Xuân Hạ is a visual and multimedia artist who currently lives and works in Danang, and whose practice focuses on the socio-cultural changes in her home region of Central Vietnam. In 2015, she co-founded Chaosdowntown Cháo, an art collective based in Saigon, and in 2019, she founded the a sông club – an art club exploring the identity of Da Nang-Quang Nam, including its land and its people.
Her body of works stems from the oppositions between herself and the dizzying changes that occur in her surrounding environment. Through various experimentations with materials and space, the artist uses the fragments of everyday life and a wide range of artistic media (painting, animation, video, sculpture and installation) to present unrealistic scenarios that then gradually shape their own narratives.
email: shinxuanha@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions:
2021
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"The White Sand In Exile" - Old Soul Art Hub, Da Nang. (The exhibition is supported by the British Council under The Cultural and Creative Hub Vietnam Project, 2018-2021, a project funded by the European Union and the British Council, implemented and organized by DNES in partnership with Old Soul Art Hub and A Sông Club).
2019
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"How i miss the taste of tangerine" - Sàn Art, Saigon.
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"No Name is a name" - Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, organized by FUTUR Foundation.
2018
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"There's an ant inside my glass of water" - Chaosdowntown Cháo, Saigon. (This event is within the Asian IN/Visible Station project co-organized by the Japan Foundation Asia Center and curated by ZeroStation from 2016–2018).
Selected Group Exhibitions & Screenings :
2022
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"Till later letters" - Á Space , Hanoi, Vietnam.
2021
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"Familiar" - Galerie Quynh, Saigon.
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“Lưng Chừng”- an online short film screening, is a project supported by the Goethe Institut as part of the Ignite Creativity Grant in 2021, organized by Nãi Cinema.
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“Groots in't Klein” - at Galerie Bax Kunst, Holland.
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"Everything will be all rice" - open studio at CAB Hoi An.
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"Southeast Asia Short Documentary Film Screening and Discussion" - Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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“ESOK” Jakarta Biennale 2021 - Jakarta, Indonesia, with the support of Goethe Institut.
2020
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[Art Convention] CABCON#1, is organized by CAB Hoi An.
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"Am I Superwoman?" - Sàn Art, Saigon.
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"An ode to the microscopic" screening - which is supported by Dcine, Central Studio, Prince Claus Fund and The Factory Arts Centre.
2019
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"Vănguard Retrospective Exhibition", organized by Vănguard and Dorchester Art Project, Boston, USA.
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All animals are equal 2 - A.Farm, Saigon.
2018
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Open Studio at Asia Plex, Gwangju, Korea. ACC Arts Space Network Residency Program’, which is planned and operated by Asia Culture Center(ACC), is Art Space-in-Residence(AIR.) program of Asian Arts Space Network Project.
2017
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"Beyond Borders, ASEAN and the Republic of Korea Collaborative Painting" - BGC, Manila, Philippines.
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"Future Bodies of ASIA" - Salon Saigon, Saigon.
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“I Me Mine” - The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, Saigon.
2016
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“In_Ur_Scr! Show”- Six Space, Hanoi.
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“In_Ur_Scr! Show”- Chaosdowntown Cháo, Saigon.
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“Queer Forever Festival” - Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi.
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“Nothing [ON] show”- The Cube, Saigon.
2015
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"SHE International Exchange", organised by Sao La (VN) x Sweet Art (UK) x Little Pink Monster Gallery (US).
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"Queer đây", screening video "Lotus Out of the Way"- Observatory, Saigon.
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“The Dynamic Black and White”- Zerostation, Saigon.
Residencies:
2021
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Ănmai Residency Program, organized by CAB Hoi An, Vietnam.
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Residency Project in Hoi An, Quang Nam - Commissioned work by Jakarta Biennale 2021 ESOK with the support of Goethe-Institut.
2020
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Solo Marathon 2020 Residency Program, organized by Á Space, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2019
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Residency Programme for Young Artists, organized by FUTUR Foundation, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland.
2018
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ACC Arts Space Network Residency Program, which is planned and operated by Asia Culture Center(ACC), is Art Space-in-Residence(AIR.) program of Asian Arts Space Network Project - Gwangju, Korea.
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FAMLAB – Film, Archive and Music Lab, Gia Lai and Ninh Thuan, organised by British Council.
Experiences:
2016-present: Co-founder of Chaosdowntown Cháo, Saigon, Vietnam.
2019-present: Co-founder of a sông club, Da Nang, Vietnam.
2020: Facilitator of Training Program "Art for Everyone", this program is within the Vietnam Cultural and Creative Space Project (CHV), 2018 - 2021, co-sponsored by the European Union and the British Council, and implemented by the British Council in collaboration with Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS).
Fund received:
2021: The Goethe-Institut
2021: The European Union and The British Council
2019: FUTUR Foundation, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
2018: The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo, Japan
2017: Cutural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF), Denmark Embassy in Vietnam