Management

CHAU LE

Director
minhchau@boitran.com

Rooted in the cultural soul of Hue and now based in San Diego, Chau Le carries forward a legacy shaped by generations of artistic devotion. As founder of the Minh Chau Art Gallery in early 2000s Hanoi, she earned recognition for curating works of rare depth and distinction.

Today, with quiet reverence and visionary grace, Chau Le returns to her origins through Boi Tran Garden, an homage to tradition, memory, and beauty. Guided by a lifelong passion for Vietnamese art, she has cultivated a collection that reads like a love letter to its masters: Nguyen Gia Tri, Tran Van Can, Bui Xuan Phai, Nguyen Sang, and many more.

Her journey is not only one of curation, but of preservation, bridging time and place, form and feeling, in a space where art breathes and stories unfold.

Thuc Doan / Bem — Vice Director, Art Researcher at Vietnamese Art Archive (www.thucdoan.com)

THUC DOAN

Deputy Director, Art Researcher & Archivist
thucdoan@boitran.com

With a quiet devotion to the stories behind the canvas, Thuc Doan brings depth and clarity to the world of Vietnamese art. As an independent researcher and archivist, she navigates the intersection of the visible and the hidden, translating, interpreting, and curating with precision and care.

At Boi Tran Garden, she serves as a thoughtful guide and trusted voice, shaping narratives that honour heritage while embracing contemporary resonance. Through her parallel work with the Vietnamese Art Archive, she builds bridges between past and present, contributing vital scholarship, catalogues, and insight to collectors, institutions, and global audiences.

Her presence is both scholarly and soulful, grounded in detail, yet attuned to emotion. In every endeavour, Thuc Doan offers more than expertise; she offers a way of seeing.

Boi Tran — Artist, Senior Consultant

BOI TRAN

Founder, Artist, Collector
boitran@boitran.com

From the ancient city of Hue, Boi Tran emerges as one of Vietnam’s most quietly powerful voices in contemporary art. A member of the Vietnam Fine Art Association since 1996, her work spans decades and continents, rooted in tradition, yet resonant far beyond it.

Through oil and lacquer, she paints the intimate and the eternal: Vietnamese women, motherhood, nature, and the sacred. Each brushstroke reflects a deep, lived connection to heritage and humanity.

Her paintings have graced the halls of Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams, and Ravenel, where she stands as the only female Vietnamese artist to be auctioned at such stature. Still, Boi Tran’s greatest legacy may be the space she has created: Boi Tran Garden, a sanctuary where art, memory, and spirit quietly meet.

Boi Tran, “The Elegants Of Hué”, 2015, or The Inevitable Choice of Distinction Against Fate

From Lacquer to Light: A French Collector’s Journey Begins with Boi Tran

Christie’s Paris | The Phoenix Glue and the Broken Silk Thread: Important Vietnamese Artworks from the Melchior Dejouany Collection

Hue to the World: Boi Tran Art Gallery, A Pioneer Recognised by Christie’s in 1999

Boi Tran Garden and the Gift of Ancestral Recognition, A Tribute Remembered

Emeritus University Professor Vinh Tuong’s Letter: “Madame Boi Tran’s Artistry and Brilliance Bequeathed to us a Respect and Precious Memory that Lasts for Good”

Ancient Mansions’ Rebirth

Budda Master, Sugata Thich Chon Huong and his Inscription to the Woman Intellectual Boi Tran

Vinh Phoi, a Pioneering Abstract Expressionist, a Loyalist to the Imperial Hue and His Handwritten Reference Letter to Boi Tran and the Art Gallery
Tran Nguyen Dan, Deputy Director, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003); Boi Tran and Cao Trong Thiem, Director, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003); Hanoi, circa 2000.

Director of Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum Cao Trong Thiem and the Written Massage to Boi Tran

Mai Van Hien, Sketcher of the First Banknote for Vietnam and His Letter to Boi Tran and Boi Tran Art Gallery in 1998

Photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh’s Message to Bem from Paris

Luu Cong Nhan: Endless Memoirs
Diep Minh Chau’s wife, Minh Chau, Boi Tran and Diep Minh Chau at his atelier in Saigon, 1994

Diep Minh Chau’s Drawings of Boi Tran and Minh Chau with His Inscriptions

Nguyen Trong Niet and Bui Xuan Phai’s Last Handwriting Before His Quietus in 1988
Vu Giang Huong, Painter, General Secretary, Vietnam Fine Arts Association (1994-1989); Tran Khanh Chuong, Painter, President, Vietnam Fine Arts Association (1999-2019); Boi Tran; Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong, Author and Truong Be, Painter, President, Hue University of Fine Arts (1996-2002), Hue, Vietnam, 1995.

Truong Be: A Quest For The Absolute and His Handwriting to Boi Tran
Tran Luu Hau (Vietnam, 1928-2020) and Boi Tran on the occasion of Boi Tran's Solo Exhibition: The Call From My Within at Minh Chau Art Gallery, Hanoi, circa 2000.

