TUAN VU
Tuan Vu was born in Saigon, Vietnam. As far back as he can remember, he never stopped creating. His favourite mediums are drawing, painting, and photography, which did not prevent him from touching also on design and architecture. Although he has attended several drawing, painting, and photography workshops at the University of Montreal over the years, he remains essentially a self-taught artist. His natural talent is profusely expressed through his work. His pieces were first seen at an auction he organized in 2010 to help people in Haiti hit by a devastating earthquake.
Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Art Singapore, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Singapore (2025); Elysium, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2024); Imaginary Gardens – Duran Mashaal Gallery, Montreal, Canada; Solstice Haze, Simard Bilodeau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US (2023); Hedonistic Drams – Painting, Institut National Art Contemporain Montreal, Canada; Endless Sumer – LivART, Montreal, Canada; Beach Life – Luz Gallery (Belgo Building), Montreal, Canada; Brume, Galerie Luz Édifice Belgo, Montreal, Canada (2018); Haiti Support Auction, Montreal, Canada (2010).
Group exhibitions include The Armory Show, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, New York, USA (2024); Echoes of the Unseen – Gallery Reveal, Bordeaux, France; Toi, moi, nous – Simard Bilodeau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Artist collaboration with Claudia Chan Tak-Painting on Dress, Montreal, QC, Canada; Art SG – Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Singapore, Singapore; Plural – Duran Mashaal Gallery, Montreal. QC, Canada; CAN Art Fair – Duran Mashaal, NYC, United States; Wild Ones, Simard Bilodeau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US; Arrival, Duran Mashaal Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada; V.I.D.E, Agrégat Université de Sherbrooke à Longueuil, Longueuil, QC, Canada (2023); Imagination, Cache Studio, Montreal, QC, Canada (2023); Sundaze, Wishbone Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada (2023); Arrival, Duran Mashaal Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada (2023); Where the Wild Roses Grow, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Berlin, Germany (2023); Les cahiers, Maison de culture Monk, Montreal, QC, Canada (2023); ART TORONTO, Duran Mashaal, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada (2023); FOCUS NYC, Chelsea Industrial, New York, US (2023); Fomat à importer, Galerie Institut National Art Contemporain gallery, Montreal, Canada (2022); Carrousel du Louvre, FOCUS ART FAIR (BOOM), Paris, France (2022); Paintings, drawings and photo, Montréal en Arts, Rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Canada (2021); Beach Life, Galerie Luz, Montreal, Canada (2019); Pluriel au singulier at the Galerie GOT, Montreal, Canada (2016).
Highlights and Collections
Vu's work can be found in private and public collections globally including Bunker Artspace Museum, West Palm Beach, FL, Holbar Collection, United Kingdom, Vietnam Art Collection - Vietnam and Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts. In 2019, Tuan VU gave a lecture on Photography and Intuition at the ALPA Photo Club in Longueuil. In 2021, he was named artist of the month at YES Montreal and gave an interview to LeZarts on MATV as a guest artist, additionally he received a Merit for his participation in the Luxembourg Art Prize (2021 and 2022). In 2022, he was a guest artist for the conference on photography and painting at Women's Art Society Montreal (WASM). Furthermore, he was selected among the finalist artists for the 30th-anniversary edition of the London-based magazine ArtMaze (2022) and Friends of Artists (FOA),(2023). VAC (Vietnam Art Collection), 2024.