Bao Vuong
oil and acrylic, aluminium powder and wax on canvas
140 x 220cm
55.12 x 86.61 in
Oil and acrylic paint, aluminium powder and wax on canvas
92 x 78cm
36.22 x 30.71 in
Oil and acrylic paint, aluminium powder and wax on canvas
60 x 73cm
23.62 x 28.74 in
Oil and acrylic paint, aluminium powder and wax on canvas
60 x 73cm
23.62 x 28.74 in
Oil and acrylic paint, aluminium powder and wax on canvas Peinture
50 x 50cm
19.69 x 19.69 in
Oil and acrylic paint, aluminium powder and wax on canvas
50 x 60cm
19.69 x 23.62 in
Bao Vuong
Bao Vuong was born in Vietnam in the late 1970s. When he was barely one year old, his parents were forced to flee the country by sea. Like thousands of boat people, he and his family wandered many long months in the open sea and moved from one refugee camp to another hoping to find a welcoming land.
Eventually they found asylum in France. They settled in the south of France, where later on he would start his artistic education. Bao grew up with a sense of uprooting.
In his artistic practice, whether it’s painting, installation or performance, Bao tries to reconstruct buried memories by working with remembrance.
In his black monochrome painting series entitled “ The Crossing “, the viewer can see and experience the contemplation of “ light in the darkness “. Between presence and absence, softness and roughness, the imaginary and the interpretation collide, leaving us to face ourselves and our own history. In the distance, hope for a better future looms.
Bao currently lives and works between France, Belgium and Vietnam.
Bao Vuong , New York
April 10 - May 17, 2025
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
0, Musée des Arts Asiatiques de Toulon, France
2023
Nước, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
The Crossing, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapour
Laguna Nera, Wilmotte Foundation, Venise, Italie
2022
Horizons, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
The Crossing - La Haye, Vietnam Art House, La Haye, Pays-Bas
"Horizons", A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
2021
“The Vietnam Art House”, Haye, Pays-Bas
"Coming through", A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
2020
"The crossing", A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
2019
"Another crossing", Manzi, Hanoi, Vietnam
2018
"The crossing", Arts Ventures Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2016
"A travers", l’Espace de l’Institut français de Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
ART PARIS, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France ART SG, Marina Bay, Singapour
2023
ART PARIS, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
Racines, Bao Vuong & Wang Keping, Galerie Le Fell, Bruxelles, Belgique
Water, Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Bruxelles, Belgique
Voyage Suspendu, commissariat d’exposition par Ici Vietnam, Showroom Vinfast, Paris, France
2022
"Syzygie, a ritual for the Ocean" - French Institut, Lisbon / Portugal
"Distorsion humaine" performance à ICI VIETNAM, Paris / France
"Exodes", ville de Saint-Raphaël, France
"Remnants", San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2021
Musée des Arts de la Citadelle de Calvi (MUDACC), Calvi, France
"Group exhibition", La Tour de Sel, Calvi / France
2020
"Unlearning" (Commissaire: David Willis), Richard Koh Fine Art, / Singapour
“FALSE” at A2Z Art Gallery, Paris / France
2019
A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
2018
"All Animals Are Equal", A Farm Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam
2017
"Nguchonobay", Galerie Quynh, Hô-Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam
Festival Krossing-Over, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Hô-Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam
2016
"À travers", Institut Français de Hanoi, Vietnam