Hoang Anh Trung

biography

Hoang Anh Trung (b.1997, Hanoi) was initially trained in architecture before leaving it in search for a more human, instinctive way of making. And doodling soon became that way. In this tool, he found a form that allows for a kind of honest imperfection, where each line was drawn to express more than to impress. He refers to it as foundational (almost primal), a gesture rooted in instinct, something deeply and universally human – “Everyone can doodle. It’s easy. You don’t have to be good at it. You just draw.” For him, doodling is letting the inner child out come out to play: freely, and without needing anyone’s permission. Perhaps that’s why there is a playful, candid tone to his work: rarely calculated yet never without care. Under the artist’ hands, world(s) builds slowly, certain shapes return over and over again, not to tell a story, but to hold things together. The repetition of certain visuals gives Trung’s work its own rhythm – a sense that his world is growing, not plotted, but lived into.

works

Animal and the meadow

2024

Mixed media on canvas

50 x 70 cm