​Nguyen Manh Duc graduated from Vietnamese Fine Arts University. He is the co-founder of Nha San studio. He has turned his private house - a Muong ethnic minority house on wooden stilts into an art space (Nha San Studio), and a meeting space for Vietnamese avant-garde artists. With his generous support, many generations of the contemporary artists in Vietnam were nurtured and grew. Nguyen Manh Duc is also an antique-collector/restorer, art director for many traditional construction sites, films and rituals.