Tiếng Việt
Lê Quốc Việt
The Artist
1972 Thanh Hoa Vietnam
Viet spent his formative years from 7 to 17 yrs in a pagoda in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. While at the pagoda, Viet studied traditional calligraphy alongside Buddhism and taught himself Han Chinese and Sanskrit from the ancient Buddhist texts.
Today Viet is one of the few people that can read and write Nom, the traditional Vietnamese script. Viet was the founder of Zenei, The Gang of Five calligraphers, five young artists/scholars who are proficient in Han Chinese and also Nom, the original script of Vietnam.
Le Quoc Viet is an acclaimed intellectual artist who works with all manner of contemporary mediums; painting, installation, performance, in addition to working with woodcuts, Chinese ink, handmade Do paper, and other traditional Vietnamese art forms. In recent years Viet has been actively involved in his calligraphic work at several pagodas in Vietnam while he continues his art practice along with his research of calligraphy and Buddhism. Viet has exhibited abroad since 1999 and continues to exhibit locally and internationally.
The British Museum in London, The American Museum of Natural History in New York City, The Singapore Art Museum, the Asian Civilization Museum of Singapore and the Heide Museum in Melbourne, Australia, have Viet’s works as part of their permanent collections.
From the wild west of Montana to the eastern shores.
The Root Of Tradition
In contemporary Vietnamese painting, tradition remains a fertile source of inspiration, continuously redefined by artists in their creative practices Tradition Reimagined in Vietnamese Contemporary Art In contemporary Vietnamese painting, tradition remains a fertile source...
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Secret Mantra, calligraphic installation
2010
Indochinese Arts Partnership, Wellesley, MA, USA
This is What I Heard- Calligraphy and Painting
2008
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
Calligraphy and Painting
2004
Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, Vietnam
Solo Exhibition
2001
My Art Prospects Gallery, New York City, USA
Spring- Calligraphy exhibition
1999
Temple of Kongfuzi, Hanoi, Vietnam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
David Thomas and Friends
2023
Fine Art Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam Now
2012
Hongkong Land, Hong Kong
Wordless: Zenei Gang of Five, calligraphy exhibition with Zenei members Tran Trong Duong, Pham Van Tuan, Nguyen Duc Dung, and Nguyen Quang Thang
2010
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
Oscilloscope (with Tran Trong Duong, Vu Kim Thu)
2008
L’Espace, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dance of the Script
2008
Maison des Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
The Script – Zenei Gang of Five, calligraphy with Tran Trong Duong, Pham Van Tuan, Nguyen Duc Dzung, Nguyen Quang Thang
2007
Studio Tho, Hanoi, Vietnam
Il Drago e la Farfalla – Arte Contemporanea in Vietnam
2006
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Italy
Lotus Flower – Art From Vietnam
2005
Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki; Waino Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku; Hameenlinna Art Museum, Finland
The Ten Courts of the Kings of Hell
2005
Bankside Gallery, London, England
Traces and Traditions: Vietnamese Woodblock Prints
2003
International Print Center, New York City, USA
Light of the Spirit with Tran Hoang Son
2002
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam Art Actuel
2002
Centre d’Exposition de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Brush to Block: Vietnamese Works on Paper
2002
The Eastern Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tradition and Change: Contemporary Vietnamese Art
2002
The Landon Gallery, New York, USA
Exhibition with demonstration and talk about calligraphy
2000
Vietnam Ethnology Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
Human Being in Ancient Sculpture
2000
Hanoi Fine Arts University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Spring-Calligraphy Exhibition, together with UNESCO Calligraphy Club
2000
Temple of Confucius (Kongfuzi), Hanoi, Vietnam
Two-man exhibition with Tran Hoang Son
1999
Two-man exhibition with Tran Hoang Son
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
British Museum, London, England
American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA
Ace Corporation, Bermuda
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Argentina, America, Australia, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Spain, Switzerland, Vietnam
