Exhibitions, screenings, publications and links
Professional background: From 1986, over 20 years in commercial and narrative cinematography – past works range from non-fiction and independent narrative films to large studio feature films, episodic network TV and advertising.
2007-08 – Fulbright Research Fellow, photographed contemporary youth culture in Vietnam, portfolio State of Youth.
Across Long Bien (2008) – published Matca, Dec. 2018
When Evening Comes (2009) – portfolio, published at burn magazine in May 2010. Also, culturehall . Exhibition – Bui Gallery, Hanoi, February 2010.
The Long Bien Picture Show (2010) – portfolio, Ford Foundation/British Council commission, 2010 published Spring 2011 issue (No. 2) of the Trans Asia Photography Review; republished on diaCRITICS. Exhibited Hanoi, Dec. 2010 here .
Hard Rails Across A Gentle River (2010)– producer, documentary film exhibited Yamagata Intl. Documentary Film Festival, Japan 2011 (Hon. mention)
Jo Ha Kyu (2011) – portfolio, published at Invisible Ph t grapher Asia in March 2012, exhibited at Japan Foundation, Hanoi in March-April 2012 joint exhibition with Nguyen Trinh Thi: Jo Ha Kyu.
The Desiring Garden (2012) – portfolio Noorderlicht International Photofestival, Netherlands Terra Cognita September-October 2012. Solo exhibition, Kathmandu Photo Gallery Bangkok, Thailand November-December 2012, MANZI Art Space Hanoi, Vietnam March-April 2013. Group exhibition ASEAN, Galerie Le Magasin de jouets, Arles France, July-Sept 2013. Published, Photography And Culture, Vol. 6, No. 3 Fall, 2013
Lying Down (2012) portfolio, exhibited Japan Foundation, Hanoi December, 2012 Skylines With Flying People open studio project, also The Pocket Dictionary of Nha San curated by Phan Tháo Nguyen, 2014.
That Little Distance (2013) portfolio, solo exhibition Galerie Quynh, HCMC, Vietnam 2014 catalog; also Galerie Le Magasin de jouets, Arles France, 2015. Published, Asian American Literary Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Viet Le, Ed.
Being In The World, article –Trans Asia Photography Volume 10, Issue 2 2020
Moving image works, director/cinematographer:
In A Green Island, 5 channel video installation, 2017 – exhibited Nha San Collective, Hanoi, 2017; Into Thin Air, Manzi, Hanoi 2018
euro2aura (2015), single channel film and installation (oil painting, drawing, photocopy, artist book) – exhibited Les Nuits Photographiques 2015, Pavillion Carre De Bourduoin, Paris 2015, and Ká by Vietnam Artist Book Project at Nha San Collective (Hanoi) & Dia Projects (Saigon) 2016
Hitting Home, documentary film, United Nations FPA, 2015
Eclipse, short film, 2016 Collaborative film work with artist/director Viet Le
Sorry, Can You Wait One Minute, (2012-13) single channel video/photography installation exhibited MEDIA/ART KITCHEN, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2013, Nha San Collective, Hanoi 2015
Moving image works, cinematographer:
How To Improve The World, multi-channel installation – Nguyen Trinh Thi, dir.
Letters From Panduranga, single channel film – Nguyen Trinh Thi, dir. exhibited Jeu De Paume, Paris 2015-16, CAPC Bordeaux 2016, Prudential Eye Award 2016 Singapore, Rotterdam International Film Festival 2015
Unsubtitled, 10 channel video installation Nguyen Trinh Thi, dir. 2010 Singapore Biennale, 2013, Signature Art Prize nom. 2014, Singapore Art Museum permanent collection
Que Faire and Solo For A Choir, Multi-channel video installation Nguyen Trinh Thi, dir. – exhibited Goethe Institut 2013
People Living With Stories, documentary film, Paul Zetter, dir.
Other:
Editorial board Trans Asia Photography Review, 2010-20; Member, Mutual Art / Artist Pension Trust Beijing.
