Born in Hanoi, Do Minh Tam (B.1963) graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts University in 1987. Brightly coloured, Tam’s works are often abstract in nature, and feature tangled and intertwining lines. Since 1985, Tam has participated in more than 20 exhibitions in Vietnam and abroad. In 1993, he held his first solo exhibition in Hanoi and in the following year, his first solo exhibition in Australia. According to the artist, his work is based on the Chinese philosophy of the interrelationship of the elements (sky, earth, man). Imbalance in any of the three (through destruction, environmental pollution, etc) would result in consequences that affect all. The tripartite relationship is carried through to the physical breakdown of the canvas space into three parts, one of each element.
