Born in 1974 in Hanoi, Vietnam
Graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts University, Hanoi, Vietnam in 1996
Lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Selected solo & two-person exhibitions

2024Light Permeates the Wounds, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries 1&2, Singapore
2022Lachrimae, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2018with a necessary dose of surrealism to go through the spaces between men, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2017Spaces Between Man, Affinity Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2016Between Two Mysteries, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
20151972-2015: Works by Hoang Duong Cam and Trong Gia Nguyen, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Asia Now, Galerie Quynh, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
2013The day before the Renaissance, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2012Tales of Chewing Gum, Noodle Soup, and Other Stories, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Picture This, Tolla Duke Contemporary, Singapore
2011Ideal Fall, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Lightning in U Minh Forest, ART HK 11, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2010Representation in the meaning of a metaphor for a forest as endoscopy / links between locations, Project Space and Spare Room Gallery, School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2007Projecting into the night what has gone with the dawn, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2006Fat-free Museum, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2005Filename.disan, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2001Square Eggs and Under the Covers, Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, Vietnam
1999The Wedding, Nha San Studio, Hanoi, Vietnam

Selected group exhibitions

2025Of Dreams and Contempalation: I am All but a Story, The Private Museum, Singapore
ART SG, Richard Koh Fine Arts, Singapore
2023Vietnam in Transition, 1976-Present, Wende Museum, Los Angeles, USA
From Root to Canopy, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
XEMX 5 Friends 10 Years Art Infinite, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries 1&2, Singapore
2020XEM Project, Sa Sa Art Projects, PhnomPenh, Cambodia
2018The Cloud Atlas, Francois Schneider Foundation, Wattwiller, France
Alluvium, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2017SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
KE-HISTORYOFNOW, Wedeman Gallery, Newton, Boston, USA
Vietnam Eye: Blood, Sweat and Tears, Start Projects 2017, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
“InstanMì”, The Factory Contemporary Arts Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2015Southeast Asia Platform, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
2014A Pocket Dictionary of Nha San, Nha San Studio, Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam Now: Changing Society, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013Censorship 2013 Move on Asia, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea
Xem Publication Project, San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Freedom is the Motobike, Art Gallery, Long Beach City College, California, USA
Electronic Pacific, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA
2012To Bring the World into the World, curated by Biljana Ciric for Gendai Gallery, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada
201136 Reasons Why We Still Need Superman, video art touring festival curated by Tim Crowley, Centro de Investigaciones Artisticas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010VideoZone 5, the 5th International Video Art Biennial, various galleries, Israel
Daegu Photo Biennial, Daegu, South Korea
On Each Milestone, Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange, Hanoi, Vietnam
Arts and Cities, Aichi Triennale 2010, Nagoya, Japan
2009Connect: Art Scene Vietnam, ifa-Galerie Berlin, Germany; traveling to ifa-Galerie Stuttgart in 2010
Magnetic Power, ASEAN – Korea Contemporary Photography & Media Art Exhibition, Coreana Museum of Art and Gallery Jijihyang, Seoul, Korea
Fluid Zone, Jakarta Biennale, Jakarta, Indonesia
2008Post Doi Moi: Vietnamese Art After 1990, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Intrude: Art & Life 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Strategies from Within - an Exhibition of Vietnamese & Cambodian Contemporary Art Practices, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China
The Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2007Migration Addicts (a collateral event of the 52nd Venice Biennale), Rokovoko by Mogas Station, Caffè Aurora, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves, ZKM I Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
Rokovoko (Mogas Station), City of Expiration and Regeneration, 2007 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale, Shenzhen, China
2006Liberation – 1st chapter of Saigon Open City, Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Belief, Singapore Biennale 2006, AART publication and installation Landing Zone by Mogas Station, Singapore
2005Out of Context, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California, USA
600 Images/60 Artists/6 Curators/6 Cities, simultaneous exhibitions in venues in Bangkok, Berlin, Los Angeles, London, Manila and Saigon
2004Best Regards and Be Resolved to Win (2002) presented in Asia, Now, Gyeonggi Arts Center, Suwon City, Korea
2003Tree – focus from both sides, site-specific installation, Binh Quoi Village, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2002The Wedding (1999) presented in ConversAsian, National Gallery, Grand Cayman Island
2000God Creates Elephants, God Creates Grass, Nha San Duc Contemporary Art Studio, Hanoi, Vietnam
1999Dialogue, Centro Cultural General San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998Inhale – Exhale, L’ Atelier, Hanoi, Vietnam

Grant / Residency

2010Residency Program for Media Artist, funded by School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Exhibion Grant to produce a collaborated video work and exhibition, funded by Japan Foundation
2009Artist-in-resident at Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan under the Programme for Creators, funded by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund as part of JENESYS Programme

Museum collection

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam

Collaborations

Xem ColectivesXem is an artist collective based in Ho Chi Minh City, started from 2013, with the idea of exploring the experimental aspects of photography as a medium of contemporary arts. The Collectives: Quang Lam, Hoang Duong Cam, Phan Quang, Nguyen Thanh Truc, Uu Dam Tran Nguyen. Together, they has made 10 issues of photo-books and have several exhibitions in Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore.

Facebook page

CamamotoCamamoto is a collaborative project between two conceptual artists: Takayuki Yamamoto (Japan) and Hoang Duong Cam (Vietnam) during the time of 2009-2010. Camamoto is the combination of “Cam” and “(Yam)amoto” The concept of the project is to explore the conceptual possibilities of the performative responses between the two imaginary twin characters to their own resemblances and differences.

Archived webpage

Mogas StationMogas Station is an artist collective based in Ho Chi Minh City, from 2006-2007. Members: Tam Vo Phi, Gulschan Gothel, Bertrand Peret, Rich Streitmatter-Tran, Vu Lien Phuong, Hoang Duong Cam, Sandrine Llouquet

Archived webpage