Tuan Mami

Live and work in Hanoi, Vietnam

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Email: mamiart@gmail.com

Education

2002 - 2006 Graduated from Hanoi Fine Art University
2000 – 2002 Studied Graphic Design, Hanoi Open University


 

Current - Upcoming

  • Nov 2nd 2024 to Feb 2nd 2025; 'Seeding the Future' in Prospect New Orleans, P.6 triennale, USA.
  • Sept 9th to Dec 8th, 2024 'Museum of Immigrating Garden', in the Assemblage of Dreams, Jeonnam Art Museum, South Korea.
  • From 2023 to 2033; 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden', 10 years project, Kuandu Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

Solo Exhibitions
  • 2024: [A Silent Process]- 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden', Kuandu Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 2018: Teratotera 2018: "In One’s Breath-Nothing Stands Still_No4", Tokyo, Japan
  • 2018: The Factory Contemporary Arts Center: "In One’s Breath-Nothing Stands Still_No3", Hochiminh City, Vietnam
  • 2017: Framer Framed: "In One’s Breath-Nothing Stands Still_No2", Rotterdam,Netherland
  • 2017: Heritage Space: "In One’s Breath-Nothing Stands Still", Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 2016: Snail Night: "Hunt the Hunters", Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2013: Nhasan Collective Space: "Physicallity", Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 2013: Defibrillator Gallery: “Protest Against the Void”- Chicago, USA
  • 2013: PØST: “24Hours Tension”- LA, USA
  • 2011: Halle 6: "Celebration of our moment and farewell party" – Munich, Germany.
  • 2011: Hooyong arts center: "What's mom waiting for?" – Hooyong, South Korea.
  • 2010: Organhaus art space: "22398 steps- 35 hours- 45 square meters- 35 Chinese's Ink litters", Chongqing, China.
  • 2009: Yunart gallery: “The Cover 4” – Kunming, China. 
  •  2007: Ryllega Gallery Hanoi: “growing up” – performance, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Group exhibitions

 

2024:

  • 'Seeding the Future'; Prospect New Orleans, P.6 triennale, USA
  • 'Museum of Immigrating Garden', in the Assemblage of Dreams, Jeonnam Art Museum, South Korea.
  • [Survival Tree], 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden', Chiayi Art Museum, Taiwan

2023:

  • 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden', 10 years project (2023-2033), Kuandu Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden', Permenant installation, Japanisches Palais museum, Dresden, Germany.
  • 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden'; [Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2023]; Japan
  • 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden'; [Talking Heads: Archival Echoes]; Galerie Nord| Kunstverein Tiegarten; Berlin, Germany

- 2022:

  • 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden', Documenta 15th, Kassel, Germany.
  • 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden'; [Time, Passage and Art bending]; LIA-Leipzig International Art Programme, Germany

  • 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden', [Ravata-Islands Bar]; Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taiwan

  • 'Vietnamese Immigrating Garden'; [Orange Mandala], Kinan Art Week 2022; Japan

- 2021:

  • 'Immigrating Garden', BIO-Art x Southeast Asia-Taiwan, Taiwan

- 2020:

  • 'Matter of Art', Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 'Study of Things', Time Museum, Guangzhou, China

  •  'Co-Inspiration in Catastrophe', Museum Of Contemporary Arts - MOCA Taipei, Taiwan.

  • 'Viral Self-Portraits' Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana.

  • 'Strange Thing', 2 Cavan Road, Singapore Arts Club, Singapore.

- 2019:

  • 'Confusion is Chaos Buried' at Anthil, organize by Tranzit, Prague, Czech Republic

  •  'Where the Sea Remembers', Mistake Room, LA, USA

  • "Southeast Asia Performance Collection" The Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany

  • "Trùng Mù / NAILS*hacks*facts*fictions" The District Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • "Documenting Change: Our Climate", CU Art Museum, Colorado, USA

- 2018:

  • MEDZIHMLA 2018 "OMG" , Lucenec, Slovakia
  • Framer Frame, “UnAuthorised Medium”, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • “IsLand Bar” Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 'Art Jakarta', Yeo Workshop; Indonesia
  • Deciphering Home: There is No Place at Home; Hatch Art Project, Singapore

