1922 Born in Nam Dan – Nghe An Province
1941-1945 Studied at the Ecole Superieure des Beaux – Arts d’Indochine
1952 Graduated from University
1945-1946 Member of the Nam Dan – Nghe An Liberation Committee
1947-1952 In charge of the Painting Studio of the Viet Bac Resistance Literature and Art Union
1952-1954 Professor at the Resistance Fine Arts school in Viet Bac
1954-1969 Professor at Vietnam Fine Handicraft School (Now Industrial Design College)
1954-1983 Member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association
1982 on Retired from office, working as independent artist
2016 Passed away
Exhibition
Regularly took part in almost all the periodic National Fine Arts Exhibition (once over 5 years)
1991-1992 Exhibition “Uncocked Soul” in HongKong and Singapore organized by Plum Blossoms Gallery
1990 Group Exhibition “EAST & WEST” – international Exhibition in Vietnam
Group Exhibition “East and West” in Sweden, USA
1989 Group Exhibition at Fine Arts Museum
Group Exhibition at #7 Hang Khay, Hanoi
1988 Solo Exhibition “Zodiac Animal”, #7 Hang Khay, Hanoi
1987 Exhibited his lacquer works with works by Bui Xuan Phai, Nguyen Sang, Duong Bich Lien), Paris
1986 Solo Exhibition at the Museum of Oriental and Occidental Art in Odessa (former Soviet Union)
1985 First Vietnamese artist had a solo Show organized by the Vietnam Association of Visual Artists from March 15 to April 15,1985
Award
1990 First Prize for “Giong” (Saint Giong – lacquer) at National Fine Arts Exhibition
1987 Official Prize at the International Triennial of Painting and Graphic Art in Hanoi for Ancient Dance II (lacquer)
1985 Official Prize at the International Triennial of Realistic Art in Sofia (Bulgaria) for Ancient Dance I (lacquer)
1975 Prize at the Hanoi Fine Handicraft Exhibition for two lacquer plates
1971 Gold Medal at the GDR IBA at Leipzig for designing the Album of Vietnamese folk paintings printed by the Ministry of Culture Publishing House
1970 First prize at the Moscow International Book Fair for designing album of Vietnamese folk paintings published by the Ministry of Culture Publishing House
1957 Prize at the National Fine Arts Exhibition for the Buffalo Calf (lacquer)
1948 First Prize at the National Resistance Fine Arts Exhibition for Phu Luu Village (wood cut)
1944 First Prize at Salon Unique for the whole works exhibited (oil and woodcut) : Gate of Mia village, Rural Landscape, the Guard of the Temple of Literature
