About The Artist

Full name: Pham Kien Giang Born: 01/01/1969 in Hanoi Native village: The most old famous ceramic village of Bat Trang, Gia Lam, Hanoi. Address: 60 Trieu Viet Vuong Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi Capital, Vietnam Email: phamkiengianghs@gmail.com Childhood: used to live with parients who were high school teachers in Bac Ninh. Then had moved to Hanoi to live and study. After that had gone to Europe for 7 years. Now lives and works in Hanoi. "One day I ask myself that who am I? And then I go to seek for myself – somewhere in this world. I go to find out myself – somewhere in this life. I go to discover myself – somewhere in this person. Painting leads me to go to discover myself. Saying about my art, I do not want to argue so much but only want to express what I feel from bottom of my heart and to paint like as the inspiration from myself, like as what I feel." Exhibitions: 2003: DREAMY LANDSCAPES 1 at Aroma d.d Gallery, Hanoi, VN 2004: DREAMY LANDSCAPES 2 at Aroma d.d Gallery, Hanoi, VN 2005: PEACEFUL SCENES FROM VIETNAM, 12 August – September 8 at Linden Gallery, Wisoncin, USA 2006: A SHOW at Spring Walk, Illinois, USA 2007: IMMORTAL ART DECLARATION, August 26 – September 9 at Aroma d.d, Exhibition Space & Store, VN 2008: LEAVES, March 22 – April 4 at Aroma d.d, Exhibition Space & Store, VN 2008: FREDDOM, September 7 – October 9 at Aroma d.d, Exhibition Space & Store, VN Articles about Giang’s Paintings: In The Realm Of Memory The work of the young Hanoi painter Pham Kien Giang deals with the memory of time and place. His vision is one of a gentle rural idyll in which a sense of innocence reigns. The pace of life is slow and one that has altered little from one generation to another. It is a world of peace that people from the frenetic world of the city long to return to. [by Ian Findlay, Editor of Asian Art News Asian Art News January/February 2005, pages nr.76 and 77] The Idyllic Imagination [Robert C. Watson, Asian Art News July/August 2006. Volume 16, number 4] Paintings by artist Pham Kien Giang are most liked by America, Singapore and Hong Kong; in domestic and overseas collections.