Continuing the cultural curiosity triggered by my bicultural, Vietnamese-American heritage, my travels and life experiences have enriched and expanded my visual vocabulary.
My paintings are my journal of the incredible rural and urban areas I have visited in China, New England, Spain, and Vietnam.
In all my work, I create intimate spaces that invite the viewer to peer in, move around and explore. I find communities as vibrant as the shapes of their buildings. My palette breathes life into these inanimate buildings.
I paint entirely with my fingers. It is the only way I can reveal the invisible interaction between objects, and release the emotion concealed in the overlooked.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Tusk 'n' Rattle Cafe — Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts; April 2006 - January 2008
CHA Gallery — Cambridge, Massachusetts; October – December 2006
Main Gallery — "Vietnam Terraces," Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts; January 2006
Geissler Gallery — "(Re)Turning to Vietnam," Stoneleigh-Burnham School, Greenfield, Massachusetts; September – October 2005
Max's Restaurant — Brattleboro, Vermont; October 2003 – January 2004
Ria's Café — Mercer, New Jersey; June – August 2003
Cafe Beyond at Collected Works Bookstore — Brattleboro, Vermont; March – April 2003
Selected Group Exhibitions and Representation
Young & Constantin Gallery — Wilmington, Vermont – 2005 to present
Exhibition at Grafton – Grafton, Vermont; juried exhibition – August 26 - September 5, 2007
Windham Art Gallery — Brattleboro, Vermont - 2001 to 2006
Battelle Harding Gallery — Greenfield, Massachusetts - December 2003 - April 2004; Invitational Show, October 2003
New England Bio Labs, Two-Person Show — Beverly, Massachusetts - January/February 2004
Object Image Gallery — Brooklyn, New York - 2002 to 2003
Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires — Lenox, Massachusetts - 2003
Dearborn Rieder Fine Art Gallery — Boulder, Colorado - 2002 to 2003
Awards and Residencies
Artist Residency — Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont; June 2004.
Norm Krampetz Scholarship recipient, Windham Art Gallery, 2002.
Reviews
The Valley Advocate, by James Heflin, January 12, 2006.
The Keene Sentinel, by Marianne Shaughnessy, June 3, 2004.
Art New England, by Diana Lischer-Goodband, December/January 2003.
Brattleboro Reformer, by Diana Lischer-Goodband, July 25, 2002.
