Art Talk “Japan & Me” by Vu Kim Thu

Fri 17 Jul 2015 Thu 23 Jul 2015, 7.30 pm
Blossom Art House

From the organizer:

Travelling has been playing a very important role in Vu Kim Thu’s path of creativity. However, in recent years, Japan – one of the countries that she had an opportunity to travel to – has inspired her so much and opened new ideas in the way Thu works. In this Art Talk, she would like to present specifically her experiences of participating in Japan through 3 Artists Residencies programs which changed her works in idea, medium, cultural influences and interaction with people. Moreover, Thu would like to share her practice and developing experimentation in Japanese paper – Washi – in the current project during her most recent residency program in Sapporo in the fall of 2014. The talk will not only present Thu’s works but also focus on the daily lives, the organization and the culture of these 3 programs. This will also be a great opportunity for artists interested in applying for these programs in the future, and for audiences interested in Japanese Art and Culture.

The slides will be featured with images from Kamiyama “Artist in Residence” Program, Mino Paper Art Village, Sapporo “Artists in Residence” Program and Tokachi “Artists in Residence” Program.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Vu Kim Thu was born in 1976 in Hanoi. She earned her BFA from Hanoi University of Fine Arts in 1999, Vietnam and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States in 2003. Focus on line drawing, paper material and using temporary spaces, she has been working on different projects through traveling to create a new experience based on how her line drawing, changing the atmosphere of each space. Thu has participated in a number of residencies worldwide including Vermont Studio Center (USA), Goyang National Art studio (Korea), Sanskriti Kendra (India), Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen (Germany), Mc Coll Center of Visual Art (USA), Rockefeller Bellagio Center (Italy), Museum of Contemporary Art in A Coruña (Spain)… which contributed a great influence in shaping her works into many directions.

In the past 3 years, Thu has been interested in Japanese culture, and her studies of Washi paper leads her to a new experimentation with paper sculpture and lighting based on her current experience in Japan: Kamiyama “Artists in Residence” Program.

Vu Kim Thu had held a talk about her exhibition “Journey with a line” in Hanoi in 2012.

See more of her work here.