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EXHIBITIONS:

2008

"Plantscape" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Solo show

"Unclad 2008 - the fine art of the figure " at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, Stanwood, WA. juried group show

"National Art Premiere 2008" - Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL. Juried group show - Award of Merit

"Opposites Attract" - San Jacinto College, Houston, Texas. Juried by William Stover - Curator of Contemporary Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2007

"Water lilies" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo show)

Taylor's Contemporanea, Hot Springs, AR (group show)

"13th Annual Fall Regional Art Exhibition" - Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas

"Best of America" - a traveling show in Missouri (juried by Mr. Stephen Doherty, Editor in chief of American Artist Magazine - group show), Award of Merit

"Americas 2000" - Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot,North Dakota (Juried group show)

"Reflections" - Osterville Fine Art, Osterville, MA (group show) "Unclad 2007" Stanwood, WA and Portland, OR (Juried group show)

"Art happens everywhere" - Women Painters of Washington, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA (Juried group show)

2006

"Water Beings" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA (Solo show)

2005

"Boats" - Rouge Blanc Gallery, Newberg, OR (group show)

Kent Canterbury Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Kent, WA (PURCHASED AWARD)

"Beauty Revisited" - Mt. Scott Art Center, Portland, OR (group show)

"Tall ships Tacoma art show" - Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA. Honorable Mention

"Beyond Borders: A Celebration of our Ethnic Diversity" - Arts Council of Snohomish County Gallery, Everett, WA (group show)

"Harmonious Navigation" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA (group show)

"Expression West 2005" - Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

2004

"Urban Rivers" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo show)

"On the Waterfront" - Marghitta Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR (solo show)

"Town & Country" - Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, Indiana ( 4persons show)

2003

17th Annual Canterbury Faire's Juried Fine Art Exhibit " Main Show " , Kent, Washington

"Paintings by Thu Nguyen" - Delridge Neighborhoods
Development Association, West Seattle, Washington (Solo show)

Kent Arts Commission Gallery, Kent , Washington ( solo )

LGBT Gallery, Seattle, WA (2 persons show)

Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. Honorarium
Paid(solo)

Lynnwood Library Gallery, Lynnwood, WA. Sponsored by
Lynnwood Arts Commission (solo)

" Along the Oregon Trail " - National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Baker City, Oregon. Honorarium Paid

2002
"Taken from the sea", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California. Honorarium Paid.

Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL. Honorarium Paid (solo0

Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona. Honorarium Paid(solo)

Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, California (solo)

"Simple honesty" - Frances Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA. Sponsored by Edmonds Arts Commission (solo)

"Painting from the heart by Thu Nguyen" - Bellevue CityHall, Bellevue, WA. Sponsored by the City of Bellevue (solo)

Microsoft, Issaquah, WA (as part of their celebration of Women's History Month ) (solo)

2001
Contemporary Art Center, Burbank, CA. Honorarium Paid (solo)

" Red Lotus " - City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta,Georgia. Catalog. Honorarium Paid

California State University , Long Beach, CA (solo)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA),
Philadelphia, PA

2000
Precious Metal Gallery, Boulder, CO(solo)

"Women of the world" - White Columns, New York City (USA Traveling Exhibitions)

1999
SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton,PA. Honorarium paid. Catalog. Paid Guest lecturer

"Into the 21st Century" : Selections from the Permanent Collection - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Catalog.

Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada

"Art Forum Berlin", Berlin, Germany (represented by Artcore Gallery of Toronto, Canada)

The Drawing Room, Santa Monica, CA . Second Prize Award

1998

The university of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL. Honorarium paid (solo)

Festival of Vietnamese Arts, Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CANADA. Honorarium paid. Catalog. Visiting Artist Grant

1997
Bachman Gallery - Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, Indiana (solo)

Chico Art Center, Chico, California. Honorarium Paid (solo)

1996
"Les Parfums de L'exil" - Centre Interculturel Strathearn, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Honorarium paid. Catalog. Visiting Artist Grant

"Skin and Bone" - Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Honorarium paid. Catalog. Paid Guest lecturer

California State University, Long Beach, CA (also 1992 )

University of the Pacific, Stockton, California (solo)

1995
"WOMEN/Beyond Border" - World Traveling Exhibition 1995-2001.

Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA ( also 1993)

Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio. Honorarium Paid (solo)

1994
"A new generation: Contemporary Vietnamese American Art" - California State University Fullerton's main gallery, Fullerton, CA.

Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana

California State University, Long Beach. Annual Student

Group Exhibits:

1990-1993. Best of show Awards

Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH. Honorarium paid (solo)

Contemporary Arts Center, Burbank, CA (solo)

EDUCATION:

B.F.A. in paintings , California State University, Long Beach, CA 1993

A. A. in paintings , Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA 1990

GRANTS & AWARDS:

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient in 1994 and 1998, New York
City, USA

Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant Recipient in 1996, 1998 and 1999,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

COLLECTIONS:

Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas,

The Art Center of Waco, Waco Texas

Wing Luke Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas

University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska

Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA

Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) 's portable collections, Portland OR

Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California

Long Beach Museum of Art,
Long Beach, California

Lynnwood Arts Commission, City of
Lynnwood, Lynnwood WA

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

VIFON-Vietnam Food Industries Company, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam

Rose & John Afalla, Honokaa, Hawai

Mr. Michael Killoren, Seattle, WA

Mr. Edward Chue, Everett, Washington

Mr. Alec Clayton, Olympia, Washington

Ms. Nancy Sloan, Las Vegas, Nevada

Mr. Barry Tuddenman, Toronto, Canada

Mr. Ben Ferguson, Puyallup, Washington

Mr & Mrs. Gladney, Geneva, Florida

Ms. Naomi Ely, Limon, Colorado

Ms. Tran Thi Hue, Garden Grove, California

Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Tran, Canoga Park, California

Mr. Bruce Goto, Seattle, Washington

Mr. W. Michael Harris, Seattle, Washington
(Artistic Director of ArtsWest, Seattle)

Mr & Mrs. Jim and JoAnn Burkett, Everett, Washington

Mr. Gary Snyder, Princeton, New Jersey

Mr. Marcio Fajardo, Seattle, Washington

Ms. Trang Tu, Seattle, Washington

Mrs. Rebecca Halse, Lake Stevens Washington

Michael Richards and Rita Brogan, Seattle, Washington

Nancy Murphy & Ken Kenickeberg, Renton, Washington

Mr. Thu Huu Nguyen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mr. Tuan Nguyen, Rockville, Maryland

Mr. Michael Weidenbach, Honolulu, Hawaii

Mr. Michael O'Brian - Director of Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Ms. Beata Z. Gerritsen, Boulder, Colorado

Ms. McDonnell, Los Angeles, California

Ms. Lenora Preciado, Seattle, Washington

Ms. Kathleen Carey, Seattle, Washington

Mr. and Mrs. Handler, Seattle, Washington

Mr. Guy Benson, Evanston, Illinois

Ms. Randy Rosenberg, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Deeann Levy, Chicago, Illinois

