The Artist

Biography

Hoa Vu graduated from the University of Fine Arts in Hanoi in 1986. He spent much of his career teaching drawing, painting and animated film at Isart Digital in Paris, from 1996 to 2020. His work centres on painting, in oil and in lacquer on wood, with a particular feeling for figurative compositions and landscapes. He has exhibited in Vietnam, France, New York and Switzerland. His awards include first prize at the Salon international de Bourg-la-Reine (2000), the Prix Marie Valengo at the Salon des Beaux-Arts de Chatou (2005), third prize at the Architecture Biennale in Bulgaria (1986) and a national first prize for animated film in Vietnam.