In my practice, I embark on a journey where paint becomes poetry, utilizing gestural marks, a minimal color palette, and raw textures to create a subdued visual landscape. Inspired by primitive symbols, I seek to delve into the core essence of our shared human experience, evoking emotions, memories, and connections that transcend time and culture.

Philosophically I have always been drawn to the poetic beauty of the traditional Japanese aesthetics Wabi-Sabi, which focuses on accepting the ephemeral nature of the world and embracing imperfection. I find a strange stillness in ancient architecture, abandoned ruins, in surfaces that acquire a patina over time - in things that carry the marks of time and wear history on their sleeves. The innocence of a child’s scribbles or cave paintings also fascinate me because of the poetry in their carelessness, the freedom in their honesty – and because this is also where all of us find a common ground: we all came from cavemen and we all had been a child. All of these influences translate on to my creative process, from mimicking the textures of old stone walls to the spontaneous mark making and nonchalant brush strokes. Each work is a meditation on time, chance and accidents.

 
 

As a self-taught artist - Ha's works are driven by the Japanese aesthetic philosophy wabi-sabi, appreciating the beauty of the "imperfect, impermanent, incomplete" - with an echoing desire to create like a child: playful and free of constraint. Symbols, words, rhythms, remembrance, ... all seek shelter on the confined domain of the canvas. 

 

Born and raised in Vietnam, Ha left home in 2010 to pursue her Bachelor's Degree in the United States. In 2015, upon returning to the Vietnam, she began working as a designer in the residential design industry in Ho Chi Minh city. Having been painting since 5 years old, but it was not until 2019 that she decided to move to France to set up her first studio and paint full-time.

The 6 years spent living across various states in the US, the new journey in Europe, as well as her traditional Vietnamese upbringing constantly challenge her to fuse together cultural contradictions and unexpected elements in her creative pursuit. Her ongoing exploration with materials, textures and mark-making guided by intuition, poetry and philosophy is a visual response to the interplay between the unconscious and historical narrative.

Ha's works have been acquired by private collectors across the world including US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Australia...


Education 

2010 - 2014

Central Michigan University

B.A.A. Interior Design & Fine Arts