-  2017:

  •         “Asia in the Mirror”, Medo Art Space, Vienna, Austria
  •         “ADAM”, Taipei Culture Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
  •         “21c Democracy”, Nottle Hooyong Performing Arts Center, South Korea
  •         "Replay", Art In the Forest Flamingo, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam              

 

- 2016:

 

              . Bonington Gallery: “In/Visible Borderline_No2”- Nottingham, UK

              . Otwarcie Wystaw: “Protest Against The Void_no1”- Poznan, Poland

               . MetaHouse Art Space “In.Visible Borderline” - Phnompenh, Cambodia

               . Nha San Collective "Mise-En-Scene", Hanoi

               . Mona Inner spaces: “A Touch For The Now” - Poznan, Poland

               . Coovum Art Festival: “Myth East Myth-2” - Chennai, India

            - 2015:

                  . ACC-Asia Culture Center  “Plastic Myths”, Gwangju, S.Korea

                  . Videotag “Biomythography”, LA, USA 

                  . Nha San Collective Space “From.to.”, Hanoi, Vietnam

               -    2014:  

                  . Changwon Sculpture Biennale “The Clouds Will Tell” – S.Korea

                  . Nhasan Collective “In:act 3” – Hanoi, Vietnam

                  . FreeS Art Space “The Glimmer That We See/ Vietnam” – Taipei, Taiwan

              -    2013: 

                 . Nhasan Studio “15+”-Hanoi, Vietnam

                 . LBCC gallery “Freedom is the Motorbike” – LA, USA

               -   2012:

                  . Japan Foundation Hanoi: “Utopia” - Hanoi, Vietnam

     . San Art Space: “Laboratory”,- Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

     . Meta House art space: “Freedom” - Phnom Penh, Cambodia

     . Traveling Exhibition: “Pharmacide”, in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and France

     . Russian Gallery: “This Mess We’re In” – Tucuman, Argentina

-     2011 

      .Nha San studio, In.Act-International performance event – “Chasing” - Hanoi, Vietnam

      . Japan Foundation: "Celebration of our moment and love" - Hanoi,  Vietna

      . Insert_Einlage, Shop Window Project: "Morning exercise" - Vienna, Austria

      . Rory Gill Fine Art gallery: “Skylines without Flying People” – London, GB

      . Tokyo wonder site: "Tokyo story 2010" - Tokyo, Japan.

      . Institute of Contemporary art Singapore: "A Crossroads" – Singapore

      . Hoang Hoa Tham: "Red Carpet" - Social sculpture – Hanoi, Vietnam

      . “Beyond pressure” performance festival: "New relationship with the nature" - Yangon, Myanmar

-        2010:

       . DDM Warehouse: "Celebrating the end of the relaxing time" - Shanghai, China

       . Tokyo Wonder Site: "I don't have my own identity" project – Tokyo, Japan.

       .  “keep moving on” public performance art/ documentary video - Tokyo, Japan

       . Tokyo Wonder Site: “Let it grows up-on” – Tokyo, Japan

       . Tokyo Metropolitan Arts space: "changing breath" – Tokyo, Japan

       . 3331 Arts Chiyoda: "Artist’s Taste" – Tokyo, Japan 

                 -    2009 :

                  .  “ Moved, mutated, disturbed identities”, performance & video, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg

                  .  “The Cover 5”, Live performance, San-Art gallery, HoChiMinh, Vietnam

                  .  " A snapshot of contemporary vietnames art”, Group exhibition, Ifa Gallery, shanghai, china.

               -     2008:
                 .   Performance in “ 10 +” Event at Nha San studio, Hanoi
                 .   “Hanoi - Berlin” Performance Event ; Berlin, Germany.
                 .    “The cover” No1; No2; No3 Performance
                 .   "Connection” public performance
                 .   “Connect”, Hanoi.

