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Hằng Hằng: The reason is a dog. The reason is a flower


  • Galerie Bao 49 Avenue Parmentier Paris, IDF, 75011 France (map)

Hằng Hằng, Bố Không Biết Mình Đang Ở Đâu, 2023, in-situ installation, details. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Bao.

“The audience is submerged by the installation that Hang calls a “garden.” She invites us into a space bathed in blue and silver, composed of strange elements and infused with the scent of earth after rain. Three people, dressed entirely in blue, recite a poem alternately in Vietnamese, English, and French. Then, Hang slowly takes numerous drawings, photos, and books out of a suitcase. It speaks of impossible translation, of forms that resist explanation.”

- Stéphane Degoutin and Elise Capdenat

Born and raised in Hanoi, Hằng Hằng is a visual artist, performance maker, and scenographer working between Vietnam and Europe. She holds a Master’s degree in Scenography from the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Her work reexamines micro-history and family archives through sensual memories. Navigating between documentary and imagined landscapes, she creates immersive spaces where reality, dreams, and magic converge.

In 2018, she founded the Phu Lang Sa Collective, a community of emerging Vietnamese artists in Europe dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary exchange and transcending geographical boundaries. In 2022, she contributed to the design of a permanent exhibition for Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám – the Temple of Literature in Hanoi. Her works have been featured at the Théâtre de l’Aquarium in Paris, Poush in Aubervilliers, Linden Museum in Stuttgart, Galerie Bao in Paris, and at Documenta 15 as part of the “emerging artists” program of Nhà Sàn Collective in Hanoi. In 2023, she participated in Common Stories, a mobile laboratory exploring diversity in European performing arts, held at Theater MC93 in Bobigny, Riksteatern in Stockholm, Festival D-Caf in Cairo, and Festival Alkantara in Lisbon. In 2024, she developed her performance At the Pond’s Edge at A Turma in Porto, Carré Arrondi at Theater MC93 and Doc Paris.

Galerie BAO is proud to present Hằng Hằng’s first solo exhibition, inaugurating its new space at 49 avenue Parmentier, Paris 11ᵉ.


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