Nguyen Xuan Anh was born in 1977 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

He graduated from the Industrial of Fine Art College in Hanoi in 1999. He is a member of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Vietnam, China, Malaysia, USA, Japan and Korea. In 1984 he won the gold medal in the "Forever Green" competition for children in the world, organized by UNICEF. In 1999 he was awarded the Nokia Award in the Asian Fine Art competition "Vision of your Future."

In 2008 he participated in the 3rd Biennale International art in Beijing
In 2017 he participated in the International art and calligraphy exhibition at the Metropolitant art museum in Tokyo.

He had a residency in 2008 at the Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA.

His works are in the collections of JP Morgan Bank, Baosheng Modern Park Museum, Changzhou, China, and the Chun Art Museum, Shanghai, Kunming art museum China. Aibo Asian Fine Art New York city.