Lien Truong

b. Saigon, Vietnam

Truong's art practice examines cultural and material ideologies and notions of heritage. Her work refers to western and Asian painting techniques, materials and philosophies, and military, textile and art histories; creating hybrid forms interrogating the relationship between aesthetics and doctrine. Her paintings have been presented in numerous exhibitions, which include the venues of the National Portrait Gallery, North Carolina Museum of Art, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Oakland Museum of California, Art Hong Kong, Sea Focus in Singapore, Southern Exposure, Nhasan Collective and Galerie Quynh in Vietnam, and Turner Carroll Gallery, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, and 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel. Truong is the recipient of a 2019 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, fellowships from the Institute of the Arts and Humanities, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fine Arts Fellowships; and residencies at the Oakland Museum of California and the Marble House Project. Reviews and mention of her work are in several publications including Art Asia Pacific, The San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, New American Paintings, and ARTit Japan. She is an Associate Professor of Art in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

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SELECT RECENT PRESS/INTERVIEWS/TALKS

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Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander's essay, "Future Pictures from the Yellow Pages of History." Exhibition Catalog, From the Earth Rise Radiant Beings, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, NC

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Artist Talk, hosted by the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College, in conjunction with my exhibition "From the Earth Rise Radiant Beings."(click on 3rd link on linktree page)

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Moderator, Virtual Panel Discussion with Carmen Neely, Antoine Williams and Luke Miller Buchanan: Front Burner: Highlights in Contemporary North Carolina Painting

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Fly on the Wall Podcast, Interview with Squeak Meisel

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Paul Midendorf, "Station Museum Examines Asian American Identity in Latest Exhibition."

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Molly Glentzer, "Art Daybook... and Still We Banter with the Devil by Lien Truong."

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PUBLIC AND NOTABLE COLLECTIONS

Almine Rech, France

Cameron Art Museum, USA

D.C. Collection, Disaphol Chansiri, Thailand

Humboldt State University, USA

North Carolina Museum of Art, USA

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, USA (in the Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women)

Post-Vidai, Vietnam

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Vietnam

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College, USA

Weatherspoon Art Museum, USA

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