Vu Nguyen
Mechanicsburg, PA, United States
About Vu Nguyen
My recent work consists of mainly abstractions of landscapes. These landscapes have a direct link to the actions relating human nature in regards consumption, waste, and the encroachment into the natural world. As a Vietnamese American artist, I place strong emphasis on cultural identity as a connection to my past. This connection allows me to work on a personal level with issues such as socioeconomics and internal struggles. I observe changes in people's psychological state in connection to their environments. The changes appear as patterns in things such as weather, land, animals, and architecture. These elements fuse together to demonstrate progress as well as deterioration.
I reconstruct scenes or landscapes mostly from memory which allows for injections of imaginary or dreamlike elements to the images. These places straddle somewhere between what is real and what is imagined. In my paintings and drawings I try to achieve a balance between chaos and order through the process of mark making and spontaneous gestures. My continual interest in change is what prompts the shifts in direction of my work.
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts // Pennsylvania College of Art and Design 2005
Doctor of Medicine // Ross University School of Medicine 2017
Exhibitions:
AC Hotels Buckhead: Atlanta, GA 2016
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[Expanding Skies]: Solo exhibition Art Prize Grand Rapids MI
Howard Council for the Arts: Solo exhibition Vu Nguyen Ellicott City MD
[Elevation] Solo exhibition Lord Fairfax Community College Middletown VA
[Preparing the Innocent] Solo exhibition Depaul Gallery Lancaster PA
[Retrace] Solo exhibition Doshi Gallery for Contemporary Art Harrisburg PA
[Walls and Conversations] Solo exhibition: Gallery Vietnam New York NY
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: Harrisburg PA
Artist Haven Fine Art Gallery: Fort Lauderdale FL
Artist Haven 2010 Painting Competition: Selected Artist Fort Lauderdale FL
Torpedo Factory Art Center: Alexandria VA
Trowbridge Lewis Gallery: Middleburg VA
Art at the Mill: Clark County Historical Association
National Juried Exhibition: Gallery West Alexandria, VA
Contemporary Vietnamese Artist: Fielding Lecht Gallery Austin TX
‘Untitled’ York Arts York PA
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster PA
Lancaster 43rd Annual Open Art Exhibition Lancaster PA
The Human Form: Mantis Collective Harrisburg PA
Emerging Visions: York Arts York PA
VanGo Art Bus: Susquehanna Art Museum Harrisburg PA
Bronx School of Science Auction: New York NY
