VU DAN TAN

Born October 3, 1946, .

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1988 House of friendship, cinema hall "Hanoi", Moscow, former USSR (catalogue). 1989 "24 gouaches of Vu Dan Tan", Association of Literature and Art, Hanoi, Vietnam. 1990 The Government Gallery of Fine Art, Penza ,former USSR, (catalogue). 1990 Exhibition hall “Passagarda”, Neauphle le Vieux, . 1993 Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, MA, USA. 1996 Muka Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. 1999 “Lion’s masks and Venus”, Goethe Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam. 1999 "Riencarnation" (with Le Hong Thai), Pacific Bridge Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA. 2001 Vu Dan Tan and Nguyen Quang Huy, Atelier Frank & Lee, Singapore (catalogue). 2002 "Other banks", the Government Art Gallery, Astrakhan, Russia (catalogue). GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1992 “Abstract Painting”, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 1992 "Vietnamese Art Cocktail", International Book Fair, Hong Kong. 1993 “Stop a la Destruction du Monde”, ASIEM, Paris, France 1994 “Red and Yellow”, Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam. 1994 "Arts and Crafts from Vietnam", The Corner Art Gallery, Petersborough, NH, USA. 1994 “Vietnam: a view”, Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, MA, USA. 1995 "Music", Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam. 1995 “Composition: Movement and Immobility”, Alliance Francaise, Hanoi, Vietnam (catalogue) 1995 " My favorite characters", Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam. 1995 "Icon of our time", Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam. 1996 2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, (catalogue). 1996 "Black and White", Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam. 1996 "Artists' calendars", Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam (catalogue-calendar). 1997 “Being minorities” – Contemporary Asian Art. Exhibition 1 -Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong; exhibition 2 - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 1997 “Inside”, International Art Exhibition, Kassel, Germany. 1997 “River: New Asian Art – A Dialogue in Taipei”, Taipei, Taiwan (catalogue). 1997 "Confluence", Australian Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam (catalogue). 1997 " All the Rivers are running", Trang An Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam (catalogue). 1998 "Crosscurrents", Australian Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam (catalogue). 1998 “Spirit of Hanoi”, Artist Association of Oulu and BAU-gallery, Helsinki, (catalogue). 1998-2000 "Crosscurrents", touring exhibition in Australia, 10 venues (catalogue). 1998 "Plastic Waste", Asia Pacific Artist Solidarity project, Chulalongkom University, Bangkok, Thailand (catalogue). 1998 "Above and Beyond", Pacific Bridge gallery, Oakland, CA, USA. 1999 “Gap Vietnam”, House of World Cultures, , Germany, (catalogue). 1999-2000 "Kretzer mail" International project and exhibition, Bregenz, Austria (catalogue on CD) 2000 "Thanh Sac"(together with Le Hong Thai), Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2001 8th Sculpture Triennial (Triennale Kleinplastik), Fellbach, Germany (catalogue). 2001 La mer. Exhibition of the post art, Pezenas, France.

2001 Osaka Triennale, 10th International Contemporary Art Competition, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan (catalogue). 2001 Vietnamese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tochio Art Museum, Tochio City, Nigata, Japan (catalogue). 2001 "Hanoi. Le Cycle des metamorphoses". Institut Francais d'Architecture, Paris, France.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Government Gallery of Fine Art, Penza, Russia. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. The Australian Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam. Mariposa Museum, Peterborough, NH, USA. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia. World Bank, Washington, USA. The Government Art Gallery, Astrakhan, Russia.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIE “A Blossoming Tradition” by Ian Howard. “Asian Art News”, vol.7, number 1, 1997. “A Road Ahead Is Behind You” by Ian Howard. “Asian Art News”, vol.7, number 2, 1997. “Vu Dan Tan’s front window view”, interview, “Object”, number 2, 1997. “In Full Flow” by Sophie McIntyre. “World Sculpture News”, vol.3, number 4, 1997. “Monsters, devils, insects and angels. The bowerbird art of Vu Dan Tan” by Birgit Hussfeld. “Art Asia Pacific”, number 14, 1997. “River. New Asian Art in Taipei” by Sophie McIntyre. “Art Asia Pacific”, issue 19, 1998. "Castoffs Take Wing" by T.T. Nhu. San Jose Mercury News, December 5, 1999. “Gap Viet Nam” by Birgit Hussfeld. “Art Asia Pacific”, issue 25, 2000. "The sorcerer of scrap" by Michael Mathes. Sunday Morning Post, August 13, 2000. "Riencarnation at Pacific Bridge" by Bradford Edwards. ”Asian Art News”, vol.10, number 2, 2000. "Discovering the real Vietnam" by Tini Tran. Bangkok Post, July 10, 2000. "Wo Bill Clinton Kutst Kaufte" by Anna Jakobi. Die Tegeszeitung (Germany), 24.3.2001. "Mode 2000" by Birgit Hissfeld. In catalogue of 8.Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach 2001 Vor- Sicht Ruck-Sicht, 2001,p.176-179. "Seductive Amazons and Liberated Icons" by Iola Lenzi. In Catalogue of the exhibition of Vu Dan Tan, Nguyen Quand Huy at Atelier Frank &Lee, Singapore, 2001, p.1-13.

Films with the references to Vu Dan Tan's artwork (selected, recent): 1. “Crosscurrents” video-film, made by the Community ptintmakers from Murvillimbah, Australia, 1998. 2. Documentary film by Hermut Idzko, German TV, 1 APD, 2000. 3. Documentary film by Uwe Kroeger, German TV –ZDF, 2000. 4. Documentary film by NHK TV channel, Japan, 30/11. 2000. 5. Documentory film by RTR "A Country of the Gold Dragon", Russian TV, june 2001