An art-in-public project for Hanoi | Dự án nghệ thuật cho công cộng của Hà Nội. Taking artwork out of the galleries and onto the streets. Turning viewers into co-creators. WHAT: 1 city 10 site-specific, contemporary artworks 10 public spaces. Into Thin Air A public art project A public space is a space that does not belong to anyone, but at the same time, to all. It is a site that doesn’t just hold its inhabitants’ history and memory, but also reflects their personal and collective identity. It is a place that is often neglected or forgotten, but has the potential to become a zone for creativity and freedom. About “Into Thin Air” is a long-term public art project, initiated and curated by Manzi Art Space with a view to building awareness and appreciation for art – particularly contemporary art – among the public, to helping artists develop independent practices whilst encouraging their involvement in social development within the current context of Vietnam. Into Thin Air takes art and creativity outside of its conventional comfort zones (i.e. the museum, gallery, art space etc.) and into public spaces. For the project, all participating artists were asked to consider their everyday urban spaces, or places in Hanoi that are significant to them and their community, and create artistic interventions for the spaces. The artists were also asked to take into consideration the city’s historical, political and social characteristics, to be more open and socially engaging, and to make works which encourage the public to participate or interact with it. For the project, The first edition of Into Thin Air took place successfully from 9 to 19 April 2016 in Hanoi. Ten artworks and projects in the form of site-specific/context-responsive installations, interactive video works and sound installations were placed around Hanoi. A smartphone app was created, functioning as a “treasure map” to aid the audience in “hunting” for and getting information about the works. Following the success of the first edition of Into Thin Air, the second installment continues to explore the core format of the project. It also furthers and broadens its scope by tackling a different type of public space: the Internet. Into Thin Air’s 2nd edition includes a series of virtual artworks (virtual installations, performances, sound-walks and video arts) which will exist permanently in 10 of Hanoi’s public spaces. Audience can view/ interact with a given artwork through a free online application using augmented reality (AR) technology which can be downloaded to their phone or tablet. All artworks exist virtually yet are only accessible at a particular site. This 2nd edition looks to promote the diversity of cultural expression to reiterate the importance of creating an enabling environment that encourages individuals and society as a whole to get access to and enjoy a wide range of cultural activities. Explore Participating Artists See more Nguyễn Huy An Born in 1982 in Hanoi and graduated from the Vietnam Fine Art University in 2008, Nguyen Huy An is considered one of the most dynamic and innovative artists of his generation. Huy An’s work has been a process of trying to dig into the darkness of psychology. Most of his projects have been underpinned by an obsession with memory and the complexities of a pessimistic perspective. From installations, performance art to paintings and sculptures, Huy An’s works are highly acclaimed by international art critics and curators for their introspective, simple and strong concepts. Tạ Minh Đức Born in 1991 in Hanoi, Tạ Minh Đức graduated from the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema in 2014. His work questions notions of existence, human relationships, isolation of the individual, latent violence and domination. Jamie Maxtone-Graham Jamie Maxtone-Graham is a photographer and filmmaker who formerly worked in NY and LA. He is a Fulbright Fellow and has lived in Hanoi since 2007 with his wife and daughter working in a diverse practice of image making and occasionally running workshops. Vũ Ngọc Khải Khải is a professional dancer and choreographer who has been studying and working in Vietnam and Europe. Khải studied at the Dance School of Hanoi and in 2006 gained a full scholarship from the Holland General Consulate to study at the Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. One year later, he gained a scholarship from the company for a special course focusing on training dancers and choreographers. Huy Trần Born to an artistic family, Huy Trần decided to pursue a professional dance career at a very young age. A 2006 graduate of the Vietnam Dance College, he worked for the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) and was eventually awarded a scholarship from Cinevox Junior Company in Switzerland where he studied until 2011, He then started to perform at the Ballet Hagen Theatre and the National Mannheim Theatre – Germany. He is currently working for the Pfalztheatre Kaiserslautern as a dancer and choreographer. Cao Thanh Lan Cao Lan is a versatile musician, she was trained as a classical contemporary music pianist (by Pierre-Laurent Aimard) in Cologne’s and in Brussels’ Conservatories, but finds her main interest in sound. She has been experimenting with analogue synthesizer, amplified objects, prepared marxophone, daxophone and low-tech electronics. Gregor Siedl Gregor Siedl was born in Vienna, Austria. He is deeply engaged in the field of experimental and improvised music. Through his explorations of extended techniques, preparations on the saxophone, clarinet and the use of extra-musical instruments such as game-calls and water, he has developed a unique voice in music. Gregor won first prizes as best improviser at the international music competitions XL-Jazz and Gent Jazz festival. He has been involved in experimental music, jazz and multi-disciplinary projects with performers, visual artists and artificial intelligence. Trí Minh Trí Minh started his career as a performing artist in the early 1990s, when he co-initiated Hanoi’s first jazz band, which performed for years in various venues across Vietnam’s capital. In the late 1990s, Trí Minh started experimenting with electronic music through collaborations with international artists performing as a solo artist and in various forms of collaborations in Vietnam and Europe. See more Maritta Nurmi Maritta is a Finish artist based in Hanoi. Her 25 years in Vietnam, together with an education in Finland both in natural sciences and visual arts have merged into an alchemist-like metallurgic experimentation in painting. Maritta equally enjoys exploring other genres of art, including ceramic