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Artist :

Khamsouk KEOMINGMUANG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Khamsouk KEOMINGMUANG

was born on 12/12/1942 at Kengmoon Village Asaphone District Savannakhet Province

 

Drawing and painting have been one constant in his highly changeful life. As a boy, he used charcoal to draw simple images on anything he could find. The young Keomingmuang also spent part of his childhood playing near a temple where monks performed rituals, and it was here that he found himself attracted to the paper or cloth images of Buddha that surrounded him. For a time, he supported himself by selling Buddhist drawings in the temple. Even throughout his days in the jungle as a soldier of the liberation army, he continued to cultivate his artistic abilities. It was only much later that KEOMINGMUANG purposed a conventional artistic education by attending and graduating from the institute of Fine Arts in Hanoi Vietnam.

 

KEOMINGMUANG's works are inspired by his early memories of Buddhist images, fond recollections from childhood and a strong sense of the poverty that he suffered. His works like Hmong's New Year (1999), a scene of tribal folk in traditional attire welcoming the New Year with dance, is set against the backdrop of lively, swaying trees. It betrays the artist's belief in the close relationship people and nature, and is a palpable manifestation of his past.

His recent works, such as Cows in Metamorphose (2003) and Daily food (2002) continue an oeuvre suffused with vibrant almost kaleidoscopic, colour and maintain clear identification (2001) hint of the artist's growing development as a social commentator. The montage of industrial chaos and animals in flight or distress a poignant elucidation of difficult times.

Previously a teacher in the School of Fine Arts in Vientiane , Laos PDR and a Chief of the Fine Art Department, Ministry of information and Culture, Vientiane , Laos PDR, KEOMINGMUANG now devotes his time to being a fulltime freelance artist in Vientiane , Laos PDR

 
     
     
Art work performed by senior artist: Mr. Khamsouk KEOMINGMUANG

     
     

Awards:

1980: 2 nd prize in oil painting, Art exhibition, Vientiane Honorable Mention and special distinction of color, Ministry of Information a Vientiane

1987: 2 nd prize International Exhibition of Arts, Hanoi , Vietnam and 2 nd prize, Art Exhibition of Socialist Countries Gasanoda, Russia
     

 

 

 

Selected Exhibitions :

Solo :

1994: Exhibition at Taipan Hotel, Vientiane.

1996: Exhibition II, Novotel, Vientiane.

1996: Exhibition III, Novotel, Vientiane.

1997: Exhibition of Art from French Speaking countries, Hanoi , Vietnam.

2002: Art Fusion III, Novotel, Vientiane.

Group :

1981: Exhibition of Arts and Craft, Vientiane.

1981: Exhibition of Arts and Craft, Paris, France.

1982: Exhibition of Arts and Craft, Vientiane.

1984: Springtime Art Exhibition, Vientiane.

1985: Arts Exhibition (National Day), Vientiane.

1986: Arts Exhibition (National Day), Vientiane.

1986: Central Lao Youth Expedition, Vientiane.

1986: International Exhibition of Alliance Countries, Havana , Cuba.

1987: International Exhibition of Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam.

1987: Art Exhibition of socialist Countries, Gasanoda, Russia.

1988: Exhibition of Arts In Trade Fair, Vientiane.

1988: Culture Exchange Exhibition, Phnom Penh , Cambodia.

1989: First Congress of Lao Women Union Exhibition, Vientiane.

1990: Exhibition of Arts (The uprising day of the LPRP), Vientiane.

1991: Culture 15 th Anniversary Exhibition, Vientiane.

1991: Lao Ar……. 30 th Anniversary Exhibition, Vientiane.

1991: The 4 th Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan.

1992: Lao-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Vientiane.

1993: 7 th Biennial , Bangladesh , Dhaka Bangladesh.

1994: Exhibition of Arts (in the occasion of Friendship Bridge opening ceremony).

1994: Exhibition of Arts, Taipan Hotel, Vientiane.

1996: Exibition of Arts I, Novotel, Vientiane.

1996: Exhibition of Arts II, Novotel, Vientiane.

1997: Exhibition of Arts Works from Francophony Countries, Hanoi, Vietnam.

1999: Arts and crafts Promotion Exhibition, Vientiane.

1999: Thatluang Fair Art Exhibition for Visit Laos Year 2000.

1999: Phillip Morris ASEAN Art Awards Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam.

2000: Arts and crafts Exhibition in trade fair, Vientiane.

2002 - 2003: 36 IDEAS from Asia: Contemporary South-East Asia Art, a traveling exhibition by the Singapore Art Museum with cooperation from Stiftung fur Kunst & Kultu a project of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Committee on Culture Information.

Exhibitions in the Museum Kuppersmuhle Summlung Grothe, Duis Germany ; Helikon Kastelymuzeum KHT, Hungary ; Rupertinum Museum de Mox Salzburg, Australia ; National Museum of Abruzzo of L'Aquila, Italy.

 

Open two Gallery
 Khamsouk Gallery I and Khamsouk Gallery II
Please contact: Mr. Khamsouk KEOMINGMUANG at His home Nongbuathong Neua Village,
No 209/14, Road Nongbuathong, Sikhottabong District, Vientaine Municipality, Lao P.D.R

Home Tel: (856-21) 540182, Mobile phone: (856-20) 7719195 or 7717576

E-mail: bancha200@hotmail.com

 

 
 

 

 

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