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, The Ground, the root, and the air - September 6 - October 20, 2007
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba - January 13 - February 26, 2005

Museum Exhibitions

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, The Ground, the root, and the air - September 6 - October 20, 2007
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba - January 13 - February 26, 2005

Publications

Selected Works

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

JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA The Globe Project: Garden of Globes, 2007 1100 paper objects, 25 inox globes with interior projection unit, stands dimensions variable LM10917

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