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