Ngo Dinh Bao Chau

Ngo Dinh Bao Chau has engaged with a diverse array of materials, ranging from sedge mats, steel, and concrete, to trúc chỉ – a type of paper created from the blending of bamboo, corn, and duckweed. Her artistic practice delves into the examination of contemporary life in Vietnam, where she repurposes objects and images to challenge societal dualisms and tensions. Bao Chau appropriates symbols deeply ingrained in collective cultural memory and situates them within an imagined domestic space. Through her multimedia installations, the artist explores the power of repetition and blurs the boundaries between public and private spheres. Through transforming materials and seamlessly, she integrates their materiality into the overarching conceptual framework of her works. She deconstructs ideological modes and their propagation, applying these insights to the realization of her artistic creations. In her print series "Uniform – Wallpaper" (2020), Bao Chau delves into the symbolism of uniformity. Through purposeful repetition, she layers motifs of collective solidarity, drawing inspiration from unions, associations, and groups prevalent in socialist political and educational institutions. ...

Recognized as Vietnam’s leading contemporary art gallery, Galerie Quynh has been promoting contemporary art practice in the country for over two decades. The gallery is known internationally for its consistently focused programming and educational initiatives. Working with a select group of emerging, mid-career and established Vietnamese artists, the gallery also exhibits the work of distinguished artists from around the world. In keeping with its mission to develop a sustainable ecosystem for the arts in Vietnam, the gallery collaborates with artists, curators, museums and art spaces locally and internationally to organize talks and lectures as well as to produce publications in English and Vietnamese. In May 2014 the gallery founded the not-for-profit educational initiative Sao La directed by artists Tung Mai and Nguyen Kim To Lan. Sao La has since evolved into an independent artist collective spearheaded by To Lan and Dalat-based artist Nguyen Duc Dat. In summer 2020 with support from the Goethe-Institut, the gallery launched the not-for-profit CáRô, an educational initiative that provides art education for students aged 13 – 18 who show demonstrative interest in the arts. ...