Tôn Thất Minh Nhật

Afternoon sun / Nắng chiều, 2023

Vietnamese lacquer | Sơn ta

60 x 60 x 5 cm

Tôn Thất Minh Nhật

Moonlight / Ánh trăng #02, 2023

Vietnamese lacquer | Sơn ta

60 x 60 x 5 cm

Tôn Thất Minh Nhật

Night / Đêm 1999, 2023

Vietnamese lacquer | Sơn ta

60 x 60 x 5 cm

About the artist

Tôn Thất Minh Nhật

Vietnamese

b. 1982

Born in 1982 in Huế, Vietnam, Tôn-Thất Minh-Nhật graduated from Hue University of Fine Arts in 2007. His name has been associated with sơn ta (traditional Vietnamese lacquer), from researching and cultivating traditional techniques, to experimenting with the combination of mixed materials, turning lacquer practice into a personal ritual. Through lacquer, he projects memories and engraves heritage, especially ancient architecture features in Hue, where he lives.

Recent exhibitions of Tôn-Thất Minh-Nhật include: Entrusting to Emptiness, 2024, Wiking Salon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Time, Illuminated, 2024, Galerie BAO, Paris, France; Hanoi Grapevine Selection, 2023, Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Đông Chí, MoT+++ Art space, 2022, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam; Dreaming of a Foreign Land, Mơ Artspace, 2021, Hanoi, Vietnam; Nổ Cái Bùm Art Festival, 2020, Huế, Vietnam; Pray, Indochine Palace, 2016, Huế, Việt Nam; Tron Tron, Hue Fine Art Museum, 2015, Huế, Vietnam; Quẫy, Then Collective, 2014, Huế, Vietnam; Chúc mừng năm mới, New Space Arts Foundation (N.S.A.F.), 2013, Huế, Vietnam.