The online art gallery Nothingness - Beauty of depression - Artist Nguyen Tan Phat

PROFILE
Nguyen Tan Phat belongs to the 8X generation, from the ancient village of Duong Lam, Son Tay, Hanoi.
Born and raised in the land of the masterpiece of the land of Son Tay (Hanoi), Nguyen Tan Phat has been passionate about painting since childhood. After finishing high school, painter Phat passed the entrance exam to University of Industrial Fine Arts, majoring in lacquer. Graduating from university, he opened a private business in Son Tay town, specializing in making paintings, home appliances, pearl-mosaic jewelry, lacquer. He is both an artist with creations in the field of applied art, he is also considered an artist - artist with sculptures and paintings.
Young artist Nguyen Tan Phat has skillful hands and a passion for learning traditional art. Since he was studying at Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts, majoring in lacquer, he worked at jewelry and handicraft shops in the old quarter of Hanoi to better understand the profession. . Graduating from university, he opened a private business in Son Tay town, specializing in making paintings, home appliances, pearl-mosaic jewelry, lacquer. With endless passion, patient learning and ability to grasp fast market trends, artisan Nguyen Tan Phat has created unique products with high economic value, very different from other lacquer products on the market. In any field, painter Nguyen Tan Phat also has its own mark with many prestigious awards such as 2 times the first prize for Hanoi handicraft sample design (2014, 2019), the National Promotion of Applied Fine Arts 2019 Dogma Exhibition Final ...
Artist and artist Nguyen Tan Phat is a lover of traditional culture. With enthusiasm and passion, he has made a mark in the public's hearts with many unique lacquer art works with rich Vietnamese values ​​and identity.
AWARDS
At the awarding ceremony of the title "Hanoi Artist" in 2017 held by the Department of Industry and Trade in early February 2018, Mr. Nguyen Tan Phat was the youngest artist to be honored. Only 36 years old, more than 10 years old, but this young artist is continuously receiving awards for designing handicraft products and gifts from Hanoi, such as: “Typical rural industrial products TP level. Hanoi ”in 2011, the first prize of 2014 Hanoi handicraft product sample design contest.
From 2010 up to now, he has continuously received prestigious awards from Hanoi and many other localities, such as the first prize in the contest of designing Hanoi handicraft products in 2014, 2019 ... making great contributions to the transmission of the profession, infusing passion for young artists in the homeland as well as developing businesses to bring jobs to local workers. In 2017, at the age of 34, he was honored by the Hanoi People's Committee with the title "Hanoi Artist".
In 2020, he is the champion of the Vietnam handcraft design contest 2020 in the lacquer group
Artistic style
He has harmoniously combined and used modern art in ethnic lacquer handicrafts, especially inlaid materials such as eggshell, clam shell to keep traditional beauty and friendly to the environment. school. "This is a very good scoring factor for consumers, especially foreign consumers", said Nguyen Tan Phat.
Not only focusing on making fast, many, affordable items to take short and long, Nguyen Tan Phat still has unique and artistic works. He believes that art must serve life, must be enjoyed and enjoyed by the public. "Only those who love art wholeheartedly, willing to sacrifice many things to be consistent with their original choice, will go long on this challenging road", Nguyen Tan Phat affirmed.
Phat decided to apply lacquer to coconut shells, wooden cases ... create jewelry such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings ... bearing his own mark. Phat chooses wood as the main material because traditional materials such as lacquer are wood core, good adhesion of paint to wood, wood is a material friendly to Vietnamese people.
The beauty of painter Phat is that the products made by artist are very close to users and bring many benefits. The horse, dog, cat ... has a lovely appearance, not only as a decoration, but also as a storage box. As for the depth, stories about human destiny, Phat "sent" into abstract and semi-abstract paintings. Painter Phat emphasized: It is important to think. If you know how to combine ideas and materials, the artist can live by his profession.