery, Ohio, USA- 2015; ‘Mien Meo Mieng/Contemporary Art from Vietnam’ – Umeå University, Sweden – 2015; the ‘7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ - Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art - Brisbane, Australia, ‘One Planet’ - Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City and Manzi Art Space, Hanoi - 2013, ‘Living Together in Paradise’ - Goethe Institute, Hanoi - 2011,‘Connect: Kunstzene Vietnam’ - ifa Galleries, Berlin and Stuttgart - 2009. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Flying Vehicle NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2023 21 x 29,6 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works All Aboard (Cetiya) NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2023 21 x 29,6 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Out of the box NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2019 60 x 100 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Snail in the Basket NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2018 50 x 50 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Welcome the Turtle NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2017 50 x 35 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Soldier with a rifle NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2015 21 x 29.6 cm pencil on paper Enquire works Soldier & Snail NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2015 17 x 28 cm print on paper Enquire works All Aboard (Church) NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2023 21 x 29,6 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Greenfly is sick NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2020 100 x 100 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Patrol with the Snail NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2018 75 x 75 cm oil on canvas Enquire works Lunch time NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2018 40.6 x 30.5 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Soldiers with a Jeep NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2015 21 x 29.6 cm inkpen, watercolor on paper Enquire works Off-road NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2014 75 x 55 cm print on paper Enquire works letirailleur de Annamite NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 2016 21 x 17 cm print on paper 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

Nguyễn Minh ThànhA solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 09.12.2017 - 08.01.2018 No & Meaning - January 8, 2018 December 9, 2017 Nguyễn Minh Thành In collaboration with Art Vietnam Gallery, manzi art space presents 'No & Meaning' - the solo show marking Minh Thanh's return after half a decade. Long known in the art community for his thoughtful, introspective musings of self, Thanh presents his life in all its simplicity and honesty. After 10 years of seclusion living a solitary, meditative life in the hillside of Dalat, Thanh has reduced his art to a simple expression of his happiness. As the artists says, "Before, when the beauty appears, I feel happy. Now, when I am happy, the beauty appears". ARTWORKS GALLERY ARTIST STATEMENT --- "No " means nothing. "Meaning " means there is something that could be understood in our mind. In the world of thought, the word "no" has almost no value. If we put these two words together, we have a word that most people are afraid of: "no meaning" or "meaningless". People only care about meaningful words, something that makes sense....but in the world of beauty, it's different, the beauty is transferred to our eyes by space. The word "no", besides the negative or denial meaning, also means "space". If there is no space, there is truly nothing then. Then we also can say that we can only feel the true beauty when there is nothing happening in our mind. For a period of time, I practiced observing my thoughts and realized that most of them were trash. Then I let them go. They were truly my sorrow and the very thoughts which were meaningless while I misled myself from one thought to another. Certainly while I am writing this down I have to think, thanks for that! Life will be much more beautiful if we only use our thinking when it is truly necessary. Recently in my paintings, I paint whatever I feel like, no subject, no idea, no concept, no idealism... I paint as if I am learning how to paint. Before, when the beauty appears, I feel happy. Now, when I am happy, the beauty appears. The reason for this difference is that my mind was occupied too much by my thoughts. Thinking and ideas are the very things that make our life complicated and also ruin Art. Visual art now is corrupted because of too much thought. I overheard that Friedrich Nietzsche once said: "you have a purpose, but if you are disabled, even if you can reach your purpose, you are still disabled". Our civilization now is disabled, because most people are living by their thoughts and so few people realize that. Meaning belongs to our thoughts, but beauty doesn't, it belongs to our eyes and our hearts. People are magnifying their thoughts bigger and bigger and then they forget their senses. If life becomes meaningless, it will be so terrifying. But if people know how to let go of their thoughts, that frightfulness will be gone. We will have a life as it should be as itself or as it is, with no dilemma of what is so called meaning or meaningless. And that is life, which is full of feeling, full of love and simplicity. Then our wisdom will grow, then people will have enough energy to be able to step forward and reach beyond the limit of time and matter. That is what I see and I wish my paintings will be seen in that way. - Nguyễn Minh Thành - December 2017 OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Lê Phi LongA solo exhibition by LÊ PHI LONG 27.10 - 21.11.2019 Land of Leisure - November 21, 2019 October 27, 2019 Lê Phi Long “If hunting is a symbol of colonial domination or recurring subjugation, then doubtfulness or irony shall counteract that domination.” – Excerpt from Nguyen Phan Long in “L’Echo Annamite”. ‘Land of Leisure’ – the first solo exhibition by Le Phi Long, one of the most promising visual artists of Vietnam. This is part of Le Phi Long's research project on Indochina in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Taking place at both of Manzi’s spaces, the exhibition features a site-specific installation and a series of paintings created from old archival photos and drawings of wildlife hunting activities in Da Lat during the colonial period. The site-specific installation ‘DALAT’ (Dat Aliis Laetitiam Aliis Temperiem) combines a recording of hoof beats and a single-channel video depicting sunbeams in the forest shifting on the floor of the art space. The sunbeams cast the shadow of a pine forest on the room’s gold-coated surfaces, transporting viewers back to Indochina during the early 20th Century, when the European ideology made its way to a new land in the East. In contrast to the installation, the paintings and illustrations in Le Phi Long's series ‘Hunting as a metaphor for politics’( *) were created in black ink, without backgrounds, on white paper scattered with gold leaves. Through the actions of compounding, recreating, cutting, pasting and smearing these images, Le Phi Long is searching for a way to convert layers of meaning, and to create a reflection of the city of Da Lat. (*)The title is taken from the book 'Imperial Heights' by Eric T. Jennings. This is part of Manzi Art Programme supported by the Goethe Institut. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

ink/watercolor Võ Trọng Hồng biography Hong was born in 1990 in Nghe An and graduated from the Hanoi Architecture University. Trying to capture the fast disappearing landscapes of Hanoi, Hong’s watercolour painting series has been highly appreciated by the art lovers of Vietnam. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works By the bank of Red River VÕ TRỌNG HỒNG 2020 56 x 38 cm watercolor on paper Enquire works Night at Saint - Louis Cathedral VÕ TRỌNG HỒNG 2020 56 x 38 cm watercolor on paper 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

silk Trần Thị Thu Thảo biography works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works T10 Cyphochilus TRẦN THỊ THU THẢO 2022 11 x 11 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works T08 Atlita TRẦN THỊ THU THẢO 2022 11 x 11 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works T02 Sagrafemorata TRẦN THỊ THU THẢO 2022 11 x 11 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works T09 Pyrops TRẦN THỊ THU THẢO 2022 11 x 11 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works T06 Coccinellidae TRẦN THỊ THU THẢO 2022 11 x 11 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works T01 Xystrocera TRẦN THỊ THU THẢO 2022 11 x 11 cm watercolor on silk 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