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Featuring work by:
Tammy
Rae Carland
Eliot K Daughtry
Kriss De Jong
Teri Claude Dowling
Jordy Jones
Jenny Michals
Hien Nguyen
Rev. Tim Taylor
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Artist
Statement
Hien Nguyen
510.653.3093
Originally, I plan to include just my recent works for the show. However,
Kriss and Eliot have convinced me to include my older works as well.
Doing so would reveal the transformation through the years and a search
for identity.
I started out working with bald beings as my subjects. They created
a clone-like world where everyone is the same. There is no gender. There
is no race. They could represent anyone. They could represent everyone.
They could represent me.
Hair came into the picture at a time of frustration. I have not came
out yet and that was probably a source of some of my madness. Hair gives
a person identity. People judge each other on appearances. Hairstyle
is one way to express oneself.
I started to work with the Madonna and child image in street painting
festivals a couple of years ago. As a sexual being, I inevitably begin
mixing sexuality with the religious theme. Growing up conservative and
Catholic conflicts with growing up queer. I find myself exploring themes
of safe sex, relationships, and masturbation in these works. The Madonna
icon has warped and transformed to represent various people, including
the male figure, and is coveting different objects. My recent work embraces
on a world where everyone is a little different.
Bio
h i e n n g u y e n
exhibition
solo shows
Cafe Roma, San Francisco, CA, December 2000.
Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland Asian Cultural Center,June 1999.
Art Collective Gallery, Berkeley, CA, March 1996.
National Gallery of Namibia, December 1994.
Basement Gallery, U.C. Davis, April 1992.
group shows
Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association- F.O.B. Show
Westminster, CA, September 2002.
Dimensional Alternatives- Feature Artist
San Leandro, CA, January 2002.
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA, September 2001.
The Oakland YWCA, Oakland, CA, May 2001.
Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, November 2000.
14th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit, Emeryville, CA, October 2000.
ArtvanSF, San Francisco, CA, July 2000.
Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, October 1999.
13th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit, Emeryville, CA, October 1999.
Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA, August 1999.
Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, October 1998.
SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 1998.
Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA, February 1998.
Bucci's, Emeryville, CA, February 1997.
1870 Gallery, Belmont, CA, February 1996.
Memorial Union Gallery, U.C. Davis, April 1991 &1992.
Craft Center, U.C. Davis, May 1991 &1992.
Design Gallery, U.C. Davis, May 1990.
education
B.S. at University of California, Davis
Studied with Wayne Thiebaud, Roland Peterson, Roy DeFrost,
Timothy Berry and Robert Brokl.
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