Danh Vo (Vietnamese, b.1975) is a performance and Conceptual artist known for his readymade objects that examine themes of culture, conflict, and displacement. When he was a child, his family left Vietnam and immigrated to Denmark, and his work is a reflection of the upheavals he experienced early in life. Vo studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Denmark, and the Städelschule in Frankfurt.

He was the recipient of the Hugo Boss Prize in 2012 in recognition of his achievements in the field of Contemporary Art.

Vo had his first solo exhibition in 2005, at the Galerie Klosterfelde in Berlin. He is represented by prestigious galleries, including the Marian Goodman Gallery in New York, Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris, and Galerie Buchholz in Cologne, among others. He participated in the Venice Biennale in 2013, and his work has been exhibited at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Musée d''art moderne de la Ville de Paris, to name a few.

Vo lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Timeline

1975
Born in in Ba Ria, Vietnam
1998–2002
Royal Art Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002–2005
Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Exhibitions

2012–2013
9th Shanghai Biennale
2012–2013
We The People (detail), Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
2012–2013
We The People, Art Institute of Chicago, USA (solo)
2012
Uterus, Renaissance Society & Oriental Institute, Chicago, USA (solo)
2012
Hugo Boss Prize 2012
2012
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria (solo)
2012
Herzlich Willkommen, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
2012
Orchesterwechsel – 10 Jahre Sammlung Rheingold, Schloss Dyck, Jüchen, Germany
2012
The Ungovernables, New Museum, New York, USA
2012
Relocated, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
2011
Quodlibet III – Alphabets and Instruments, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
2011
Henrik Olesen / Danh Vo, Fondazione Morragreco, Naples, Italy
2011
Ephemeroptera, MD 72, Berlin, Germany
2011
Elaine, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
2011
Camulodunum, Firstsite, Colchester, UK
2011
You Are Not Alone, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
2011
Master-Slave Dialectic (with Henrik Olesen), Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2011
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (solo)
2011
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany (solo)
2010
National Museum for Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2010
Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2010
Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Artists Space, New York, USA (solo)
2010
L’artiste et le décorateur, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2010
Where the Lions Are, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2010
To the Arts, citizens!, Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2010
10.000 lives, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
2010
6th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
2010
Lost and Found, Galerie Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
2010
More Carpets, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, Germany
2010
Strange Comfort, Swiss Institute, Rome, Italy
2010
socle du monde, HEART, Herning, Denmark
2010
Tumult, Kommunal Kunstfestival, Lolland, Denmark
2010
Bringing Up Knowledge, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
2009
Boys seen from a shop window, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2009
Les fleurs d'intérieur, Kadist Foundation, Paris, France (solo)
2009
Last fuck, Galleri Zero, Milano, Italy (solo)
2009
Me and My American Friends, Gebert Stiftung fur Kultur, Rapperswill, Switzerland (solo)
2009
Untitled, in collaboration with Jay Chung & Takeki Maeda, BaliceHertling, Paris, France (solo)
2009
The Perpetual Dialogue, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
2009
Morality, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Flüchtige Zeiten, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
2009
Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2009
7 x 14 Silberkuppe, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
2009
Quodlibet II, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
2009
Sensation, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, Germany
2009
Bijoux de familie, Gallery Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
2008
Busan biennale, Busan, Korea
2008
Where The Lions Are, Para/site artspace, Hong Kong
2008
Timecrevasse, Yokohama triennale, Yokohama, Japan
2008
Manifesta7, Roveretto, Italy
2008
Package Tour, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
2008
Statement Artfair08, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2007
Untitled, Brandenburgisher kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany (solo)
2007
Good Life, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2007
Oh boy it's a girl, Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany
2007
Secrets, E-flux, New York, USA
2007
The California Files, CCA Wattis, San Francisco, USA
2007
I want to believe, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Design by Accident, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany
2006
Go Mo Ni Ma Da, (in collaboration with Tobias Rehberger), Galerie Friedrich Petzel, New York, USA (solo)
2006
Dreams and Expectations, Bergens Kunsthal, Bergen, Norway (solo)
2006
020 JET, Berlin, Germany
2006
Crime and Punishment Tallin kunsthal, Tallin, Estonia
2005
Not a drop but the fall, Künstlerhaus, Bremen, Germany
2005
Pilot 2, Frieze, London, UK
2005
Deutschland sucht…, Cologne Kunstvereign, Cologne, Germany
2005
Not a drop but the fall, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2004
Selfportraits, Signal, Malmø, Sweden (solo)