Lehmann Maupin Gallery

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba

Biography

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba was born in Tokyo in 1968. He earned an M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art after receiving his B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has had solo exhibitions at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, and the Kunsthalle Wien, Austria. His work was been included in numerous biennials, including the Shanghai Biennale, the Venice Biennale, the Istanbul Biennial, and the Sao Paulo Biennale. He currently lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Nguyen-Hatsushiba's films explore Vietnamese history and national identity, and have referenced issues such as the displacement of Vietnamese "boat people" after the Vietnam War. The underwater setting for films such as Memorial Project, Nha Trang, Vietnam, "Towards the Complex??"For the Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards" (2001) and Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas ??" Battle of Easel Point ??" Memorial Project Okinawa (2003) refer to Vietnam's relationship to water with its long coastline and river basins and to the country's folklore.
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Gallery Exhibitions

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba  6 September - 20 October 2007
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba  13 January - 26 February 2005

Museum Exhibtions

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston  22 July - 21 October 2007
Gwangju Biennale  8 September - 11 November 2006
ARS 06, Kiasma  21 January - 27 August 2006
Venice Biennale  12 June - 6 November 2005
Scottsdale Museum  14 May - 4 September 2005
Malmo Konsthall  5 March - 6 June 2005
Mori Art Museum  29 May - 19 July 2004

Press

New York Times - New York Times - October, 2007
International Herald Tribune - International Herald Tribune - June, 2005
Art in America - Art in America - June, 2005
Artforum - Artforum - April, 2005
Flash Art - Flash Art - March, 2005
Tema Celeste - Tema Celeste - July, 2004
art.es - art.es - May, 2004
Artforum - Artforum - April, 2004
New York Times - New York Times - June, 2003

Publications

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba - MACRO Catalog
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba - Malmo Konsthall Catalog
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba - Mori Art Museum Catalog

Selected Works

JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA The Ground, the Root, and the Air: The Passing of the Bodhi Tree, 2007


JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA The Ground, the Root, and the Air: The Passing of the Bodhi Tree, 2007


JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA The Ground, the Root, and the Air: The Passing of the Bodhi Tree, 2007


JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA Circus , 2007


JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA Circus I , 2007


JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA The Globe Project, 2007

Installation Video

JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA Circus , 2007

Artist Video

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas: Battle of Easel Point - Memorial Project Okinawa, 2003 single-channel video, approx. 15 minutes variable dimensions Edition of 8 LM7949


Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam Towards the Complex - For the Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards, 2002 video, approximately 13 minutes


Happy New Year: Memorial Project Vietnam II, 2003 single-channel video, 15 minutes variable dimensions Edition of 6 LM7938


Memorial Project Minamata: Neither Either nor Neither - A Love Story, 2002-2003 single-channel projection variable dimensions Edition of 6 LM7936


JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA The Ground, the Root, and the Air: The Passing of the Bodhi Tree, 2007