                -    2007:
                .    “Menu” ; Nguyen Art Gallery, Hanoi
                .    “Looking forward to a happy world” public concept artwork, Hanoi
                .    “Safety I” Installation; National contemporary art festival, Hanoi

                .    “Improvised” Performance  , Hanoi

                .    “Safety II” Video art ; Hanoi.
                .    “The other side” at Maison des arts; Hanoi
                .    “The language of the emptiness” Installation at Maison des arts; Hanoi

                .    “The cover I ” public Performance, Hanoi
                .    “The process of making an artwork” Installation ; Viet Art Center, Hanoi

               -    2006:
                 . "Yes or No",  Hanoi.
                 . "Cua dong chien bo" Installation, Hanoi
                 . “Group ”; Campus, Hanoi
                 . "Dom Dom" - Performance, Hanoi
                 . “work shop” Performance - Goethe institute, Hanoi
                 . “Hope box public art project”,  Mai’s gallery, Hanoi
                 . “The Sham” Performance at Saigon Open City Festival. Ho Chi Minh
                 . “Chewing and digesting”- Installation ; Saigon Art Association, Ho Chi Minh

               -   2005:
                . “Set of paintings”, Hanoi.
               -   2004:
                . “I’m dissolving” photo voice at British Council, Hanoi
                . “work shop”, Performance, Hoa Binh

 
Professional Experience

-        2018: Co-founder and Art director at Á Space, Hanoi, Vietnam

-        2016: Guest Lecturer at S-AIR; Sapporo, Japan

-        2013: Visiting Faculty at San Francisco Art Institute

-        2013: Co-founder and Board member at Nhasan Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam

-        2012: Co-founder of MAC Hanoi (Mami Art Center), Hanoi, Vietnam

-        2011: Curated “NO.W.HERE” Program, Hanoi, Vietnam

-        2009: Artist Assistance at Singapore Biennale

-        2004-2006: Founder and Artistic Director of Suffusive Art Gallery; Hanoi; Vietnam

Curational experiences


- 2020: Curated 'Those Who Do Not Move, Do Not Change Their Chains', Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Hanoi,  and The Nord Gallery, Berlin

- 2018: Curated “ Siêu Thú/#Amazing#Sick” 20+NhasanCollective, Hanoi, Vietnam

- 2015: Curated “ Narratives of Exposure” NhasanCollective, Hanoi, Vietnam

- 2015: Curated “Ourself Inside Myself", NhasanCollective, Hanoi, Vietnam

- 2015: Co-Curated “From-To” NhasanCollective, Hanoi, Vietnam

- 2014: Curated “The Clouds Will Tell ", NhasanCollective, Hanoi and Changwon Sculpture Biennale, S.Korea.

- 2011: Curated “NO.W.HERE”, Japan Foundation Hanoi, Vietnam

Residencies

-       2019: Artist in residency in Tranzit, Prague, Czech Republic

-       2018: Artist in residency in Tranzit, Prague, Czech Republic

-       2018: Artist in residency in Art OnGoing, Tokyo, Japan

-       2016: Artist in residency in Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, Netherland

-       2015: Artist in residency in ACC-Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, S.Korea

-       2012: San-Art Laboratory – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

-        2011:  Hoyoong performing arts center – South Korea

-        2010:  Organhaus art space - Chongqing, China

-        2010: Tokyo wonder site - Tokyo, Japan

-        2010: The Asia-Europe Art Camp 2010 - Shanghai, China

-        2009: The 7th Asia-Europe Art Camp – Art Workshop for Visual Arts 2009, Luxembourg

-        2009:  934 Studio -  Kunming, China

Selected books

-        Tokyo story 2010

-        Moved, Mutated and Disturbed Identities, 2009-2010

-        A snapshot of contemporary Vietnamese art, 2009 

-        Artes contemporaneas en Vietnam y Filipinas proyecto de investigacion 2008, Spain

-        Alternative Hanoi , Reader’s Digest , May 2008 

FUNDS RECEIVED

-       Hayward Garllery-SouthBank Centre, London, UK 

-      Japan foundation 

-        ASEF Foundation

-        Dongsontoday Foundation.

-        Ford Foundation

-        Galleri Van Bau

-        ANA (Arts network asia )

-        French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

-        Performance art talent prize / Denmark Embassy / 2008