Phi Phi Oanh
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Houston in 1979 but now based in Vietnam, 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 research 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. Oanh’s interests also include rethinking crafts, experiential spaces, transcultural experience, hybridity, collective memory and the human body - which can be clearly seen in her practice.
Oanh’s works have been exhibited in several local art spaces and international institutions: from Vietnam Arts Museum, Goethe Institute Hanoi to Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore. Her active presence in art fairs and biennials has been significant, which adds to the diversity of artists in the Southeast Asian art scene.
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2017 Radiant Material, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore. Make Shift, FOST Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore.
2016 Scry, Manzi Art Space, Hanoi.
2014 Palimpsest, FOST Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore.
2013 Palimpsest, L’Espace, Alliance Francaise, Hanoi.
2009 Specula, Hanoi City Exhibition Hall, Vietnam.
2008 Black Box, LA Artcore Brewery Annex Gallery, USA. Black Box, Art League Houston, USA.
2007 Black Box, Vietnam National Arts Museum, Hanoi.
2003 El Dorado, El Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, Managua, Nicaragua.
2002 PAX, Parsons Gallery, Paris.
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2018 Pro Se, Silverlens Gallery, Manila. Trees of Life -Knowledge in Material, The NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore.
2017 Rekindling Lacquer: Vietnamese Modern Painting, China Art Museum, Shanghai. The Foliage, Vincom Center for Contemporary Arts, Hanoi. Lock Route, Gillman Barracks, Singapore. Undefined Boudaries, Korean Cultural Center, Heritage Space, Hanoi.
2016 Sous la Lune, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore.
2015 Artstage Singapore, Southeast Asian Platforms, Singapore.
2014 A Woman’s View, Goethe Institute, Hanoi.
2013 If the World Changed, Singapore Biennale 2013, Singapore Art Museum.
2012 Resonant Uruwashi Exhibition, Tokyo Yamawaki Gallery, Gallery of Kyoto City, University of Arts, Kitakata City Museum of Art.
2011 Fragmentations of Space, L’Espace, Hanoi.
2010 First International Lacquer Triennial, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
2009 Paths of Self-Questioning, Au Co Gallery, Hanoi.
2002 Art Gallery of the Centro Cultural de Managua, Nicaragua. Premise, EOF Gallery, Paris.
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