art, wearable art, public art and community based art projects. She has exhibited in numerous countries across 3 continents. Nhung Nguyễn Nhung Nguyễn has been creating sonic waves in Hanoi’s underground music scene for the last couple of years. In addition to her solo projects, she has teamed up with artists working across various media and from around the world to add audio elements to visual experiences. Since 2014, Nhung has been releasing music under the project Sound Awakener and eventually under her real name. She has worked with labels such as Time Released Sound [US], Unknown Tones Records [US] Soft [FR], Flaming Pines [UK], Fluid Radio [UK] and Syrphe [Germany]. Christian Grothe Christian Grothe is a musician and music producer based in Berlin. He is producing and performing music under the alias Kryshe and collaborates with many artists, such as the trio Unland. His work combines trumpet, guitar and his voice with live electronics to create sound pieces for exploration and deep listening. Every piece is based on the use of improvisation and experimentation, to produce a variety of moods from soft and dreamy to dark and distorted. See more Nguyễn Oanh Phi Phi Born in Houston in 1979, Phi Phi Oanh received her BFA at Parsons School of Design (2002) and a Masters in Art and Investigation at the University of Madrid Complutense (2012). In 2004, she received a Fulbright Grant to study lacquer painting in Hanoi. Since then, Vietnamese lacquer has become central to her work, which focuses on its potential as a painting medium to convey memory or reflection, examine current theories of the image and expand into more experimental methods and scale. 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Nguyễn Ban Ga biography Nguyen Ban Ga (b.1979, Hanoi) studied at Vietnam University of Fine Arts. He is a co-founder of Hanoi Link – a pioneering video art group in Hanoi in the early 2000s – and a member of Nhà Sàn Collective, the first artist-run experimental art space in northern Vietnam. Ban Ga’s earlier practice combined a range of media, from painting and performance to video art, revolving around personal memory, history, and the grip of ideology in contemporary society. Recently, he shifts to hand-craft and design as the anchors of his artistic language, and experiments with the materials bound closely to the artist’s own memory and private life, to test the limits of the material, as well as how they stage a story and lend it weight. He has taken part in numerous local art projects, including 'ripples of the day' - solo show at Manzi Art Space, Hanoi - 2026; “6 v 12”, the group open studio at Manzi Art Space, Hanoi – 2025; the group show: EXHIBITION, part of the project“Skylines With Flying People 3” – Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi – 2016; “The Clouds Will Tell” – Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi – 2014; “Five Years” – Hanoi Link, Hanoi – 2012; “X second” – Goethe-Institut, Hanoi – 2010. In 2017, he founded Ga Mộc studio, dedicated to experimenting with and developing furniture from dyed plywood, in a minimalist, versatile, and colorful design language. Holding a strict stance on material selection as a personal manifesto, Ban Ga aims to ease the pressure on natural forests, which continue to be overexploited and poorly regulated. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Enquire related what's going on at Manzi 23 See more October 16, 2026 dư cảnh | ripples of the day See more September 29, 2026 muộn màng | delay See more July 24, 2026 chủ nhật, mùa hè | a sunday in summer See more June 21, 2026 Trò chuyện cùng | Talk with MM Lab See more May 29, 2026 một trưng bày | a display by MM Lab See more May 22, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 9, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 2, 2026 Mở sách | Unfolding See more April 22, 2026 Thanh âm mấy thuở | Reimagined See more March 27, 2026

Located in centre of Hanoi, Manzi is known as one of the most dynamic art spaces in South East Asia. Through art exhibitions, talks, workshops, book introductions, movie screenings, music and dance performances, Manzi's mission is to promote contemporary arts, build new audiences, inspire critical thinking and nurture My Items I'm a title. Click here to edit me. More More Untitled NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2012 100 x 100 cm lacquer More The words in silence XI NGUYỄN MINH QUÂN 2024 31 x 22 cm mineral pigments on Awagami paper pasted on board More The words in silence X NGUYỄN MINH QUÂN 2024 37 x 24 cm mineral pigments on Awagami paper pasted on board More Vietnamese Dictionary No.9 NGUYỄN KIM DUY 2025 - 2026 29,7 x 42 cm colored pencils on paper More When things fall apart NGUYỄN HUY AN 2019 50 x 40 cm watercolor on silk More Through the gate NGUYỄN HUY AN 2018 26 x 19 cm color pigments on dzo paper More Through the gate NGUYỄN HUY AN 2021 30 x 21 cm color pigments on dzo paper More Lotus NGUYỄN HUY AN 2021 41 x 50 cm color pigments on dzo paper More Ong Voi Communal House (Hoi An) NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2026 soil & color pigments on ancient bamboo paper pasted on canvas More The Buddhist brown NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 2026 natural resin on dzo paper pasted on canvas More

Through art exhibitions, talks, workshops, book introductions, movie screenings, music and dance performances, Manzi's mission is to promote Vietnam contemporary arts, build new audiences, inspire critical thinking and nurture a culture of debate Current Archive Forthcoming Current 23 selected works by 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐞̂̃𝐧 𝐍𝐠𝐨̣𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐡 SEE MORE ripples of the day an open studio by Nguyễn Ban Ga SEE MORE delay a collection of new works by visual artist Quynh Dong SEE MORE a sunday in summer a solo show by Kim Duy SEE MORE How to sneak a Mang Thit Kiln into Manzi? A display by MM Lab, developed from an ongoing research project supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in 2025 SEE MORE unfolding art books in the making SEE MORE My Zootopia an open studio by Tạ Huy Long SEE MORE The sky is the same everywhere an open studio by Đinh Thị Thắm Poong SEE MORE Catching Faces open studio by Nguyễn Như Huy | curated by Nobuo Takamori SEE MORE Faint Traces an open studio by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai SEE MORE the sky, the sand, the lashing waves an open studio by Phan Quang SEE MORE following the stone wall and we found an electric generator an open studio by Lê Đ.Chunh SEE MORE 6𝒗➡️¹/² A collaborative installation SEE