Lê Thanh Nguyên PhươNg

A Vietnamese independent visual artist based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

My career started off as a commercial designer after I accomplished a major in Industrial Arts/Ceramic Art in Vietnam in 2005. After a period of postgraduate study in Japan (2011-2017), I returned to Vietnam and established my atelier.

My practice is evolving towards the physical characteristics of visual and tactile sensation through the properties of materials. My works are expanded from ceramics to mixed-media surfaces. With an expectation of being able to extensively propose an art appreciation to even the visually impaired people, I considers the integration of tactile interpretation onto my visual artworks as an ‘inclusiveness’; and it is channeling my study into an investigation of the relationship between the ‘inclusive’ and the ‘exclusive’ aspect within a context of contemporary society.

2017 Graduate School of Arts, Doctoral Course, Department of Ceramics at Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Withdrew.
2016 Graduate School, Master’s Program in Art and Design, Mixed-media at Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
2005 Major in Industrial Arts, Department of Ceramic Art at Dong Nai College of Decorative Arts, Bien Hoa City, Vietnam.

2016. 10 The 30th Kyoto Art Festival ・ International Exhibition of Arts, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Arts, Annex 1F, Kyoto, Japan.
2015. 12–2016. 01 The 32nd Chozasho Tokoname Exhibition of Ceramic Art, in Tokoname City Cultural Meeting Hall, and in Museum of Ceramics, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
2015. 07–11 Kobe Biennale 2015 - Competition of Modern Ceramic Art, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, and Museum of Contemporary Arts-BB Plaza, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
2014. 11 The 3rd Wan・Wan (bowl)・One-Exhibition of the Youth Continuing the Next Era, Kyoto Ceramics Center, Kyoto, Japan.
2013. 12 Sagagei Quartette’ Ceramics, sponsored exhibition, Shu Gallery, Kyoto, Japan.
SOLO
2015. 12 Reflection, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan.
2015. 05 Asa Ni Tsururu Yomogi (Wormwood Grows Straight With Hemp), sponsored solo exhibition, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan.