Bui Cong Khanh
Bùi Công Khánh (b. 1972, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice examines the shifting contours of cultural heritage, identity, and historical memory. Among the first Vietnamese artists to garner international recognition in the 1990s, Bùi emerged at a pivotal moment of artistic experimentation, engaging with performance, installation, video, and drawing to navigate the complexities of tradition and modernity. His work has been widely exhibited across Southeast Asia and beyond, establishing him as a critical voice in contemporary Vietnamese art.
Born in Đà Nẵng, a coastal city occupied by American GIs during the Vietnam War, and raised in Hội An—a historic trading port shaped by centuries of Chinese and Japanese migration—Bùi’s work reflects the layered histories of Vietnam, exploring its resilience and the tensions between colonial occupation, political autonomy, and economic progress.
Born in Đà Nẵng, a coastal city occupied by American GIs during the Vietnam War, and raised in Hội An—a historic trading port shaped by centuries of Chinese and Japanese migration—Bùi’s work reflects the layered histories of Vietnam, exploring its resilience and the tensions between colonial occupation, political autonomy, and economic progress.

Bui Cong Khanh
Works

Abstract 04

BLUE FENCE

Metal hearts (Celadon version)

Gut-wrenching

The flow of time

Blue sky, pink clouds” vase number 1

"I don’t know clouds at all"

Sài Gòn slum (lightbox)
Holding heart

SCRATCHES

Metal hearts No 1

EMPTINESS

SPLENDID SKY

VERTICAL EMOTIONS

True color

Cracked future

FAIR LOVE JUICE

LOVE JUICE

Gate of Family Agreement

Metal hearts No 2

Paravent

Sài Gòn slum

Untitled

When we dream too long

Metal heart