MORE The world as a draft a display by Do Thanh Lang & Nguyen Duc Dat SEE MORE The Fifth Cardinal Direction a five-channel video and sound installation by the artist duo Siedl/Cao SEE MORE Spatium an open studio by Lương Văn Việt SEE MORE 47 Days, Sound-less a sound & video installation by Nguyen Trinh Thi SEE MORE in spaces of everyscape, at time without end an open studio by Nguyễn Trần Nam SEE MORE </3 an open studio by Ha Dao SEE MORE Hồi Sóng a sound installation by Nhung Nguyễn and Zach Sch SEE MORE Birdsong a solo exhibition by Trần Trung Tín SEE MORE on our pathway vol. 4 an open studio by Lê Xuân Tiến SEE MORE Entrusted Conjectures an open studio by Ha Ninh Pham SEE MORE Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting a photography exhibition by American photographer William Crawford SEE MORE Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition a dialogue between Nguyễn Thế Sơn & William Crawford SEE MORE 'Neo-Romanticism' a new series of paintings by visual artist Lê Quý Tông SEE MORE More than Human #1 an open studio simultaneously at two different spaces of manzi SEE MORE Arca Noa a series of new works by Phi Phi Oanh SEE MORE no-think a new series of installations by Nguyễn Văn Phúc SEE MORE The Four Subjects a new series of installations by visual artist Nguyễn Huy An SEE MORE A saga of unrealised projects a display of architecture by Nguyễn Hà & associates at arb architects SEE MORE The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) a solo exhibition by Ly Hoàng Ly SEE MORE Through the looking glass a solo show by Nguyễn Trần Nam SEE MORE A state of absence... Words out there A collaborative installation by plants, insects, earth, water, ash, air... and Trương Công Tùng SEE MORE Lovecore an installation by AP Nguyễn SEE MORE Fragments of Nostalgia a solo exhibition by Nguyễn Tuấn Cường SEE MORE The subtle moves A group show by students majored in Silk, Painting Faculty of the Vietnam Fine Arts University SEE MORE Virtual Private Realms A group exhibition by by Lananh Le, Din Sama, Nguyễn Đức Huy, mi-mimi, Nghĩa Đặng, Trịnh Cẩm Nhi, Hà Ninh SEE MORE Eyes Without A Face An exhibition by Nguyễn Phương Linh & Trương Quế Chi with Đạt Nguyễn, Hiroyuki Hattori & Hiroyuki Ura SEE MORE Landscape #4: How to Improve the World A video & sound installation by Nguyen Trinh Thi 12.12.2020 - 10.01.2021 SEE MORE Hà Nội 1967 - 1975 A photography exhibition by THOMAS BILLHARDT 03.10 - 15.11.2020 SEE MORE Extended Realities A group exhibition about Time 03 - 26.09.2020 SEE MORE Xem Đêm Càng Đêm A Light art installation by NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG & NGUYỄN HÀ 05.07 - 09.08.2020 SEE MORE Untitled Fictions in the Age after Divinity A special display by four artists 21.12.2019 - 28.02.2020 SEE MORE Land of Leisure A solo exhibition by LÊ PHI LONG 27.10 - 21.11.2019 SEE MORE In Situ An exhibition by Six - The Launching Show of Manzi exhibition space 31.08 - 15.10.2019 SEE MORE Falling into the Horizon A solo exhibition by QUÁCH BẮC 16.08 – 15.09.2019 SEE MORE Another Crossing A solo exhibition by BẢO VƯƠNG 07.06 - 05.07.2019 SEE MORE In Vitra + A solo exhibition by PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 18.01 - 09.03.2019 SEE MORE Second Opinion A group photography exhibition 07.12.2018 - 07.01.2019 SEE MORE Summer Grasses A solo show by BÀNG NHẤT LINH 20.10 - 05.11.2018 SEE MORE The Age After Divinity A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 06.07 - 06.08.2018 SEE MORE Calculus Exercise #6/5 A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN HUY AN 02.06 - 15.06.2018 SEE MORE No & Meaning A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 09.12.2017 - 08.01.2018 SEE MORE Just by Being First solo exhibiton by NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 03.11 - 26.11.2017 SEE MORE ...undone... A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN TRẦN NAM 06.10 - 31.10.2017 SEE MORE Beyond The Hills A solo exhibition by LÊ HOÀNG BÍCH PHƯỢNG 08.09 - 02.10.2017 SEE MORE A Sifted Gaze... A show by DAN DRAGE 14.05 - 28.05.2017 SEE MORE Lingering at the Peculiar Pavilion A solo exhibition by VÕ TRÂN CHÂU 04.03 - 03.04.2017 SEE MORE SCRY A solo exhibition by PHI PHI OANH 16.12.2016 - 16.01.2017 SEE MORE ?! A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 05.11 - 06.12.2016 SEE MORE NET-KID show /nākid/ Opening act of 'Saigon Invasion' 29.10 - 02.11.2016 SEE MORE Water Flows Rock Erodes Open Studio by STO LEN 01.10 - 21.10.2016 SEE MORE Not All Dreams A visual discussion SEE MORE SENSE A solo sculpture show by LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT 05.06 - 05.07.2016 SEE MORE Into Darkness A solo exhibition by VŨ KIM THƯ 06.05 - 31.05. 2016 SEE MORE Lam A solo exhibition by LÊ QUÝ TÔNG 12.12.2015 - 11.01.2016 SEE MORE em|body A solo exhibition by DOÃN HOÀNG LÂM 21.08 - 21.09.2015 SEE MORE PRISM - lăn[g] kính lăn[g] trụ A group exhibition by Ly Hoàng Ly, Patricia Nguyễn & John Lee 26.07 - 17.08.2015 SEE MORE Stories told in an Oriental way A solo exhibition by ĐỖ TUẤN ANH 29.05 - 20.06.2015 SEE MORE Smile! Temporary Art A show by PLONK & REPLONK 26.03 - 26.04.2015 SEE MORE CONSCIOUSNESS A solo exhibition by TRỊNH CUNG 12.01 - 20.01. 2015 SEE MORE New Form: Sculpture - Architecture - Space Experimental sculpture show by NEW FORM group 10.10 - 04.11.2014 SEE MORE Fading Dream - Disintegrating Realities A solo exhibition by HÀ MẠNH THẮNG 18.07 - 04.08.2014 SEE MORE Breeding Season Sculpture solo show by THÁI NHẬT MINH 13.06 - 13.07.2014 SEE MORE I will come to see you with a visual story Text installation by TRẦN TRỌNG VŨ 19.03 - 23.03.2014 SEE MORE Above Under Sky A duo show by LÊ GIANG & LÊ HOÀNG BÍCH PHƯỢNG 02.03 - 15.03.2014 SEE MORE THE BROKEN CHAPTERS A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN TRẦN NAM 06.01 - 26.01.2014 SEE MORE HOMELANDS A sound & video art installation by The Landscape Quartet & Nguyen Thanh Thuy 02.12 - 07.12.2013 SEE MORE ANIMA A solo exhibition by MARITTA NURMI 01.11 - 30.11. 