Trần Thanh Cảnh 

2004Graduated from High school of Fine Arts of Ho Chi Minh City

2009Graduated as top student with Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from University of Fine Arts of Ho Chi Minh City

1983Born in Phu Quoc, Kien Giang, Vietnam.

2011Bet Studio, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2009Van Art Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2003-2011Participated in numerous group exhibitions organized in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam, Melbourne City of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Hongkong

2010Young Artist Award granted by The Fine Arts Association of Ho Chi Minh City

2008-2007-2006January Star Award winner, Vietnam
2007 Young Excellent Artists Award winner granted by Melbourne City of Australia
Double Prize A (1 st prize) winner in Landscape Painting and Drawing at Festival
Van Lang, Vietnam

2006People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Award winner

2005Young Artist Prize winner awarded by The Fine Art Association of Ho Chi Minh City.

Tran Thanh Canh is specialize in oil on canvas but he is very successful in many other smart mediums as acrylic on Silk, acrylic on canvas, especially prints on rice paper. He is different with other artist in choosing subjects. He paints as series and it changes by times and life moves.

 

Year 2006 right after two years of his graduated for university, he has introduced to audience a series very unique in his own way which is not influence from any artist in over the world, that is “Nude Men” and immediately this series has accepted by collector in oversea and it has brought him the award of Young Excellent Artist Winner granted by Melbourne City.

 

Year 2008 with highly receiving incomes by selling “Nude Men” series, he turns up to new series “Dream”.

 

Year 2010-2012 with matters happens in his life, he stayed most time in pagodas and temples and he created the new series relates to “religion” and this series was collected by many art collectors in and out of Vietnam. This contemporary abstract also well welcome by art collector, especially The Casino Ho Tram collected his series for Hotel.

 

Year 2013, he became more peaceful in life and the new series introducing to out collector with peaceful beautiful landscape.