About Us

Mai Do

Founder & Curator

Mai’S Gallery was not founded to follow the market, but to preserve standards. Established in New York in the early 2000s, anchored in Saigon, Mai’S Gallery operates as a curatorial platform where art, heritage, and intellectual value are treated as long-term cultural assets. We do not represent trends. We represent disciplined selection with responsibility. Across its first twenty-five years, Mai’S Gallery worked quietly with collectors, artists, institutions, and heritage-holding families — building trust, value structures, and intergenerational continuity. Every work admitted into this ecosystem carries provenance, legal clarity, and a defined commitment to preservation. As we enter the next chapter — from Saigon toward London and beyond — Mai’S Gallery remains deliberate in its mission: to expand not by volume, but by depth, governance, and international standard. Mai’S Gallery exists so that what truly matters endures — and is passed on with integrity.

The period from 2001 to 2016 represents the foundational chapter of Mai’S Gallery — from New York to Singapore — during which its early relationships, projects, and value structures were established. All materials from this era are preserved within the Historic Archive as a completed legacy chapter: no longer commercial in function, yet essential as historical provenance for what follows.

25 years founded between New York and Saigon. The next 25 begin in Saigon — toward London, and beyond.

Mai Do

Founder & Curator

Mai T. T. Do‚ director of Mai´s Gallery‚ is an art lover. She has been involved in the arts for over ten years. In 1994‚ Mai began building her collection of art with the purchase of her first work by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Gia Tri‚ a drawing of a girl. Since that day Mai has continued to add to her collection‚ which now includes works by Nam Son‚ Tran Van Can‚ To Ngoc Van‚ Nguyen Tien Chung‚ Nguyen Sien‚ Bui Xuan Phai‚ Duong Bich Lien‚ Nguyen Sang‚ and Nguyen Tu Nghiem‚ among others. During her first trip to New York in the summer of 2001‚ Mai became fascinated by the art life in New York. She was inspired by the thousands and thousands of galleries and artist studios in New York area‚ and decided‚ soon after her return‚ to open her own gallery in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and set up studios for artists. Mai felt the artistic community in Vietnam could benefit from the exposure to works of art by international artists‚ and in the winter of 2001 Mai´s gallery hosted the first exhibition of contemporary art in HCMC‚ with paintings by Rodney Dickson. In the fall of 2003 Mai will open a New York gallery to afford New Yorkers the opportunity to interact with and be exposed to artworks by Vietnamese artists and international artists influenced by the culture of Vietnam.pic

Mai T. T. Do‚ Director‚ graduated from the Economic University of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in 1993 with degrees in Economics and French Literature. She received her Master´s degree in Finance and Banking in 1998.Rodney Dickson‚ Consult ant‚ an artist living in New York. Hop Dang, assistant, helps administer the Gallery.