2013 SEE MORE Nhà Tây Transforms A Duo exhibition by NGUYỄN THẾ SƠN & TRẦN HẬU YÊN THẾ 10.10 - 29.10 - 2013 SEE MORE (E)MOTION A showcase of stencil art by KNEE JERK 25.09 - 07.10.2013 SEE MORE Vuong Thao's Frozen Dreams A solo exhibition by VƯƠNG THẠO 13.09 - 23.09.2013 SEE MORE A Study of Vietnamese Costumes in the last 1,000 years A historical display exploring the attire worn by Vietnamese people throughout 1000 years 23.08 - 09.09.2013 SEE MORE One Planet A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 07.07 - 28.07.2013 SEE MORE The Facebook of Le Quang Ha A series of current sketches by LÊ QUẢNG HÀ 16.06 - 30.06.2013 SEE MORE The Desiring Garden Photography by JAMIE MAXTONE - GRAHAM 30.03 - 30.04.2013 SEE MORE we are currently preparing for the next exhibition please visit again soon Current Forthcoming 23 selected works by 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐞̂̃𝐧 𝐍𝐠𝐨̣𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐡 SEE MORE ripples of the day an open studio by Nguyễn Ban Ga SEE MORE delay a collection of new works by visual artist Quynh Dong SEE MORE a sunday in summer a solo show by Kim Duy SEE MORE How to sneak a Mang Thit Kiln into Manzi? A display by MM Lab, developed from an ongoing research project supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in 2025 SEE MORE unfolding art books in the making SEE MORE My Zootopia an open studio by Tạ Huy Long SEE MORE The sky is the same everywhere an open studio by Đinh Thị Thắm Poong SEE MORE Catching Faces open studio by Nguyễn Như Huy | curated by Nobuo Takamori SEE MORE Faint Traces an open studio by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai SEE MORE the sky, the sand, the lashing waves an open studio by Phan Quang SEE MORE following the stone wall and we found an electric generator an open studio by Lê Đ.Chunh SEE MORE 6𝒗➡️¹/² A collaborative installation SEE MORE The world as a draft a display by Do Thanh Lang & Nguyen Duc Dat SEE MORE The Fifth Cardinal Direction a five-channel video and sound installation by the artist duo Siedl/Cao SEE MORE Spatium an open studio by Lương Văn Việt SEE MORE 47 Days, Sound-less a sound & video installation by Nguyen Trinh Thi SEE MORE in spaces of everyscape, at time without end an open studio by Nguyễn Trần Nam SEE MORE </3 an open studio by Ha Dao SEE MORE Hồi Sóng a sound installation by Nhung Nguyễn and Zach Sch SEE MORE Birdsong a solo exhibition by Trần Trung Tín SEE MORE on our pathway vol. 4 an open studio by Lê Xuân Tiến SEE MORE Entrusted Conjectures an open studio by Ha Ninh Pham SEE MORE Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting a photography exhibition by American photographer William Crawford SEE MORE Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition a dialogue between Nguyễn Thế Sơn & William Crawford SEE MORE 'Neo-Romanticism' a new series of paintings by visual artist Lê Quý Tông SEE MORE More than Human #1 an open studio simultaneously at two different spaces of manzi SEE MORE Arca Noa a series of new works by Phi Phi Oanh SEE MORE no-think a new series of installations by Nguyễn Văn Phúc SEE MORE The Four Subjects a new series of installations by visual artist Nguyễn Huy An SEE MORE A saga of unrealised projects a display of architecture by Nguyễn Hà & associates at arb architects SEE MORE The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) a solo exhibition by Ly Hoàng Ly SEE MORE Through the looking glass a solo show by Nguyễn Trần Nam SEE MORE A state of absence... Words out there A collaborative installation by plants, insects, earth, water, ash, air... and Trương Công Tùng SEE MORE Lovecore an installation by AP Nguyễn SEE MORE Fragments of Nostalgia a solo exhibition by Nguyễn Tuấn Cường SEE MORE The subtle moves A group show by students majored in Silk, Painting Faculty of the Vietnam Fine Arts University SEE MORE Virtual Private Realms A group exhibition by by Lananh Le, Din Sama, Nguyễn Đức Huy, mi-mimi, Nghĩa Đặng, Trịnh Cẩm Nhi, Hà Ninh SEE MORE Eyes Without A Face An exhibition by Nguyễn Phương Linh & Trương Quế Chi with Đạt Nguyễn, Hiroyuki Hattori & Hiroyuki Ura SEE MORE Landscape #4: How to Improve the World A video & sound installation by Nguyen Trinh Thi 12.12.2020 - 10.01.2021 SEE MORE Hà Nội 1967 - 1975 A photography exhibition by THOMAS BILLHARDT 03.10 - 15.11.2020 SEE MORE Extended Realities A group exhibition about Time 03 - 26.09.2020 SEE MORE Xem Đêm Càng Đêm A Light art installation by NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG & NGUYỄN HÀ 05.07 - 09.08.2020 SEE MORE Untitled Fictions in the Age after Divinity A special display by four artists 21.12.2019 - 28.02.2020 SEE MORE Land of Leisure A solo exhibition by LÊ PHI LONG 27.10 - 21.11.2019 SEE MORE In Situ An exhibition by Six - The Launching Show of Manzi exhibition space 31.08 - 15.10.2019 SEE MORE Falling into the Horizon A solo exhibition by QUÁCH BẮC 16.08 – 15.09.2019 SEE MORE Another Crossing A solo exhibition by BẢO VƯƠNG 07.06 - 05.07.2019 SEE MORE In Vitra + A solo exhibition by PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 18.01 - 09.03.2019 SEE MORE Second Opinion A group photography exhibition 07.12.2018 - 07.01.2019 SEE MORE Summer Grasses A solo show by BÀNG NHẤT LINH 20.10 - 05.11.2018 SEE MORE The Age After Divinity A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 06.07 - 06.08.2018 SEE MORE Calculus Exercise #6/5 A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN HUY AN 02.06 - 15.06.2018 SEE MORE No & Meaning A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 09.12.2017 - 08.01.2018 SEE MORE Just by Being First solo exhibiton by NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 03.11 - 26.11.2017 SEE MORE ...undone... A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN TRẦN NAM 06.10 - 31.10.2017 SEE MORE Beyond The Hills A solo exhibition by LÊ HOÀNG BÍCH PHƯỢNG 08.09 - 02.10.2017 SEE MORE A Sifted Gaze... A show by DAN DRAGE 14.05 - 28.05.2017 SEE MORE Lingering at the Peculiar Pavilion A solo exhibition by VÕ TRÂN CHÂU 04.03 - 03.04.2017 SEE MORE SCRY A solo exhibition by PHI PHI OANH 16.12.2016 - 16.01.2017 SEE MORE ?! A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 05.11 - 06.12.2016 SEE MORE NET-KID show /nākid/ Opening act of 'Saigon Invasion' 29.10 - 02.11.2016 SEE MORE Water Flows Rock Erodes Open Studio by STO LEN 01.10 - 21.10.2016 SEE MORE Not All Dreams A visual discussion SEE MORE SENSE A solo sculpture show by LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT 05.06 - 05.07.2016 SEE MORE Into Darkness A solo exhibition by VŨ KIM THƯ 06.05 - 31.05. 2016 SEE MORE Lam A solo exhibition by LÊ QUÝ TÔNG 12.12.2015 - 11.01.2016 SEE MORE em|body A solo exhibition by DOÃN HOÀNG LÂM 21.08 - 21.09.2015 SEE MORE PRISM - lăn[g] kính lăn[g] trụ A group exhibition by Ly Hoàng Ly, Patricia Nguyễn & John Lee 26.07 - 17.08.2015 SEE MORE Stories told in an Oriental way A solo exhibition by ĐỖ TUẤN ANH 29.05 - 20.06.2015 SEE MORE Smile! Temporary Art A show by PLONK & REPLONK 26.03 - 26.04.2015 SEE MORE CONSCIOUSNESS A solo exhibition by TRỊNH CUNG 12.01 - 20.01. 