Tiếng Việt
Nguyễn Thị Châu Giang
The Artist
1975 Hanoi Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Chau Giang’s paintings depict the inner world of one Vietnamese woman. Her works present the hardships and difficulties of being a woman in a man’s world, the struggle for personal identity and the sense of self. They are private spaces which, for the most part, are never open for others to see. The works express both the incredible joy and sadness that comes from bearing children, the loss of identity that it entails, and the cultural difficulties of dealing both with a husband and with mother-in-laws. Some of her latest works on silk show the sense of disappointment that can stem from having too many dreams.
The artist is one of seven female Vietnamese artists whose work traveled to several museums with the international exhibition Changing Identities: Recent Works by Female Vietnamese Artists, curated by Nora Taylor PhD in 2003. She has exhibited widely locally and internationally and most recently Chau Giang’s works were exhibited in the prestigious Asia Pacific Triennial in 2022.
An accomplished writer Chau Giang has published and received awards for her literature as well as her visual art.
Chau Giang is considered one of the top emerging female talents in Vietnam.
She has works in private collections as well as public collections in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia and the Singapore Art Museum.
From the wild west of Montana to the eastern shores.
A Woman’s View: Revisit
The presence of these women’s influence in the collection not only acknowledges their individual artistic value but also marks significant milestones in the development of Vietnamese art. The Role of Female Artists in Vietnamese...
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The World We Live in
2023
Lotus Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hidden Flowers
2011
Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Return to Love
A Dream in my day
2004
Columbia University, NYC, USA
Cave Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
My Beauty in Love
2003
Art Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam
Faces come from future
2001
Japanese Moco Gallery, Vietnam
Young artist club
The Villages
1997
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Women Beyond Borders
Young Artist Club
1996
USA
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
National Art Exhibition
1995
Hanoi, Vietnam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
A Woman’s View
2014
Goethe Institut, Hanoi, Vietnam
VIETNAM NOW Exhibition
2012
The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hongkong Land, Hong Kong
Hanoi where we are now
2009
Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
Changing Identity: Recent works by women artists from Vietnam,
Kennesaw State University Art Galleries, Kennesaw, Georgia, Trammell
& Margaret Crow
2007
Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, Stedman Art
Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, Utah Museum of Fine Arts,
Salt Lake City 2008, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of
Minnesota 2009
Jeunes regards
The end of the growth
Asian Contemporary Art
2001
Hanoi, Vietnam
Chiangmai-Thailand, traveled to Germany
London, United Kingdom
Text and subtext
2000/2003
Singapore, traveled to Australia, Europe, America and Asian countries
Peace
Point of views
Weather Report
2000
Seoul, Korea
HCMC, Vietnam
Holland
4 young artists
Weather Report
4 young artists
Womanifesto II, installation and performance
They and me, 3 artists
1999
Blue Gallery, Danang, Vietnam
Holland
Vietnam Gallery, HCMC, Vietnam
Bangkok, Thailand
Blue Space Contemporary Art Center, HCMC Vietnam
Who am I, installation with French artist
Young artist club
1998
HCMC, Vietnam
Women Beyond Borders
Young artist club
1996
America
HCMC, Vietnam
National Art Exhibition
1995
Hanoi, Vietnam
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Artist-in-Residence Grant Recipient, CAVE Organization Inc
2004
Scholarship received for Study the Art initiative at Ecole des Beaux Arts
2001
Paris, France
1st Prize, Young Artist Concour organized by French Embassy and Vietnam Fine Art Association
2001
Selected One of Top Ten Young Artists of Ho Chi Minh City
1999
Selected One of Top Ten Young Artists of Ho Chi Minh City
1997
Literature Award for youth literature
1995, 1998, 1999
