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Artist Statement:
Thu Nguyen
P.O. Box 918
Honokaa, HI 96727
425-322-3740
Email:
thu@thunguyenpaintings.com
Artist's Websites:
http://www.thunguyenpaintings.c
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http://www.artid.com/members/th
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http://www.youtube.com/ThuNguye
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http://thu-nguyen.artistwebsite
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http://www.facebook.com/ThuNguy
enPaintings
I’m working on an ongoing
series of realistic figure
paintings of myself. With this
series I hope to explore how
my varying emotional states,
which range from defiance to
despair, can be captured in
paintings of myself.
By using myself as the only
subject, I intend to go beyond
the superficial variety of
different models being painted
in the same way and instead
look at how a variety of
emotional responses can be
generated using the same
subject with different poses,
lighting and environments.
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Artist Exhibitions:
GRANTS:
Elizabeth Greenshields
Foundation, Montreal, Canada
Pollock-Krasner Foundation,
New York, New York
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EDUCATION:
B.F.A. in paintings,
California State University,
Long Beach, CA 1993
A. A. in paintings, Los
Angeles Valley College, Van
Nuys, CA 1990
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Artist Galleries:
Thu Nguyen's Paintings are
represented:
by an online art gallery at:
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle,
WA
Taylor's Contemporanea, Hot
Springs, AR...
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS:
Soundtransit, Seattle, WA
Seattle Arts Commission,
Seattle, WA
Eastern Oregon University, La
Grande, Oregon
Rockwell International World
Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA
Everett Train Station,
Everett, WA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
San Angelo Museum of Fine
Arts, San Angelo, Texas
University of Alaska Museum of
the North, Fairbanks, Alaska
Smithsonian ...
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Commissions:
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS:
Soundtransit, Seattle, WA
Seattle Arts Commission,
Seattle, WA
Eastern Oregon University, La
Grande, Oregon
Rockwell International World
Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA
Everett Train Station,
Everett, WA
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Thu Nguyen Biography:
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
Catholic |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
visiting art galleries, art museums |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Contemporary Realism - (1965 - 1975)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Rembrandt, Cindy Sherman, Richard Estes
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| Favorite Work of Art |
too many to tell
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
not provided |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I was born to paint. I 've been painting all my life as far as I could remember. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I was born in Saigon, Vietnam. Being very shy, I spent much of my childhood upstairs making quilts, doll clothes, and painting, instead of playing with other children. My painting won Best of Show prize at a 1974 children's exhibition in Saigon sponsored by UNICEF. In 1975, my family was split up. I ended up in Hong Kong for a year prior to immigrating to the United States as an orphan. After one very snowy and cold winter in Pennsylvania, I came to Los Angeles ( where I had a stint with Hollywood - I got a part in Oliver Stone's 'Heaven and Earth' and followed with a lead role in Elizabeth Hong Yang's 'Touch Within' in China , while working as a fashion model for 4 years). Since then I have lived, worked, and exhibited my work in many parts of the U.S. from Washington to Florida...from Maine to Hawaii.
I paint landscape, plantscape, and figures - mostly oil on panel. I love painting because it gives me great enjoyment. I lose myself in time and the day to day worries just vanish...and when I have completed a painting I feel like a part of me will be remain when I am gone.
I received my painting degree from Cal State University, Long Beach. I have participated in workshops with Nelson Shanks and Bo Bartlett. I'm also a member of Oil Painters of America.
I have received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation two times, and three times from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. My work is represented in many public and private collections, coast to coast.
J'étais né à Saigon, Vietnam. Etant très timide, j'ai passé beaucoup de mon enfance à l'étage la fabrication de courtepointes, vêtements de poupée et de la peinture au lieu de jouer avec d'autres enfants. Ma peinture a gagné 'Best of Show' prix à l'exposition de 1974, des enfants à Saigon parrainé par l'UNICEF. En 1975, ma famille a été divisée. Je me suis retrouvé à Hong Kong pour une année avant d'immigrer aux États-Unis comme un orphelin. Après un hiver très neigeux et froid en Pennsylvanie, je suis venu à Los Angeles (où j'ai un passage à Hollywood - J'ai obtenu un rôle dans d'Oliver Stone 'Ciel et la Terre' et a suivi avec un rôle de premier plan dans Elizabeth Hong Yang 'Touch au sein de' en Chine, tout en travaillant comme mannequin pour 4 ans). Depuis lors, j'ai vécu, travaillé et exposé mon travail dans de nombreuses régions des États-Unis, du Maine à Hawaï ... de Washington à la Floride.
Je peins le paysage, paysage végétal, et la figure - la plupart du temps, huile sur panneau. J'aime la peinture car elle me donne beaucoup de plaisir. Je me perds dans le temps et le jour pour jour, juste soucis disparaissent ... et quand j'ai terminé un tableau, je me sens comme une partie de moi sera toujours quand je serai parti.
J'ai reçu mon diplôme de peinture à partir de Cal State University, Long Beach. Plus récemment, j'ai participé à l'atelier avec Bo Bartlett. Je suis également membre de «l'huile des peintres de l'Amérique'.
J'ai reçu des subventions de la Fondation Pollock-Krasner deux fois et trois fois de la Fondation Elizabeth Greenshields.
Mon travail est représenté dans de nombreuses côtes collections publiques et privées à l'autre.
Additional links:
My fine art prints and greeting cards are on sale 15% off from now thru Dec 24, 2010 here:
http://thu-nguyen.artistwebsites.com/index.html
please join me at the facebook
http://www.facebook.com/ThuNguyenPaintings
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
http://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/html/artistresults.asp?artist=1611&testing=true
http://www.youtube.com/ThuNguyenPaintings
http://artid.com/members/thunguyen
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolio/t/trang/
http://www.myspace.com/thunguyenpaintings
ThuNguyenPaintings@myspace.com
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