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.

Collections

Foraker — Boulder, Colorado
Meditech — Canton, Massachusetts

Publications

Course catalog cover art, Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning, winter 2010