2015 SEE MORE New Form: Sculpture - Architecture - Space Experimental sculpture show by NEW FORM group 10.10 - 04.11.2014 SEE MORE Fading Dream - Disintegrating Realities A solo exhibition by HÀ MẠNH THẮNG 18.07 - 04.08.2014 SEE MORE Breeding Season Sculpture solo show by THÁI NHẬT MINH 13.06 - 13.07.2014 SEE MORE I will come to see you with a visual story Text installation by TRẦN TRỌNG VŨ 19.03 - 23.03.2014 SEE MORE Above Under Sky A duo show by LÊ GIANG & LÊ HOÀNG BÍCH PHƯỢNG 02.03 - 15.03.2014 SEE MORE THE BROKEN CHAPTERS A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN TRẦN NAM 06.01 - 26.01.2014 SEE MORE HOMELANDS A sound & video art installation by The Landscape Quartet & Nguyen Thanh Thuy 02.12 - 07.12.2013 SEE MORE ANIMA A solo exhibition by MARITTA NURMI 01.11 - 30.11. 2013 SEE MORE Nhà Tây Transforms A Duo exhibition by NGUYỄN THẾ SƠN & TRẦN HẬU YÊN THẾ 10.10 - 29.10 - 2013 SEE MORE (E)MOTION A showcase of stencil art by KNEE JERK 25.09 - 07.10.2013 SEE MORE Vuong Thao's Frozen Dreams A solo exhibition by VƯƠNG THẠO 13.09 - 23.09.2013 SEE MORE A Study of Vietnamese Costumes in the last 1,000 years A historical display exploring the attire worn by Vietnamese people throughout 1000 years 23.08 - 09.09.2013 SEE MORE One Planet A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 07.07 - 28.07.2013 SEE MORE The Facebook of Le Quang Ha A series of current sketches by LÊ QUẢNG HÀ 16.06 - 30.06.2013 SEE MORE The Desiring Garden Photography by JAMIE MAXTONE - GRAHAM 30.03 - 30.04.2013 SEE MORE we have no forthcoming exhibition please visit again soon Forthcoming Artists Exhibitions Current Forthcoming Archive Programs & Events Art For You Into Thin Air Gallery About Archive 23 selected works by 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐞̂̃𝐧 𝐍𝐠𝐨̣𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐡 SEE MORE ripples of the day an open studio by Nguyễn Ban Ga SEE MORE delay a collection of new works by visual artist Quynh Dong SEE MORE a sunday in summer a solo show by Kim Duy SEE MORE How to sneak a Mang Thit Kiln into Manzi? A display by MM Lab, developed from an ongoing research project supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in 2025 SEE MORE unfolding art books in the making SEE MORE My Zootopia an open studio by Tạ Huy Long SEE MORE The sky is the same everywhere an open studio by Đinh Thị Thắm Poong SEE MORE Catching Faces open studio by Nguyễn Như Huy | curated by Nobuo Takamori SEE MORE Faint Traces an open studio by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai SEE MORE the sky, the sand, the lashing waves an open studio by Phan Quang SEE MORE following the stone wall and we found an electric generator an open studio by Lê Đ.Chunh SEE MORE 6𝒗➡️¹/² A collaborative installation SEE MORE The world as a draft a display by Do Thanh Lang & Nguyen Duc Dat SEE MORE The Fifth Cardinal Direction a five-channel video and sound installation by the artist duo Siedl/Cao SEE MORE Spatium an open studio by Lương Văn Việt SEE MORE 47 Days, Sound-less a sound & video installation by Nguyen Trinh Thi SEE MORE in spaces of everyscape, at time without end an open studio by Nguyễn Trần Nam SEE MORE </3 an open studio by Ha Dao SEE MORE Hồi Sóng a sound installation by Nhung Nguyễn and Zach Sch SEE MORE Birdsong a solo exhibition by Trần Trung Tín SEE MORE on our pathway vol. 4 an open studio by Lê Xuân Tiến SEE MORE Entrusted Conjectures an open studio by Ha Ninh Pham SEE MORE Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting a photography exhibition by American photographer William Crawford SEE MORE Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition a dialogue between Nguyễn Thế Sơn & William Crawford SEE MORE 'Neo-Romanticism' a new series of paintings by visual artist Lê Quý Tông SEE MORE More than Human #1 an open studio simultaneously at two different spaces of manzi SEE MORE Arca Noa a series of new works by Phi Phi Oanh SEE MORE no-think a new series of installations by Nguyễn Văn Phúc SEE MORE The Four Subjects a new series of installations by visual artist Nguyễn Huy An SEE MORE A saga of unrealised projects a display of architecture by Nguyễn Hà & associates at arb architects SEE MORE The dreamer: heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence (a part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC) a solo exhibition by Ly Hoàng Ly SEE MORE Through the looking glass a solo show by Nguyễn Trần Nam SEE MORE A state of absence... Words out there A collaborative installation by plants, insects, earth, water, ash, air... and Trương Công Tùng SEE MORE Lovecore an installation by AP Nguyễn SEE MORE Fragments of Nostalgia a solo exhibition by Nguyễn Tuấn Cường SEE MORE The subtle moves A group show by students majored in Silk, Painting Faculty of the Vietnam Fine Arts University SEE MORE Virtual Private Realms A group exhibition by by Lananh Le, Din Sama, Nguyễn Đức Huy, mi-mimi, Nghĩa Đặng, Trịnh Cẩm Nhi, Hà Ninh SEE MORE Eyes Without A Face An exhibition by Nguyễn Phương Linh & Trương Quế Chi with Đạt Nguyễn, Hiroyuki Hattori & Hiroyuki Ura SEE MORE Landscape #4: How to Improve the World A video & sound installation by Nguyen Trinh Thi 12.12.2020 - 10.01.2021 SEE MORE Hà Nội 1967 - 1975 A photography exhibition by THOMAS BILLHARDT 03.10 - 15.11.2020 SEE MORE Extended Realities A group exhibition about Time 03 - 26.09.2020 SEE MORE Xem Đêm Càng Đêm A Light art installation by NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG & NGUYỄN HÀ 05.07 - 09.08.2020 SEE MORE Untitled Fictions in the Age after Divinity A special display by four artists 21.12.2019 - 28.02.2020 SEE MORE Land of Leisure A solo exhibition by LÊ PHI LONG 27.10 - 21.11.2019 SEE MORE In Situ An exhibition by Six - The Launching Show of Manzi exhibition space 31.08 - 15.10.2019 SEE MORE Falling into the Horizon A solo exhibition by QUÁCH BẮC 16.08 – 15.09.2019 SEE MORE Another Crossing A solo exhibition by BẢO VƯƠNG 07.06 - 05.07.2019 SEE MORE In Vitra + A solo exhibition by PHẠM KHẮC QUANG 18.01 - 09.03.2019 SEE MORE Second Opinion A group photography exhibition 07.12.2018 - 07.01.2019 SEE MORE Summer Grasses A solo show by BÀNG NHẤT LINH 20.10 - 05.11.2018 SEE MORE The Age After Divinity A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 06.07 - 06.08.2018 SEE MORE Calculus Exercise #6/5 A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN HUY AN 02.06 - 15.06.2018 SEE MORE No & Meaning A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 09.12.2017 - 08.01.2018 SEE MORE Just by Being First solo exhibiton by NGUYỄN ĐỨC PHƯƠNG 03.11 - 26.11.2017 SEE MORE ...undone... A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN TRẦN NAM 06.10 - 31.10.2017 SEE MORE Beyond The Hills A solo exhibition by LÊ HOÀNG BÍCH PHƯỢNG 08.09 - 02.10.2017 SEE MORE A Sifted Gaze... A show by DAN DRAGE 14.05 - 28.05.2017 SEE MORE Lingering at the Peculiar Pavilion A solo exhibition by VÕ TRÂN CHÂU 04.03 - 03.04.2017 SEE MORE SCRY A solo exhibition by PHI PHI OANH 16.12.2016 - 16.01.2017 SEE MORE ?! A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN ĐÌNH HOÀNG VIỆT 05.11 - 06.12.2016 SEE MORE NET-KID show /nākid/ Opening act of 'Saigon Invasion' 29.10 - 02.11.2016 SEE MORE Water Flows Rock Erodes Open Studio by STO LEN 01.10 - 21.10.2016 SEE MORE Not All Dreams A visual discussion SEE MORE SENSE A solo sculpture show by LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT 05.06 - 05.07.2016 SEE MORE Into Darkness A solo exhibition by VŨ KIM THƯ 06.05 - 31.05. 