NGUYEN SI THIET

Artist Nguyen Si Thiet

- Born in 1943 in Son Tay (now Hanoi), passed away in 2021.

- 1963: Graduated from Vietnam Fine Arts Intermediate School.

- 1964: Working at the Department of Culture of Lang Son province.

- 1972: Graduated from Vietnam University of Fine Arts.

- 1973: Member of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association.

- 1973-1976: Lecturer at the Central College of Music and Fine Art Education.

- 1977-1984: Lecturer at the University of Industrial Fine Arts.

- From 1985, he moved to Ho Chi Minh City to work at Ministry of Industry of the South region and lecture at Saigon University, Hong Bang International University.

- In addition to painting and modeling industrial products, he also wrote poetry, books, newspapers, etc.

- He composed paintings on many different themes from daily life to labor, production, propaganda and war, especially historical paintings about Uncle Ho and the leaders of the Party and State; …

- In 1959, being only 16 years old, his artworks were selected for an international children's painting exhibition in India as well as an exhibition in Germany to gift to German children.

- His works are preserved in many domestic and foreign collections.

Exhibit:

- Exhibitions in Hanoi 1970, 1975, 1980

- National Fine Arts Exhibitions: 1976, 1981

- Regional exhibitions in Ho Chi Minh City in 2007, 2008, 2018

- Exhibition in China in 1972; in Germany in 1983; International Exhibition of Propaganda Paintings in Czechoslovakia in 1983; many exhibitions in the Soviet Union.

Prize:

- 1981: First Prize of the National Fine Arts Exhibition

- 3rd class Medal for Anti-American Resistance.

- Being awarded the Badge for the cause of Vietnamese Fine Arts