Tiếng Việt
NguyÊn Cầm
The Artist
1944 Haiphong Vietnam
Cam’s early life was defined by exile and exodus. He was born and raised in Viet Nam during the first Indochina War. After a bomb destroyed his family home, Cam journeyed north for 5 years with his family through small villages and bush. Eventually his entire family immigrated to the quieter land of Laos. His father’s death in 1961 left Cam, the oldest male, to care for his 5 younger siblings. In 1969 Cam left Laos alone in order to embark on “a more personal process,” a journey that was fueled by his intellectual and creative curiosity which brought him to France to study at the l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Over the years France became Cam’s home, writing into his eastern sensibilities variations in the theme of western rationality.
In 1994 the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts Association invited Cam to come back to Vietnam to exhibit and teach at the fine arts university. After an absence of 40 years, Cam began the reconciliation of a man with his heart and with his country. His works portray the journey of a man reuniting with his soul and country by producing works with fragments of earth, rice sacks, Do paper, paper votive offerings and used tarpaulins as he weaves the fractures of his life into a complete whole and reconciles with his past.
Art Vietnam has been working with Cam since that epic return to his homeland and regularly exhibits Cam in Vietnam and internationally. In 1998 Art Vietnam presented a solo exhibition of Cam’s works in Arts of Pacific Asia NYC, NY, USA in 2003 his exhibition Spirit Harvest at the Robert Mondavi winery, St. Helena, California, USA to honor Robert Mondavi’s birthday, and also to open the Fielding Lecht Gallery in Austin, Texas, USA. Most recently in 2020 Cam presented his work Blue Night, Red Earth: The Work of Nguyen Cam in the prestigious Rosenberg & Co. gallery in NYC, NY, USA.
Today Cam is one of Viet Nam’s most well-known and respected artists. His work has been shown in Spain, Brussels, the United States, France, Belgium, Hong Kong, Japan, and Germany and is part of many private and public collections.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Blue Night, Red Earth: The Work of Nguyen Cam
2020
Rosenberg & Co., NYC, USA
Fragments
2019
Craig Thomas Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Mindscapes & Mystic Spaces
2017
Art Vietnam / Salon Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Imprints of Origin, 20-Year Retrospective
2014
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi
Empreintes
2013
Victoria’s Gallery, Paris, France
Traces
2010
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi
As Time Goes By
2007
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi
Centre Ianchelevici, Maison-Laffitte, France
Maison de l’Indochine
2006 – 2007
Paris, France
Galerie d’Art Pilar Riberaygua
2006
Andorra, Spain
Landscapes of the Soul
Wind and Tide
2005
Fielding Lecht Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
Musée des Jacobins, Ville de Morlaix, France
Music of Silence
2004
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi
Galerie Allaire-Aigret, Paris, France
Spirit Harvest
2003
Robert Mondavi Winery, St. Helena, California
Galerie Allaire-Aigret
2002
Paris
Galeria d’Art les Punses
Galeria Pilar Riberaygua
2001
Barcelona, Spain
Andorra, Spain
Maison Française, French Embassy
1999
Washington D.C., USA
Arts of Pacific Asia
1998
New York, USA
Roots
1997
Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
Saigon Gallery
1996
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Traces of a Meditation
1995
Red River Gallery, Hanoi
Fine Arts Association
Galerie Bellint
1994
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Paris, France
Bartech Society
1993
Paris, France
Galerie Nicole Janssens
1991
Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Pomone
1990
Bois-le-Roi, France
Le Portail à Roulettes
1986
Salses, France
Galerie Sant-Vicens
Galerie Thérèse Roussel
1984
Perpignan, France
Perpignan, France
Galerie La Sensitive
1983
Paris
Galerie Sant-Vicens
1982
Perpignan, France
Galerie La Sensitive
1981
Paris
Galerie Soler-Casamada
1979
Terrassa, Spain
Sala d’Art Madei
1978
Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Hélène Happel
1976
Paris
Galerie La Main de Fer
1974
Perpignan, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Hanoi: Where We Are Now
2009
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi
Galerie Allaire-Aigret
Artist-in-Residence
2001
Paris
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Ste Colombe, France
Un train pour l’art contemporain
2000
Institut de Recherche du Langage Plastique, Brussels
Art Placement International
2000
717 5th Avenue, New York, USA
Pacific Bridge Gallery
ART Santa Fe
About Asia
1999
Oakland, California
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Centre d’Art Passerelle, Brest, France
A Winding River
Museum of the Fine Arts School
Passage
Spring Meeting
1997
Meridian International Center, Washington D.C., USA
Hanoi
Alliance Française de Hanoi
Galerie Nam Son, Hanoi
Galerie Tràng An
Galerie Bellint
1996
Hanoi
Paris
Connection with Vietnam
1995
Espace Ricard, Paris
Galerie Bellint
Biennale
Century Gallery
1993
Paris
Ouville-l’Abbaye, France
Westminster, USA
Galerie Nicole Janssens
Associations House
1991
Brussels
Forum des Halles, Paris
Katia Lacoste Gallery
1990
San Jose, USA
Galerie Pomone
44 Artists for the French Revolution
1989
Bois-le-Roi, France
Palais des Congrès, Perpignan
French Institute
Galerie Alpha
1986
Barcelona
Brussels
Prestige du Roussillon
1985
Hanover, Germany
Mairie de Brest
Maison de la Culture
Groupe Sansui
Cry and Color
Art in Yvelines
Culture Forum
1973 – 1984
Mairie de Quimper
Cergy-Pontoise, France
Tokyo, Japan
Espace Cardin, Paris
Versailles Castle
Bonn Center, Germany
PUBLICATIONS
Monograph: Nguyen Cam Hanoi – Paris: The Odyssey of a Painter
By Arnault Tran – Editions ALTERNATIVES, Paris
