Minh Dam
"The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart."
Minh Dam is a Polish artist with Vietnamese origin.
Born in Hanoi, Vietnam and he emigrated with parents to Poland at the age of 7. He graduated with a master's degree in architecture and urban planning from the Warsaw University of Technology.
Minh Dam began his journey with watercolor in 2004 and in 2007 he started his career in teaching with watercolor as his main focus. He is a co-founder of the Polish Watercolorist Association and is one of the most influential watercolor artists in Poland. He has held many workshops and had exhibitions in countries around the World including: Italy, France, Spain, Albania, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Mexico, China, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, etc. Besides a number of prestigious awards at international exhibitions he had also several solo exhibitions both in Poland and Vietnam.
Currently, Minh Dam has returned to his hometown and assumed the role of lecturer at the Hanoi Architectural University, sharing his knowledge and experience with future generations.
Latest exhibitions, workshops and artistic projects
Curator of the VietnamInAcquarello (2024) at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, Vietnam;
Solo exhibitions: “Fantasy on Polish Airs” in Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi (2022), “Wandering in the Fog” in Lublin, Poland (2021), “In Search of Identity” in Warsaw, Poland (2019), “Three Continents” in Lublin, Poland (2017);
Leader in the International Watercolor Festival in Fabriano, Italy for 7 East Asian countries (2025), for Poland (2017-2022)
Awarded “Gold Award” in the Abu Rawash International Watercolor Contest (2019), the certificate “Appreciation & Honour” in FabrianoInAcquarello event (2019), “Gallery Award” in the Art Revolution Taipei (2019) and Finalist in 2018 and 2015, Finalist in World Watercolor Competition in Taiwan (2016), and some minor awards in other international exhibitions and festivals abroad;
Overseas masterclass workshops in Fabriano, Italy (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017), Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu, China (2019), Lushan, Jiangxi, China (2019), Ljubliana, Slovenia (2018, 2017), Budapest, Hungary (2017);
Participant in the International Watercolor Exhibitions overseas in: Texas, USA (2024), Fabriano, Italy (2024-2016), Perth, Australia (2024), Albi, France (2023-2022), Yunnan, China (2022), Tirana, Albania (2019), Sperlonga, Italy (2019), HCM City, Vietnam (2019), Mexico (2018), Bangladesh (2018), Pakistan (2018), Slovakia (2017), Lushan, China (2017), Thailand (2016), Hong Kong (2016), Alessandria, Italy (2016), Budapest, Hungary (2016), Rochemaure, France (2016), Slovenia (2015), Seoul, South Korea (2015), Hanoi, Vietnam (2015), Cordoba, Spain (2014), Paris, France (2014);
Organizer, curator and participants of many other exhibitions in Poland, Vietnam and abroad.