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Khoi, Brossard, Quebec

Mr. Bruce Thacker, Tustin, California

Ms. Anita Holguin, Pico Rivera, California

Ms. Linda J. Hough & Mr. Nelson Petrovich,

Mr. Thomas Kelly, Sacramento, California

Mr. Fred Feldmesser, Boston, MA

Junie Moore, Lake Stevens, Washington

Margaret McKay-Green, Everett, Washington

Mimi Gates - Seattle Art Museum's Director, Seattle, Washington

Welly Yang, Los Angeles, California

and others

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EXHIBITIONS: 2008 "Plantscape" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Solo show "Unclad 2008 - the fine art of the figure " at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, Stanwood, WA. juried group show "National Art Premiere 2008" - Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL. Juried group show - Award of Merit "Opposites Attract" - San Jacinto College, Houston, Texas. Juried by William Stover - Curator of Contemporary Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2007 "Water lilies" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo show) Taylor's Contemporanea, Hot Springs, AR (group show) "13th Annual Fall Regional Art Exhibition" - Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas "Best of America" - a traveling show in Missouri (juried by Mr. Stephen Doherty, Editor in chief of American Artist Magazine - group show), Award of Merit "Americas 2000" - Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot,North Dakota (Juried group show) "Reflections" - Osterville Fine Art, Osterville, MA (group show) "Unclad 2007" Stanwood, WA and Portland, OR (Juried group show) "Art happens everywhere" - Women Painters of Washington, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA (Juried group show) 2006 "Water Beings" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA (Solo show) 2005 "Boats" - Rouge Blanc Gallery, Newberg, OR (group show) Kent Canterbury Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Kent, WA (PURCHASED AWARD) "Beauty Revisited" - Mt. Scott Art Center, Portland, OR (group show) "Tall ships Tacoma art show" - Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA. Honorable Mention "Beyond Borders: A Celebration of our Ethnic Diversity" - Arts Council of Snohomish County Gallery, Everett, WA (group show) "Harmonious Navigation" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA (group show) "Expression West 2005" - Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2004 "Urban Rivers" - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo show) "On the Waterfront" - Marghitta Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR (solo show) "Town & Country" - Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, Indiana ( 4persons show) 2003 17th Annual Canterbury Faire's Juried Fine Art Exhibit " Main Show " , Kent, Washington "Paintings by Thu Nguyen" - Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, West Seattle, Washington (Solo show) Kent Arts Commission Gallery, Kent , Washington ( solo ) LGBT Gallery, Seattle, WA (2 persons show) Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. Honorarium Paid(solo) Lynnwood Library Gallery, Lynnwood, WA. Sponsored by Lynnwood Arts Commission (solo) " Along the Oregon Trail " - National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Baker City, Oregon. Honorarium Paid 2002 "Taken from the sea", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California. Honorarium Paid. Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL. Honorarium Paid (solo0 Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona. Honorarium Paid(solo) Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, California (solo) "Simple honesty" - Frances Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA. Sponsored by Edmonds Arts Commission (solo) "Painting from the heart by Thu Nguyen" - Bellevue CityHall, Bellevue, WA. Sponsored by the City of Bellevue (solo) Microsoft, Issaquah, WA (as part of their celebration of Women's History Month ) (solo) 2001 Contemporary Art Center, Burbank, CA. Honorarium Paid (solo) " Red Lotus " - City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta,Georgia. Catalog. Honorarium Paid California State University , Long Beach, CA (solo) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA 2000 Precious Metal Gallery, Boulder, CO(solo) "Women of the world" - White Columns, New York City (USA Traveling Exhibitions) 1999 SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton,PA. Honorarium paid. Catalog. Paid Guest lecturer "Into the 21st Century" : Selections from the Permanent Collection - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Catalog. Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada "Art Forum Berlin", Berlin, Germany (represented by Artcore Gallery of Toronto, Canada) The Drawing Room, Santa Monica, CA . Second Prize Award 1998 The university of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL. Honorarium paid (solo) Festival of Vietnamese Arts, Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CANADA. Honorarium paid. Catalog. Visiting Artist Grant 1997 Bachman Gallery - Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, Indiana (solo) Chico Art Center, Chico, California. Honorarium Paid (solo) 1996 "Les Parfums de L'exil" - Centre Interculturel Strathearn, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Honorarium paid. Catalog. Visiting Artist Grant "Skin and Bone" - Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Honorarium paid. Catalog. Paid Guest lecturer California State University, Long Beach, CA (also 1992 ) University of the Pacific, Stockton, California (solo) 1995 "WOMEN/Beyond Border" - World Traveling Exhibition 1995-2001. Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA ( also 1993) Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio. Honorarium Paid (solo) 1994 "A new generation: Contemporary Vietnamese American Art" - California State University Fullerton's main gallery, Fullerton, CA. Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana California State University, Long Beach. Annual Student Group Exhibits: 1990-1993. Best of show Awards Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH. Honorarium paid (solo) Contemporary Arts Center, Burbank, CA (solo)
	EDUCATION: B.F.A. in paintings , California State University, Long Beach, CA 1993 A. A. in paintings , Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA 1990 GRANTS & AWARDS: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient in 1994 and 1998, New York City, USA Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant Recipient in 1996, 1998 and 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada COLLECTIONS: Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, The Art Center of Waco, Waco Texas Wing Luke Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) 's portable collections, Portland OR Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California Lynnwood Arts Commission, City of Lynnwood, Lynnwood WA San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. VIFON-Vietnam Food Industries Company, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam Rose & John Afalla, Honokaa, Hawai Mr. Michael Killoren, Seattle, WA Mr. Edward Chue, Everett, Washington Mr. Alec Clayton, Olympia, Washington Ms. Nancy Sloan, Las Vegas, Nevada Mr. Barry Tuddenman, Toronto, Canada Mr. Ben Ferguson, Puyallup, Washington Mr & Mrs. Gladney, Geneva, Florida Ms. Naomi Ely, Limon, Colorado Ms. Tran Thi Hue, Garden Grove, California Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Tran, Canoga Park, California Mr. Bruce Goto, Seattle, Washington Mr. W. Michael Harris, Seattle, Washington (Artistic Director of ArtsWest, Seattle) Mr & Mrs. Jim and JoAnn Burkett, Everett, Washington Mr. Gary Snyder, Princeton, New Jersey Mr. Marcio Fajardo, Seattle, Washington Ms. Trang Tu, Seattle, Washington Mrs. Rebecca Halse, Lake Stevens Washington Michael Richards and Rita Brogan, Seattle, Washington Nancy Murphy & Ken Kenickeberg, Renton, Washington Mr. Thu Huu Nguyen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mr. Tuan Nguyen, Rockville, Maryland Mr. Michael Weidenbach, Honolulu, Hawaii Mr. Michael O'Brian - Director of Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Ms. Beata Z. Gerritsen, Boulder, Colorado Ms. McDonnell, Los Angeles, California Ms. Lenora Preciado, Seattle, Washington Ms. Kathleen Carey, Seattle, Washington Mr. and Mrs. Handler, Seattle, Washington Mr. Guy Benson, Evanston, Illinois Ms. Randy Rosenberg, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Deeann Levy, Chicago, Illinois Mr. Nguyen Xuan Khoi, Brossard, Quebec Mr. Bruce Thacker, Tustin, California Ms. Anita Holguin, Pico Rivera, California Ms. Linda J. Hough & Mr. Nelson Petrovich, Mr. Thomas Kelly, Sacramento, California Mr. Fred Feldmesser, Boston, MA Junie Moore, Lake Stevens, Washington Margaret McKay-Green, Everett, Washington Mimi Gates - Seattle Art Museum's Director, Seattle, Washington Welly Yang, Los Angeles, California and others
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