Vietnamese Artists |Nguyen Thi Chau Giang

Nguyen Thi Chau Giang was born in Hanoi in 1975 and graduated from the Ho Chi Minh City College of Fine Arts in 1998. Using silk paintings she looks back to her Vietnamese artistic roots as she explores the formal issues of traditional silk painting. In constructing her visual narratives, Giang draws on sources both classic and contemporary as she mediates on the typical Vietnamese feminine archetype. Well versed in feminist theories that impact contemporary Vietnamese society, she resists infiltrating her work with the seduction of poetic embellishments as she circumvents typical romantic narratives commonly associated with Vietnamese silk painting. Silk paintings originated in China, and a handful of Vietnamese artists have adopted the art form to produce compelling contemporary art works. Giang has participated in several exhibitions internationally, such as in Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom and the USA, including a solo show at the Columbia University, New York. Her works are found in the museum collections of the Singapore Art Museum and the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.