1964 Born in Hue, Vietnam
Recently Living and working in Hue
EDUCATION and ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2008 MFA (Research), College of Fine Arts, UNSW Sydney, Australia
1995–1996 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, (Royal Arts Academy) Amsterdam, Holland
1988 BFA, College of Fine Arts of Hue University
1990–2010 Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, Hue University, Hue, Vietnam.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Silent Whispering, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi – Vietnam
2011 “Globe” Installation, Meta House (The German Cambodian Cultural Center). Phnom Penh,Cambodia.
2009 “MFA Exhibition”, Casula Powerhouse Arts Center, Sydney NSW. Australia.
2007 “Hues of Hue”, Painting exhibition, Fielding Lecht Galley, Austin, Texas, USA.
2006 "Reflections” Painting exhibition, Art Vietnam Gallery. Hanoi, Vietnam.
1998 “Vietnam – the Fossilized War”. Installation, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA. USA
1995 “Monumentalite’ intime” Gallery Amber /East West Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.
GROUP EXHIBITION
2018 "The Language of the images" VIetnamese-Hungarian Art Exhibition, Hanoi – Vietnam
2014 “Half a Century” Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2012 “PARIS ART MODERNE DU VIETNAM: NGUYEN CAM – LE THUA TIEN – MAI DAC LINH” Victoria’s Gallery. Paris, France
2009 “Nam Bang” Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and Liverpool Regional Museum. Sydney NSW Australia.
2008 “I LOVE PHO” Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and Liverpool Regional Museum. Sydney NSW Australia, and Sydney / Gabriel Gallery, Footscray Community Arts Centre. Melbourne, Australia.
2006 Malaysian-Vietnamese Contemporary Arts exhibition. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2006 “Field of Dreams” Community Art Project/Installation in collaboration with Nerine Martini, Songlines Arts, and Environment Festival. Blue Mountain, NSW Australia.
2004 “Vietnam Today” Gallery Amber and Gallery Caro/ East-‐West Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.
2003 “Open studios”. Arcus Project 2003, Ibaraki, Japan.
2002 “Hue Arts Festival” Hue, Vietnam.
2001 “13 Horas”, paintings & installation exhibition. Caracas, Venezuela.
1999 “Things We Carry—Revisioning Vietnam”. Sally Packard, An My Le, Tien Thua Le. North Texas University. Texas, USA.
1998 Vietnam — Thailand Contemporary Arts Exhibition, at various locations in Vietnam and Thailand.
1998 “Meeting Vietnam” House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany.
1997 Vietnamese Contemporary Arts Exhibition, Amsterdam University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1997 “Le Thua Tien — Phan Cam Thuong” Gallery Julian Scott Memorial, Johnson, Vermont, USA.
1997 “From Red River to Mekong — The New Trends in Vietnam”. Centre Wallonie–Bruxelles, Paris, France.
1997 “1 + 1″ Le Thua Tien — B. Edwards. Blue Space Gallery–HCMC Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam.
1995 “Arts and Image “95″, Arts Festival, Grote Kert, Denhaag, Holland.
1992 Franco – Vietnamien Culture Festival, Hue, Vietnam and Paris, France.
1988 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2011 Heinrich Boell Foundation Grant.
2007–2008 Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, COFA, UNSW, Australia.
2007–2008 Asian Cultural Council Grant – Research Grant for Japan. (US–Japan Arts program).
1997–1998 Freeman Asian Artists Award.
1995–1996 Scholarship from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Development Cooperation.
1995 Arlberg–UNESCO fellowship.
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2015 Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residency Program,VT,USA
2011 “Meditation” Sculpture workshop and symposium, Ban Don, Daklak, Vietnam.
2008 Artist in Residency, Casula Powerhouse Visual Arts Center. Casula, Sydney NSW Australia. Artist in Residency, Artspace Visual Arts Center. Woolloomooloo, Sydney NSW Australia.
2005 Artist in Residency, Blue Space Gallery / HCMC Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam.
2003 International Symposium: “At Home / Not at Home? Artists – in – Residencies in Tokyo NOW”. POLA Museum Annex, Chu-o ku, Tokyo, Japan.
2003 Artist in Residency and exhibition at ARCUS PROJECT’03, Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan.
1999 Artist in Residency and exhibition “Things We Carry—Revisioning Vietnam” University of North Texas, USA
1998 Indochina Arts Partnership—Artist in residency. Newton Center MA, USA.
1997 Artist in Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA.
1996 Artist in Residency at Amber Gallery. East/West Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.
COLLECTION Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, HCMC, Vietnam— National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam —Private Collections