The winning works at the first year's "UOB Painting of the Year" competition in Vietnam are being displayed at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi from March 23 until March 31.

The exhibition showcases 8 award-winning artworks from the 1^st UOB Painting of the Year in Vietnam, along with other remarkable artworks by these 8 winning artists.

The artworks vary in forms of expression, including spray paint on capos, oil on canvas and ties, wax, and perforations, etc. Each piece conveys profound messages about humanity, culture, and contemporary society.

The work “Họa Chúng Sinh #1- Beings Painting #1” by Vietnamese author Pham Tran Viet Nam won the Gold Award of "Established Artist" category.

After Hanoi, the exhibition will continue to be held at the Hue Museum of Fine Arts, Hue city on April 17-30.

Established in 1982, UOB Painting of the Year is Singapore's longest-running annual art competition and one of the most prestigious in Southeast Asia.

The competition aims to promote art and culture in the region and to showcase the talent of established and emerging artists, having uncovered more than 1,000 artistic talents across the region since its inception.

At the exhibition in Hanoi. Photo: UOB

UOB Painting of the Year is expected to launch its second year in Vietnam in early May 2024, continuing to provide a painting playground for Vietnamese artists, especially untapped talents, to have the opportunity to be recognized and further develop their career domestically and regionally.

UOB Vietnam's first UOB Painting of the Year (POY) award to artist Trinh Minh Tien for his artwork titled “Thủy Phủ- Water Palace”.

Through “Thủy Phủ- Water Palace”, artist Minh Tien conveys the concept of impermanence, illustrating the continual transformation of history and religion through the imprints of architecture. Using airbrush painting techniques, the artist skilfully creates the reflection of Hanoi (St. Joseph) Cathedral on a car’s bonnet, as the Cathedral casts its silhouette upon the rain-slicked car windows.

Artist Trinh Minh Tien said that the competition brought value not only from a community perspective, but also nurtured potential artistic talents, as well as created motivation for the artists to develop their career and shine.

Artist Trinh Minh Tien stands beside his artwork titled “Thủy Phủ- Water Palace”. Photo from Tien's Facebook page

In the Emerging Artist Category, artist Ta Duy Tung took home the 2023 Most Promising Artist of the Year (Vietnam) award with oil painting “Trên con đường - Fly on my way”. His artwork depicts a flying shoe with a loosely tied thick string, symbolizing the challenges, uncertainties and obstacles the artist faced during his youth as a student studying and working, marked by a bold and resilient spirit.

In Established Artist Category, Artist Pham Tran Viet Nam won the Gold Award with work “Họa Chúng Sinh #1- Beings Painting #1”.

Họa chúng sinh #1 depicts the trilogy of works and densely crowded webs of human faces, encroaching and suffocating under the pressure of urban developments. The artwork includes bruised faces in combats, children at wars, medieval beggars, coal miners and innocents struggling to survive in a world filled with complexities.

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