Graig Thomas Gallery is pleased to announce its 6th anniversary celebration with One Country, a group exhibition featuring works from fifteen Vietnamese young and mid-career visual artists.

Vietnam’s three most prominent fine arts academies are located in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City respectively. Aspiring artists tend to gravitate to the institution that is nearest to their hometown and to continue their career in one of the three cities after their graduation. The result is a trifurcated Vietnamese national art scene which arguably leads to a sum that is less than the whole of its parts.

Beginning in 2011, CTG began introducing a mix of young Hanoi artists into our regular program of exhibitions. Aspiring to contribue to the creation of a single Vietnamese art scene, we will now be integrating Hue-based artists into our program over the coming months and years. The One Country collection – featuring works from artists based in all three cetners – is the beginning of that process.