2016 SEE MORE Lam A solo exhibition by LÊ QUÝ TÔNG 12.12.2015 - 11.01.2016 SEE MORE em|body A solo exhibition by DOÃN HOÀNG LÂM 21.08 - 21.09.2015 SEE MORE PRISM - lăn[g] kính lăn[g] trụ A group exhibition by Ly Hoàng Ly, Patricia Nguyễn & John Lee 26.07 - 17.08.2015 SEE MORE Stories told in an Oriental way A solo exhibition by ĐỖ TUẤN ANH 29.05 - 20.06.2015 SEE MORE Smile! Temporary Art A show by PLONK & REPLONK 26.03 - 26.04.2015 SEE MORE CONSCIOUSNESS A solo exhibition by TRỊNH CUNG 12.01 - 20.01. 2015 SEE MORE New Form: Sculpture - Architecture - Space Experimental sculpture show by NEW FORM group 10.10 - 04.11.2014 SEE MORE Fading Dream - Disintegrating Realities A solo exhibition by HÀ MẠNH THẮNG 18.07 - 04.08.2014 SEE MORE Breeding Season Sculpture solo show by THÁI NHẬT MINH 13.06 - 13.07.2014 SEE MORE I will come to see you with a visual story Text installation by TRẦN TRỌNG VŨ 19.03 - 23.03.2014 SEE MORE Above Under Sky A duo show by LÊ GIANG & LÊ HOÀNG BÍCH PHƯỢNG 02.03 - 15.03.2014 SEE MORE THE BROKEN CHAPTERS A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN TRẦN NAM 06.01 - 26.01.2014 SEE MORE HOMELANDS A sound & video art installation by The Landscape Quartet & Nguyen Thanh Thuy 02.12 - 07.12.2013 SEE MORE ANIMA A solo exhibition by MARITTA NURMI 01.11 - 30.11. 2013 SEE MORE Nhà Tây Transforms A Duo exhibition by NGUYỄN THẾ SƠN & TRẦN HẬU YÊN THẾ 10.10 - 29.10 - 2013 SEE MORE (E)MOTION A showcase of stencil art by KNEE JERK 25.09 - 07.10.2013 SEE MORE Vuong Thao's Frozen Dreams A solo exhibition by VƯƠNG THẠO 13.09 - 23.09.2013 SEE MORE A Study of Vietnamese Costumes in the last 1,000 years A historical display exploring the attire worn by Vietnamese people throughout 1000 years 23.08 - 09.09.2013 SEE MORE One Planet A solo exhibition by NGUYỄN MẠNH HÙNG 07.07 - 28.07.2013 SEE MORE The Facebook of Le Quang Ha A series of current sketches by LÊ QUẢNG HÀ 16.06 - 30.06.2013 SEE MORE The Desiring Garden Photography by JAMIE MAXTONE - GRAHAM 30.03 - 30.04.2013 SEE MORE Archive

Located in centre of Hanoi, Manzi is known as one of the most dynamic art spaces in South East Asia. Through art exhibitions, talks, workshops, book introductions, movie screenings, music and dance performances, Manzi's mission is to promote contemporary arts, build new audiences, inspire critical thinking and nurture 23 23 More ripples of the day dư cảnh More delay muộn màng More a sunday in summer chủ nhật, mùa hè More How to sneak a Mang Thit Kiln into Manzi? Làm thế nào để nhét một lò Mang Thít vào Manzi? More unfolding mở sách More My Zootopia Zootopia của tôi More The sky is the same everywhere Bầu trời ở đâu cũng giống nhau More Catching Faces Bắt Mặt More Faint Traces Những Vệt Mờ More the sky, the sand, the lashing waves sóng vỗ cát trời More following the stone wall and we found an electric generator lần theo bức tường đá và chúng tôi thấy cái máy phát điện More

Located in centre of Hanoi, Manzi Art Space is known as one of the most dynamic art spaces in South East Asia. Through art exhibitions, talks, workshops, book introductions, movie screenings, music and dance performances, Manzi's mission is to promote contemporary arts, inspire critical thinking Welcome to manzi! Copyright © 2021 MANZI ART SPACE. All rights reserved DISCOVER OUR COLLECTION Manzi Art Space - Hanoi | Cafe & Art Shop 14 Phan Huy Ích, Ba Đình, Hanoi Manzi Exhibition Space 2 Ngõ Hàng Bún, Ba Đinh, Hanoi Manzi Art Space - Hoi An 4/4 Trương Minh Lượng, Hội An, Đà Nẫng SEE MORE OF MANZI Submit

Nguyễn Ngọc Linhselected works by 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐞̂̃𝐧 𝐍𝐠𝐨̣𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐡 23 - November 15, 2026 October 16, 2026 Nguyễn Ngọc Linh In the well-known, recorded Gsell-Rodin conversations of 1911, art critic Paul Gsell summarized the master sculptor Auguste Rodin's theory of the expressiveness of the human image: “Generally the face alone is considered to be the mirror of the soul: the mobility of the features of the face seems to us the unique exteriorization of the spiritual life. In reality, there is not one muscle of the body that does not express variations within. Each speaks of joy or sadness, enthusiasm or despair, calm or rage. Outstretched arms, an unrestrained torso can smile with as much sweetness as eyes or lips.” - Art: Conversations With Paul Gsell. Translated by deCaso J, Sanders PB. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1984, p. 10. That is to speak of the language of sculpture, with its own advantages in recreating the human form in three dimensions. But without volume to touch, with only line and mass on a flat surface, how far can the body figure be traced back to the roots of expression, and how uncompromisingly? For ten years, one artist has pursued self-directed study to reach the understanding of the very core of the human body, tracing the structure of bone and muscle all the way down, and in doing so, he established his own independent practice path: dedicated entirely to the discipline of artistic anatomy. This autumn, Manzi is honored to present “23,” the first gathering of Nguyễn Ngọc Linh’s paintings alongside personal archives and notes. The showcase marks his decade-long journey from a self-taught student to a lecturer and independent artist. 