𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐮

Join us for a studio visit with son mai artist Trung Vu as the first public event of the exhibition 'At the Roots, the Mirage is Clear' at Gategate Gallery. Curator Hai Nam Nguyen will guide visitors through the gallery, providing a brief tour of the exhibition. The journey continues with a conversation between Hai Nam and artist Trung Vu in his atelier in Trich Sai. Together, we'll engage in a discussion about the Son Mai technique and its historical significance in contemporary society as well as Trung Vu‘s artistic journey.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫
Hai Nam Nguyen graduated his BA in Art History, Media and Communication Science from Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg. Nguyen received the curator Scholarship from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony (Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsens) and worked as an assistant curator at the museum for Contemporary Art Leipzig (GfZK). Currently, he’s working as an independent curator/ researcher with Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin while managing AntiRaQua- a project training immigrant social workers about antiracism in Halle (Saale)