Nguyen Minh Quan
Nguyen Minh Quan's compositions are all about flowers and silk. Talking about his own creative inspiration, he confessed:
"Painting has the beauty of making a moment eternal, creating a thought - as if life was a combination of short moments in which people have to express what is most meaningful to them. Like flowers, the time to shine is the time to bloom, to show off their colors, to show off their fragrance, most importantly to attract bees and butterflies to pollinate.
Flowers bloom, wither, reproduce, the endless circle of nature is also a process that people must go through as the moment in front of them might seem
like eternity, but soon will become past. Seeing the flowers reminds me to cherish this moment.
From painting flowers he opened up to the "Taoism" - to be able to open oneself, find the essence, and know the duality between the dark and the light. The endless rotations are key to the "Tao" - Buddhists call “the Middle Way”. Thereby leading viewers to a place of Bong Lai (which could be loosely translated as “Nirvana”) or a fictional fantasy forest where everything blooms in an eternal cycle."
EDUCATION
- 2012 Graduate Banchelor of Art in Viet Nam University of Fine Art
SELECTED EXHIBITION
- 2022 Group exhibition in Hanoi Studio Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 2020 Group exhibition in Hanoi Studio Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 2018 Group exhibition in Dangjin : HANRYU!2018 & Group exhibition in KIAF 2018 - Seou, South Korea.
- 2017 "Art for You" exhibition in Manzi, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 2016 Group exhibition in British Viet Nam University & Group exhibition Art21 in Nest by AIA & Art for You exhibition in Manzi, Vietnam.
- 2015 "Bravo Exhibition" - Ha Noi & "Art for You" exhibition in Manzi, Vietnam.
- 2013 Art director for "Ring of Love 2" project of Phu Quy jewellery, Vietnam.
- 2011 Exhibition in Hanoi Capital Fine Arts, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
- 2010 Exhibition in National Fine Arts, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
- 2006 Group Exhibittion in Guangzou, China.