"I love the lacquer tradition of painting in Vietnam and I want to use modern art to express it. I am always looking for ways to use old tradition to express contemporary art. I am searching for myself through the work."

Bui Mai Hien graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts College in 1995 and is a member of the Vietnamese Association of Plastic Arts Workers. Her work is represented at the Vietnam Art Museum and at the Asia Pacific Museum.

The Vietnam Association of Plastic Arts Workers of the Vietnamese government also honored her by publishing her work in the book "Vietnam Art." In this book, they present a young group of Vietnamese artists. She has many paintings in private collections in Vietnam, the USA, and around the world.

She has exhibited in Paris, London, Beijing, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Boston, Palm Springs, Washington D.C. - and at the Meridian International Center. The show will travel for two years across the USA. Her works have been published in several magazines including Asian Art Pacific Magazine, Vietnam Review, Vietnam Pictorial and Asian Art Magazine.

With a strong personal preference for lacquer, Mai Hien was the first artist exhibiting abstract lacquer paintings in Hanoi and Saigon.

Her contributions have been recognized by the Vietnamese Association of Plastic art workers as a significant addition to Vietnamese contemporary art. She loves the lacquer tradition and she wants to use modern art to express it. She is always looking for ways to use old tradition to express contemporary art. "I am searching for myself through that work," she said.