Wandering the Suburbs

A solo exhibition by Nguyễn Ngọc Liêm Opening: 14.09.2019 @5:00pm Duration: 14.09.2019 — 19.10.2019 Location: Sàn Art  Millennium Masteri Unit B6.17 & B6.16 132 Bến Vân Đồn, Ward 6, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (enter from Nguyen Huu Hao side) Nguyễn Ngọc Liêm’s studio is based in Biên Hoà, a small industrial city where he grew up, and whose peri-urbanized landscape has been gradually absorbed into his oeuvre, his hand, his vision. Here, the bucolic and the urban interweave: repetitions of narrow tube houses and giant grim factories...

Nguyễn Ngọc Liêm

Nguyen Ngoc Liem (b. 1989) is an independent artist based in Saigon. He was born in Bien Hoa, where he spent most of his childhood observing and getting to know the modest and familiar scenery around. In 2015, Liem graduated in the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art University, majoring in oil painting. He spent some time later to work various jobs and make a living before getting back to making art. He started painting again in the loft at his home, starting with the simple and familiar images that...