Bui Cong Khanh (Danang, b. 1972) is a Hoian-based Vietnamese artist whose visually and conceptually-sophisticated practice ponders social issues in Vietnam today. Khanh uses local Vietnamese materials such as ceramics, textile, and carved timber as covert clues to critical significance. His work is in major public collections in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. Bui Cong Khanh, deeply interested in Vietnamese culture, deploys an artistic practice reliant on Vietnam’s two-millennia cultural heritage, which he uses to critical and aesthetic advantage in his thoughtful installations, performances, and videos. A Vietnamese citizen, Bui Cong Khanh sees no contradiction between loving Vietnam and its culture, and adopting a nuanced approach to recent history, a thought-process that comes to conceptual and aesthetic fruition.