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Playing dress-up by Thu Nguyen

Preoccupied by Thu Nguyen

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon by Thu Nguyen

White Lotus by Thu Nguyen

To Serve Man by Thu Nguyen

Against all odds by Thu Nguyen

A Vietnamese Bride by Thu Nguyen

A discovery by Thu Nguyen

Longing by Thu Nguyen

A homeless lady by Thu Nguyen

The Vietnamese Empress by Thu Nguyen

Obscure Portrait by Thu Nguyen

Backlit by Thu Nguyen

The Fallen Barbie by Thu Nguyen

A Sad Story by Thu Nguyen

The Little Mermaid by Thu Nguyen

Portrait in Blue by Thu Nguyen

Behind Bars by Thu Nguyen

There goes my love by Thu Nguyen

Risen by Thu Nguyen

Reveries by Thu Nguyen

Thinking of by Thu Nguyen

Cute by Thu Nguyen

Pouting by Thu Nguyen
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About Thu Nguyen
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, later Seattle and finally Hawaii with the big excitement being adopting my first daughter from China and my second daughter from Vietnam.
Professional qualifications:
BFA in painting, California State University Long Beach .
Two grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Three grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.
My work is represented in many public and private collections in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Mexico.
Recent Exhibitions:
Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) 2016 portrait competition exhibition (March 12, 2016 through January 8, 2017).
Tacoma Art Museum, WA
February 4, 2017 to May 14, 2017
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Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
June 2, 2017 to September 10, 2017
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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
October 8, 2017 to January 7, 2018
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Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL
January 31, 2018 to May 6, 2018
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Ackland Museum of Art, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
June 1, 2018 to August 26, 2018
Thu Nguyen's original paintings can be purchased at:
Thu Nguyen Art Gallery
www.thunguyenartgallery.com