Kieu Tri Nguyen is a Vietnamese artist, born in 1940 in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he also got his Masters in Fine Arts. His first exhibition hosted by the Vietnam Fine Arts Association was held in 1989. In 1990 he had a solo exhibition, hosted by a cultural exchange between Vietnam and France, on the "Humanity of Modern Ethics" inspired by ancient poems. His most recent exhibition was in Hanoi and HCMC at the end of 2005.
Although he paints both modern and realist pieces, he prefers realism because he thinks it has more of a human touch in comparison to modernism. Kieu Nguyen is a good example of the changes taking place in Vietnam. Not only is it changing economically and politically, it is also changing culturally. You can see Kieu Tri Nguyen's work at P4Paintings, one of the largest on-line art galleries representing Vietnamese artists. The attached file is one of Kieu Nguyen's pieces titled, "Community Bath".
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