Vietnamese artist receives Netherlands’ cultural award

Artist Linh San, an assistant curator at The Outpost art organisation that operates on the principle of a miniature private museum in Hanoi, has just received the Seed Awards 2023 from Netherlands’ Prince Claus Fund.
Vietnamese artist receives Netherlands’ cultural award ảnh 1Linh San is known as a multidisciplinary artist. (Photo: princeclausfund.org)

Hanoi (VNA) – Artist Linh San, an assistant curator at The Outpost art organisation that operates on the principle of a miniature privatemuseum in Hanoi, has just received the Seed Awards 2023 from Netherlands’ Prince Claus Fund.

Known as a multidisciplinary artist, San holds abachelor's degree in Literature from the Hanoi National University of Educationand her practice spans poetry, moving images, and ceramics. In her works, shedepicts poetic, plain, and contemplative moments from daily life. San’sliterary works often take the form of prose poetry, reflecting her way of thinking - a stream of thoughts and mental images gushing throughterrains of narratives and emotions connected via imaginative links.

San’s poems have appeared in The Margins, Poetry TranslationCentre, and various anthologies. Her short films have been screened at the HanoiGoethe-Institut, the Thai Nguyen University, and the National Museum of Indonesia,among other places. In 2022, San presented her first solo exhibition, titled “No longer holding a cloud”, at A Space in Hanoi.

The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996 andsponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to honor individuals andorganisations with a progressive, modern approach in the field of culture anddevelopment./.

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