Thu Nguyen

Biography:
I was born in Saigon, Vietnam. Being very shy, I spent much of my childhood hiding away upstairs painting, instead of playing with other children. My first brush with success was a Best of Show prize at the 1974 children's exhibition in Saigon sponsored by UNICEF. In 1975 Saigon fell and in the resulting confusion I was separated from my parents. I ended up in a refuge camp near 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 went to Los Angeles to stay with some relatives.
During my high school years, I earned extra money doing fashion modeling work in the garment district and upon graduation started on the pre-med program in college. During this time I fell in love with art again and changed my major to art. While in college I had an acting stint in Hollywood on the side (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).
After getting my art degree, I have since settled down to pursue my art career in Los Angeles, Seattle, Hawaii and finally Acapulco Mexico.
Biografía:
Nací en Saigón, Vietnam. Siendo muy tímido, pasé gran parte de m...

I received my BFA in painting at California State University of Long Beach

2023
''CELEBRATE ART -- OPEN CALL (2023)" AT MVA GALLERY -- MODERN VISUAL ARTS, Bethlehem, PA
The Edward Mitchell Bannister National Exhibition: Celebrating BIPOC Artists, sponsored by Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
MidSummer Art Celebration, 6th Annual All Media Juried Exhibit - Sponsored by Hawaii Island Art Alliance, HIAA, Wailoa Center, Hilo Hawaii
36th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Proud to be seen - Bruce Baughman Studio & Gallery, sponsored by Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
The 36th Northern National Art Competition - Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Nude Nite - Orlando 2023, Orlando FL
Masur Museum of Art's 60th Annual Juried Competition - Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA

2022
2022 Art for the View, Sunnyview Hospital in Schenectady, NY Best of show Award
NùD art of the figure, Graphite Art Center, Edmonds Washington
ViewPoint 54, sponsored by Cincinnati Art Club, Eisele Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Realism Today - Pickens County Museum of Art, Pickens, SC
Proud To Be Seen - Bruce Baughman Studio and Gallery, sponsored by Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
I Figure: Contemporary Figurative Art - Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
50 and Older Exhibition - Las Lagun...