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Category: CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS

Wings between worlds

Hau Dong Featuring Art
November 12, 2025
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This work reinterprets a traditional *hau dong* (Vietnamese spirit mediumship) costume motif, commonly embroidered on the robes of the Paige. Painted with acrylic on a copper tray, it features a pair of cranes soaring amidst stylized clouds, peonies,...

Designing Interactive Zones for Preservation & Engagement – Zone 6: Creative Expression

Hau Dong Featuring Art
August 9, 2025
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Purpose & Concept Hầu đồng is not only a ritual but also a living art form blending music, costume, dance, and myth. This zone invites participants to become co-creators, translating their impressions of the ritual into artworks, writing, or digi...
Paper Guardians

Paper Guardians

Hau Dong Featuring Art
July 8, 2025
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Painted in acrylic on an aged jackfruit-wood tray, Paper Guardians reimagines the ritual paper effigies of a horse and elephant—votive offerings central to the Mother Goddess (Đạo Mẫu) worship. The artist preserves the worn texture, cracks, and tiny ...

Between Ritual & Canvas: Reimagining Goddess Thác Bờ

Hau Dong Featuring Art
June 24, 2025
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This acrylic painting on canvas depicts Chúa Thác Bờ, a revered figure in Vietnam’s Đạo Mẫu tradition, honored as a water deity associated with the Đà River.  It is  inspired by a photo of the medium Diệp Minh Châu at her mediumship possesion ritual....

From Robe to Kettle: Sacred flower motif on copper

Hau Dong Featuring Art
May 4, 2025
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This antique copper kettle is transformed into a symbolic artwork through hand-painted motifs inspired by the sacred garments of the Mother Goddesses, Dames, and Holy Maidens in Đạo Mẫu-the Vietnamese Mother Goddess worship tradition. On one side, bl...
Mandarin's shoes

Walking with the Devine: Symbolic Shoes of Mandarins & Princes of the 4 Realms

Hau Dong Featuring Art
January 5, 2025
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This acrylic painting on canvas presents a striking detail from the attire of a spirit manifestation in the Mother Goddess worship tradition of Vietnam, focusing on the ornate footwear of a mandarin spirit or prince figure  -most notably associated w...
The 2nd Princess of the Mountains & Forests

Elegance in Trance-the sacred dance of the 2nd Princess of the Mountains & Forests

Hau Dong Featuring Art
December 6, 2024
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This acrylic painting on canvas captures the mystical presence of Cô Đôi Thượng Ngàn, a revered spirit in the Mother Goddess belief system of Vietnam. Depicted in the midst of the múa mồi ritual dance during a hầu đồng ceremony, the figure radiates b...
Mother Goddess of the Waters

Visualizing the Sacred: Mother Goddess of the Water Realm

Hau Dong Featuring Art
May 19, 2024
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This acrylic painting on canvas portrays Mẫu Đệ Tam Thoải Phủ, the Mother Goddess of Water  Palace in Vietnam’s  Mother Goddess Belief. The artist employs a serene palette of blues and whites, evoking the tranquility of water and the spiritual purity...

From ritual to daily life: Phoenix motifs in contemporary Mother Goddess Belief

Hau Dong Featuring Art
February 20, 2024
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  Title: Phoenixes of Devotion Medium: Acrylic on Red Copper Coffee Pot Artist: Haudong ft. Art Dimensions: Variable Technique: Hand-painted with fine acrylic detail This exquisite piece transforms a traditional red copper coffee pot into a canv...
Mother Goddess of the Mountains & Forests
Mother Goddess of the Mountains & Forests
The 2nd Princess of the Mountains & Forests
The 2nd Princess of the Mountains & Forests
Paper Guardians
Paper Guardians
Phoenix motif on Goddesses' costumes
Mother Goddess of the Waters
Mother Goddess of the Waters
Mandarin's shoes
Mandarin's shoes

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