Nguyen Thi Tam
BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
NGUYEN THI TAM
Born on December 22, 1936, in My Tho, in Dong Thap province.
- Born and raised in Saigon.
- Graduated from the Gia Dinh Fine Arts College-Saigon, 2nd course – 1958.
- Former Teacher at the Saigon Fine Arts College. Before April 30, 1975, she was in charge of teaching the Layout and Decoration subjects to classes of the first, second, third, and fourth years of the Saigon Fine Arts College.
- Member of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association and HCMC Fine Arts Association.
- Former Chairwoman of the Tre Xanh (Green Bamboo) Fine Arts Club at the District 1 Cultural Center in HoChiMinh City.
- Chairwoman of the Fine Arts Club for Women (belonging to the HCMC Fine Arts Association).
- Presently producing and teaching oil and silk paintings at home.
- Has participated in individual and group exhibitions in Vietnam as well as in several countries around the world.
- Participated in “Ngan Ha” group exhibition at Phuong Mai Gallery.
- Producing trend:
- Preferences: Landscape and silk paintings (usually created right at the scenes, because she is eager to wander to different places to travel and obtain inspiration at the same time).