𝟐𝟑 – 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐞̂̃𝐧 𝐍𝐠𝐨̣𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐡 Manzi Art Space | 14 Phan Huy Ích, Ba Đình, Hanoi ️ Opening party: 06.00 PM Friday 16 October On display: 08.00 AM - 07.00 PM | 17 October - 15 November Free admission Other events, including an artist talk and workshop, will take place along the display. Further details will be announced soon. ARTWORKS GALLERY It is appropriate to begin at the origin of it all: Anatomie Artistique by Paul Richer (1849–1933), professor of artistic anatomy at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The book, first published in 1889, is recognized as one of the classic works on anatomy for the plastic arts and was used as a reference by many famous artists, including Renoir, Degas, and Braque. Linh discovered the book by chance while studying in France, and for the next three years, it followed him on a rigorous but productive route of self-teaching, in which “copying bones” was one of the foundational steps. He started by replicating the book page by page, painstakingly tracing each bone structure with a ballpoint pen (which cannot be erased or fixed), forcing the painter to examine closely and calculate proportions precisely before drawing a line. Recording the entire book by hand created a mental "map" that helped him remember the technical terms, muscle attachment points, and fixed landmarks of the skeleton; at the same time, his hand gradually developed muscle memory for drawing a single continuous line. However, a book's 2D flat surface has limitations: it might mislead the student by confining only one point of view in the absence of a three-dimensional reference. Once again, fortune turned mysteriously in Linh's favor: as an art student, he began to be admitted to the Strasbourg Institute of Anatomy. There he worked as meticulously as any medical student, testing what he had learned in the book against real bones and specimens, looking from different angles, and rotating the joints to understand the protrusions, hollows, and deep grooves where the muscle bundles attach. Based on theory collected from the book and the hands-on experience gained on learning with cadavers, Linh systematized his understanding of anatomy by geometrizing bones into basic volumetric structures (cubes, cylinders, and flat planes), stripping away unnecessary details to highlight the core structure while maintaining anatomical accuracy. Linh's personal archive, which includes three volumes on exhibit at "23" (anatomical examinations of the skull, foot, and lower leg), is only a small portion of his extensive self-directed research. Based on such a logical and detailed formula, Linh developed a style of his own, disciplined and meticulous: a single, unbroken line, with no erasure or correction. Rather than building depth through perspective or layered space, he concentrates on the accuracy of every detail and every part of his figures’ bodies, in varying poses and angles. Most of the works are monochrome, with color reduced to a minimum, and nothing in them is abstract: every element has a clear, definite form. Each drawing is an act of distillation: rather than copying from direct observation, he draws on his subconscious and imagination to compose an object on a two-dimensional surface. That object cannot be placed just anywhere. It must hold a fixed position and a coherent relationship to the whole, in proportion, angle, length, and pose. Get one parameter wrong, and the whole drawing loses its reasons and purposes. Ironically, although he has no intention of imposing a specific story or constructing another universe, Linh unconsciously allows us to glimpse the underlying bubbles of narrative and personal obsession; suppressed as they are, they nonetheless smolder beneath, preparing to explode and pop up on the surface. The twenty-three drawings are rich in poses and various in perspectives, yet the backgrounds are almost totally blank. Every subject, whether a realistically rendered body or a fictional hybrid creature, seems confined to no clear backdrop or context but is instead enveloped in its own mystery. They appear fragmentary and detached from one another, yet they all have the same air of indeterminacy, and they are clearly no longer the psychophysiological unit of any specific individual. Rather, the human figure, Linh's constant subject, slowly sheds its individuality and becomes a single anonymous BODY, stripped bare and unnamed. It is carried on a current that runs between ecstasy and agony and that washes away the particulars of each life as it moves toward the one ending all share: death. The body is the physical condition of every living being: we live in it, declare to own it, yet depend on it completely. It is the first thing we are given to enter the world and also the last thing for us to let go. It is a finely balanced work of nature, yet however thoroughly we study this machine, a time will come when we are helpless before it; the body remains a limit we must always yield to and can never escape. Knowing this leaves us caught between two feelings: pride in a structure so exquisite and so aware of its own power, and sorrow at the fragility of mortal flesh. The BODY, in the end, is a paradox, being bound and boundless at once. Linh’s drawings carry, almost without his meaning them to, a quiet revolt against its finitude, against the old sentence of aging, illness, and death. That the revolt must fail does not diminish the body’s worth. If anything, it makes the brief festival the body is entitled to, and which life allows it occasionally, all the more worth celebrating. Life, and every living being that has ever existed or vanished, is the product of evolution: the sum of countless marvelous coincidences. Every human being begins from 23 pairs of chromosomes; the Earth’s axis tilts by roughly 23.5 degrees, just enough to bring about the succession of seasons, the foundation of life; blood takes an average of about 23 seconds to complete one circuit of the human body... The number 23 recurs with uncanny persistence in biology, mathematics, history, religion, mythology, and beyond, to the point of becoming a phenomenon of popular culture with a name of its own: the “23 Enigma.” Is there a great truth behind it all, or is it merely the result of our habit of seeking patterns among random data, together with confirmation bias in the human mind? Either way, Linh bears the imprint of coincidences of his own. From the old bookshop to the door of the Institute of Anatomy, random threads, knotted together, led him to this path. Fate, or just a story we tell afterward? It is hard to say. What is certain is that, like a pen line once set down on paper, it cannot be erased; that chain of chance events, after much uncertainty of his adolescent years, drew itself into a clear path, and Linh is walking it still and will keep walking it, as he draws: patiently, in one continuous, decisive line. _______ OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

