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Surreal Paintings by Nguyen Dinh Dang Vietnam

Nguyen Dinh Dang was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 1958. He began drawing at age five and became an outstanding student. He hoped to become a professional painter but the Vietnam war and lack of painting materials restricted his work and made it difficult for Dang to pursue a living as a painter. This did not dampen Dang's passion for painting but the war led him to pursue a career in science.

Dang graduated from the Moscow State University in 1982. He received his Ph.D in nuclear theory in 1985, and his doctor of physics and mathematics sciences in 1990 at the same university. He went to Japan in 1994 as a research fellow and joined RIKEN (the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) in 1995. Currently, he's an Accelerator Research Scientist at RIKEN's Heavy-Ion Nuclear Physics Laboratory.

For the past two decades, Dang's paintings have shifted from impressionism to surrealism, in the tradition of Salvador Dali. Once he gets an idea, he spends nights and weekends painting. A self-taught painter, Dang believes it is not important to explain the literal context of any artwork. "In the creative process of both art and science, the most important thing is intuition. You feel something intuitively. You cannot explain how it comes to you," he says.

Surreal painting entitled The Sound of Crystal Bells by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"The Sound of Crystal Bells" by
Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas 50x60cm 1996

Surreal painting entitled The Invisible Elephant by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"The Invisible Elephant" by
Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas 50x60cm 1997

Surreal painting entitled The Giant Shells from Amami Island by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam
"The Giant Shells from Amami Island" by
Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas 60.5x72.5 2000

Surreal painting entitled Obsessional Hanoi by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"Obsessional Hanoi" by
Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas 50x60cm 1997

Surreal painting entitled The Legend of Pearl by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"The Legend of Pearl" by
Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas 60.5x72.5 cm 2000
The story
behind this painting can be read
here
(courtesy of Dang)
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In September 2005 Dang was awarded, for the second time, the title of Fine-Work Artist by Japan's Shutai Art Association and was selected to become its first foreign member. In 2007, Dang received the "Outstanding Rising Artist Award" given by Sompo Japan Fine-Art Foundation of Tokyo. In 2004, the medal "For the cause of Vietnamese Fine Arts" was awarded to Dang by the Vietnam Fine-Art Association.

His works have been shown in Russia, Vietnam, and Japan, and are in private collections in Austria, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and Vietnam.

Surreal painting entitled Ascension by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

"Ascension" by
Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright © by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas 80x65cm 1998

Surreal painting entitled Burning Horses by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

Surreal painting entitled The Autumn Stair by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam

Surreal painting entitled Clair de Lune by artist Nguyen Dinh Dang of Vietnam "
Clair de Lune" by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Image Copyright ©
by Nguyen Dinh Dang
Oil on canvas 116.7x91cm 2003