Cong Quoc Ha

Cong Quoc Ha
Birth name	Cong Quoc Ha
Born	1955 Hanoi, Vietnam
Nationality	Vietnamese

Cong Quoc Ha (1955) is an acclaimed Vietnamese artist and lacquer painter. He was born in Hanoi in 1955 and graduated from the Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts College.^[1]

Lotus Flowers, painted 1996 by Cong Quoc Ha

Cong Quoc Ha is one of the most active and best known Vietnamese lacquer painters. He "is well known for his elegant female figures.^[2] He belongs to a group of artists who revived the art of traditional Vietnamese lacquer painting and gave it a modern face around the world.^[3] He is one of five children of Cong Ton Toan and Dinh Thi Lieu, a well-accomplished family in Hanoi. Among his siblings is his younger sister Cong Kim Hoa, who is an acclaimed artist herself.^[4]

Since graduating from the Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts University, his works are shown in hundreds of exhibitions worldwide, including international fairs such as the Documenta in Germany, the Euro D'Art in Geneva as well as in international exhibitions from Buenos Aires to New York, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo and Melbourne. He also received numerous awards for his works worldwide. He was also responsible for the first nude exhibition in Vietnam, in 1992, where he had 20 paintings at the show.^[5]

Between 1995 and 2000 he served as Deputy Secretary General of Hanoi Fine Arts Association, and he was Chairman of the Young Painter Club, Vietnam Fine Art Association between 1995-1999.

Hanoi Flower Girl, painted 1997 by Cong Quoc Ha

Awards

• 1978: Metropolitan Fine Arts Exhibition, Hanoi Fine Arts Association.
• 1983: Graphic Arts Book Printing, Ministry of Culture.
• 1985: Illustration Graphic Arts Exhibition, “Van Nghe Magazine” and Vietnam Fine Art Association.
• 1995: Metropolitan Fine Arts Exhibition, Hanoi Fine Arts Association.
• 1996: Young Artists Exhibition I, Sweden Fund for Cultural Peroration Exhibition of Prizewinning Painting, Hanoi Area, Vietnam Association of Fine Arts Quinquenial Literature & Arts Association.
• 2000: Medal for Vietnam Fine Arts Career

References

1. ^ Hanoi Art Gallery - Vitae Cong Quoc Ha
2. ^ HANOI'S LACQUER by Ian Findlay, Asian Art News Jan/Feb 2004
3. ^ Arts Of Asia, March/April 2002, Editorial
4. ^ Thavibu Art Gallery - Vitae Cong Kim Hoa
5. ^ Article by Trinh Tu

External links

• Hanoi Art Gallery
• Website for Cong Quoc Ha

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Name	Cong Quoc Ha
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Date of birth	1955
Place of birth	Hanoi, Vietnam
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