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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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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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Collections for Thu Nguyen:
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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 Institution, Washington, D.C.
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
VIFON-Vietnam Food Industries Company, HoChiMinh City,
Vietnam
City of Kent portable art collections, Kent, WA
Las Vegas Arts Commissions' portable art collections, Las
Vegas, NV
Regional Arts & Culture Council 's portable art
collections, Portland, OR
Lynnwood Arts Commission, Lynnwood, Washington
Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas
The Art Center of Waco, Waco, Texas
Wingluke Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington
McDonald Corporation, Berkeley, California
Monroe School District - Location: Monroe Highschool,
Monroe, WA
City of Monroe - location: city hall , Monroe, WA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Blanche Hill - Board of Director of Elmhurst Art Museum,
Chicago, Illinois
Mimi Gates - Seattle Art Museum 's Director, Seattle,
Washington
Welly Yang, Los Angeles, California
Margaret McKay-Green, Everett, Washington
Junie Moore, Lake Stevens, Washington
Marcia Schneider, Anacortes, Washington,
Don and Wanda Stein, Anacortes, Washington,
Ms. Liz Bui, San Diego, CA
Marlies Egberding, Everett, WA
Donna Lou and Peter Bladin, Seattle, WA
Erik and Hope Bernstein, Portland, OR
George and Maribeth Newland, Everett, WA
Thomp Harrington, Seattle, WA
Dan Jost, Seattle, WA
Wendy Coffman, M.D. , Monroe, WA
Rena Cornell, Monroe, WA
Sue McKay, Monroe, WA
Mr. Michael Killoren, Seattle, Washington
Mrs. Rebecca Halse, Lake Stevens, Washington
Michael Richards and Rita Brogan, Seattle, Washington
Nancy Murphy & Ken Kenickeberg, Renton, Washington
Mr. Thu Huu Nguyen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mr. Tuan Nguyen, Rockville, Maryland
Mr. Michael Weidenbach Honolulu, Hawaii
Mr. Michael O'Brian - Director of Vancouver Art Gallery,
Vancouver,Canada
Ms. Beata Z. Gerritsen, Boulder, Colorado
Ms. Susan McDonnell, Los Angeles, California
Ms. Lenora Preciado, Seattle, Washington
Ms. Kathleen Carey, Seattle, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Handler, Seattle, Washington
Rose & John Afalla, Honokaa, Hawaii
Mr. Guy Benson, Evanston, Illinois
Ms. Randy Rosenberg, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Deeann Levy, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Khoi, Brossard, Quebec
Mr. Bruce Thacker, Tustin, California
Ms. Anita Holguin, Pico Rivera, California
Ms. Linda J. Hough & Mr. Nelson Petrovich, Laguna Beach,
California
Mr. Thomas Kelly, Sacramento, California
Mr. Fred Feldmesser, Boston, MA
Mr. Edward Chue, Everett, Washington
Mr. Alec Clayton, Olympia, Washington
Ms. Nancy Sloan, Las Vegas, Nevada
Mr. Barry Tuddenman, Toronto, Canada
Mr. Ben Ferguson, Puyallup, Washington
Mr & Mrs. Gladney, Geneva, Florida
Ms. Naomi Ely, Limon, Colorado
Mr. Bruce Goto, Seattle, Washington
Mr. W. Michael Harris, Seattle, Washington (Artistic
Director of ArtsWest, Seattle)
Mr & Mrs. Jim and JoAnn Burkett, Everett, Washington
Mr. Gary Snyder, Princeton, New Jersey(the owner of Gary
Snyder Fine Art, NYC)
Mr. Marcio Fajardo, Seattle, Washington
Ms. Trang Tu, Seattle, Washington
Ms. Terry Bursett, Seattle, Washington
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