oil/acrylic 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 The covenant of illusion ĐINH THỊ THẮM POONG 2020 59 x 77 cm mixed media on dzo paper Enquire works The underside of the accord (diptych paintings) no. 02 ĐINH THỊ THẮM POONG 2014 77 x 107 cm mixed media on dzo paper Enquire works The underside of the accord (diptych paintings) no. 01 ĐINH THỊ THẮM POONG 2018 73 x 103 cm mixed media on dzo paper Enquire related what's going on at Manzi dư cảnh | ripples of the day See more September 29, 2026 muộn màng | delay See more July 24, 2026 chủ nhật, mùa hè | a sunday in summer See more June 21, 2026 Trò chuyện cùng | Talk with MM Lab See more May 29, 2026 một trưng bày | a display by MM Lab See more May 22, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 9, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 2, 2026 Mở sách | Unfolding See more April 22, 2026 Thanh âm mấy thuở | Reimagined See more March 27, 2026 My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi See more December 28, 2025

silk Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Minh biography Born in 1984 in Saigon, graduated from Ho Chi Minh University of Fine Arts with a master degree in Visual Arts in 2016, Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Minh is considered one of the most potential artists with great talent in Vietnam. Choosing silk as the main medium, Minh's artworks focus on shapes and colors with a desire to show the intimate relationship between human and nature as well as the beautiful cohesion between an individual with his/her surrounding entities. The characters in Minh's paintings always bear the breath of time, they are emotional, innocents and sometimes almost fragile. For Minh, art is the only way to capture emotions and affections in the moments. Hoang Minh has participated in different exhibitions in Vietnam and overseas: Exhibition at Tsukuba Museum, Ibaraki, Japan (2016); Jogyakarta International Festival, Indonesia (2017); World Art Dubai (2018); Seni Rampai Festival, Malaysia (2018); Exhibition at Museum Yilan, Taiwan (2018); Affordable Art Fair New York, USA (2018) and Exhibition of silk paintings and small sculptures at VCCA - Hanoi (2018). works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Bamboo leaf grasshopper NGUYỄN THỊ HOÀNG MINH 2020 55 x 71 cm/each watercolor on silk Enquire works Paper cranes NGUYỄN THỊ HOÀNG MINH 2022 84 x 172 cm watercolor on silk Enquire related what's going on at Manzi dư cảnh | ripples of the day See more September 29, 2026 muộn màng | delay See more July 24, 2026 chủ nhật, mùa hè | a sunday in summer See more June 21, 2026 Trò chuyện cùng | Talk with MM Lab See more May 29, 2026 một trưng bày | a display by MM Lab See more May 22, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 9, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 2, 2026 Mở sách | Unfolding See more April 22, 2026 Thanh âm mấy thuở | Reimagined See more March 27, 2026 My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi See more December 28, 2025

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 what's going on at Manzi dư cảnh | ripples of the day See more September 29, 2026 muộn màng | delay See more July 24, 2026 chủ nhật, mùa hè | a sunday in summer See more June 21, 2026 Trò chuyện cùng | Talk with MM Lab See more May 29, 2026 một trưng bày | a display by MM Lab See more May 22, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 9, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 2, 2026 Mở sách | Unfolding See more April 22, 2026 Thanh âm mấy thuở | Reimagined See more March 27, 2026 My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi See more December 28, 2025

lacquer Nguyễn Minh Thành biography Born in 1971 in Hanoi, Minh Thanh graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 1996. He belongs to the first generation of Vietnamese avant-garde artists who experimented with the less traditional methods of art-making such as performance and installation in the 1990s and 2000s, and later played an influential role in nurturing and shaping the subsequent development of contemporary and experimental art in Hanoi. Intrigued by Buddhist concerns of attachment and escape, and using mainly Chinese ink and watercolour on handmade Vietnamese dzo paper, Thanh’s melancholic portraits are the results of his meditative and spiritual search for beauty, harmony and tranquility. Having been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, Thanh’s work is included in numerous public and private collections, such as the National Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan, the World Bank Art Program, and the Post Vi Dai Collection of Contemporary Vietnamese Art. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Untitled NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2012 100 x 100 cm lacquer Enquire works Still Life NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2012 44 x 26.5 cm gouache on dzo paper Enquire works Lotus NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2011 60 x 120 cm gouache on dzo paper Enquire works Halfblood NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2011 250 x 150 cm watercolor and gouache on handmade dzo paper Enquire works Still Life NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2012 70.5 x 50 cm gouache on dzo paper Enquire works Intelligent Hole NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2017 79 x 59 cm watercolor and gouache on handmade dzo paper Enquire works Landscape 3 NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2018 30 x 20 cm gouache on dzo paper Enquire works To be one NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2022 60 x 120 cm gouache and watercolor on hand-made dzo paper, pasted on canvas Enquire works Random waves of melancholy NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2011 120 x 80 cm gouache on dzo paper Enquire works Portrait no. 2 NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2021 40 x 60 cm gouache on dzo paper Enquire works The horizontal siesta NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2012 71.5 x 20 cm ink, gouache on dzo paper Enquire works Roses NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2019 80 x 60 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works Timeless NGUYỄN MINH THÀNH 2017 79 x 59 cm watercolor, gouache on handmade dzo paper Enquire related what's going on at Manzi dư cảnh | ripples of the day See more September 29, 2026 muộn màng | delay See more July 24, 2026 chủ nhật, mùa hè | a sunday in summer See more June 21, 2026 Trò chuyện cùng | Talk with MM Lab See more May 29, 2026 một trưng bày | a display by MM Lab See more May 22, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 9, 2026 phía sau trang sách | Tour & Thảo luận cùng Nguyễn Huyền Trang See more May 2, 2026 Mở sách | Unfolding See more April 22, 2026 Thanh âm mấy thuở | Reimagined See more March 27, 2026 My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi See more December 28, 2025