“Nature and People from an Old Outlook” Exhibition, Invitation and a Handwritten Note of Viet Hai and Tran Luu Hau to Boi Tran
Dinh Cuong, Boi Tran, Truong Be and Vinh Phoi, Hue, circa 2010

Dinh Cuong: “A Piece of Poetry to the Lady on Thien An Hill in the Cold Drizzle”
Boi Tran and Le Ba Dang, Hue, circa 1995.

Le Ba Dang’s Handwritten Letter to Boi Tran in 1999
Trinh Cong Son and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Art Gallery, Hue, 1994

Epilogue by Trinh Cong Son on the Grand Opening of Boi Tran Art Gallery in 1995
Boi Tran and Buu Y, Boi Tran Art Gallery, Hue, 1995

Prologue by Buu Y on the Grand Opening of Boi Tran Art Gallery in 1995

Nguyen Trung’s Expression on Boi Tran’s Exhibition: I and the Call from My Within
Boi Tran and Nguyen Trung, Boi Tran Garden (Boi Tran Art Gallery), Hue, circa 1994.

Nguyen Trung’s Preamble on the Exhibition of Paintings: Hue in 1996
Ngo Manh Duc (B. 1941), son of Le Thi Luu (Vietnamese, 1911-1988) born on 1 January 1941, which he enunciates as “1.1.41” with his constant smile, speaking softly and slowly which never fails to grab the listener’s attention. He was brought up in a wonderful atmosphere of painters and intellectuals (often of Vietnamese origin), and this only helped to cement the ideals and traditions of family, close friends and kinships.

Words of Architect Ngo Manh Duc, Son of Le Thi Luu to Boi Tran and Her Work of Art

Director Nguyen Quang Dung’s Documentary TV Series “Ambrosia in all the Details” and Painter Boi Tran

Harper’s Bazaar: A Great Hue Destination

Christie’s: Women in Art from the XVI to the XXI Century

Éternité Magazine: Cloud Landing Collection by Designer Tran Thien Khanh and Photographer Tran Dinh Thuc Doan

Royal Cuisine – Cultural Interview: The Hue To Go by KF Seetoh

Anne-Solenne Hatte and “La Cuisine De Bà” or “Tasting Vietnam”

“Incubating Culture in Vietnam and Hue’s Rebirth as Vietnam’s Center of Art & Heritage” Hosted by Harvard Kennedy School, Fulbright University Vietnam and Boi Tran Garden

Ravenel: Select Modern & Contemporary Art, Vietnamese Modern Art

General Secretary, Germany Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport Volker Wissing’s Letter to Artist Boi Tran

“A Perfect Evening of Companionship” with Skirball Cultural Center Founding President and CEO Uri D Herscher

Shanghai Pujiang Southeast Asia Culture and Art Exchange Center President Zhang Zhi Yong Celebrates Boi Tran’s Solo Exhibition: Le Rêve Qui Veille

Boi Tran: “Le Rêve Qui Veille” by Christie’s Senior Expert Jean-François Hubert
William Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Vietnam veteran, moderates a panel discussion, “The Troops: A View from the Front Lines” on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at the LBJ Presidential Library. The panel discussion was part of the LBJ library’s three-day Vietnam War Summit. LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin 04/28/2016

Fine Dining Deepened in Endless Conversation with Mr William Drea “Bro” Adams and Mr Joe Boulos

Largest Museum in Canada: Royal Ontario Museum and Letter to Painter Boi Tran
Mr Ng Teck Hean was appointed Ambassador of Singapore to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in August 2012. Prior to his current appointment, he headed the Policy Planning and Analysis Directorate I (Southeast Asia) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr Ng joined the Singapore Foreign Service in 1992. He served his first overseas assignment in the Singapore Embassy in Washington DC, USA, as First Secretary, from 1995 to 1998. Mr Ng was appointed as Special Assistant to then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Professor S Jayakumar, in 2002. He served his next overseas assignment as Deputy High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2003 to 2006. He was conferred the National Day Award (Public Administration Medal) in 2003 and 2013 by the Government of Singapore.

Cultural Exchange: Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, Deputy Secretary (Asia-Pacific), Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr Ng Teck Hean and Painter Boi Tran

Christie’s: Se Souvenir Des Belles Choses – A Curated Collection of Vietnamese Art

Brigitte Woman: The Kitchen of Smiles

Group Exhibition ”Chòn Chòn”: Hanoi and Hue Young Artists Co-Sponsored by Boi Tran Garden in 2015

Cultural Exchange: The Combination of Hue Royal Refined Music and Hue Culinary Culture

Heritage Magazine: Best of Both Worlds

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: Vivacious in Vietnam

A Fork in Asia’s Road: The Hue Home by John Krich

Thanh Nien News: Complete Transcendence

DestinAsian Magazine: Hungry for Hue

German Television Broadcaster ZDF Interview by Journalist Peter Kunz: Artist Boi Tran and the Gracefulness of Her Art, Cuisine and Architecture at Boi Tran Garden

“Thank you for opening your house to us but furthermore, your heart” – Gilbert Montagné