KENNY NGUYEN
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C U R R I C U L U M   V I T A E

SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2021   Featured Artist, Artpop Billboard, Artpop Street Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2020  Judy Sigunick Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2020  Gilfalag Artist Residency/Solo Exhibition, Gil Society and Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2019   Regional Artist Project Grant, Charlotte Arts and Science Council, Charlotte, NC
2019   Artist Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2019   The Denis Diderot [A-i-R] Grant, Château d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2018   Visual Artist Residency Fellowship, Hambidge Center for Creative Art and Science, Rabun Gap, GA
2018   Best Artist to Watch. The Best of the Best Award, Charlotte Magazine, Charlotte, NC
2018   Finalist, Mural Commission at CLT Airport, Charlotte, NC
2018   Merit-based Artist Residency Fellowship and Work-exchange Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2018   Charlotte Artist Residency Grant, The Ivey’s Hotel, Charlotte, NC
2017   Finalist, International Mural Painting Competition in Toride, Toride City, Ibaraki, Japan
2017   Winner, Charlotte Visual Artist Grant, HappeningsCLT Magazine, Charlotte, NC
2017   Asia Contemporary Young Artist Excellence Award, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2017   Winner, Artpop Billboard, Artpop Street Gallery, Charlotte, NC

EDUCATION
2015    BFA in Painting, Cum Laude, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2010   BFA in Fashion Design, National University of Art and Architecture Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2015– Present, Interdisciplinary Artist, Charlotte, NC
2021    Guest Artist, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2020  Visiting Artist, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
2020  Online Artist Talk, POV Artist Program, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest IL
2020  Artist Lecture ‘Materials in Contemporary Art’, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2020  Visiting Artist, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO
2019  Visiting Artist, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2019   Artist’s talk ‘Stimulus: Creation in Threads’, McColl Center for Art and Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2019   Artist lecture 'Silk: A metaphor of Identity', CLT Millennial Art Program, Elder Gallery for Contemporary Art, Charlotte NC
2019   Visiting artist, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2019   Juror (Jury Panel), Hambidge Center, Visual Artist Residency Application, Rabun Gap, GA 
2018   Guest Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2018   Instructor, Artist workshop for Golden Acrylic Paint, Cheap Joe’s Art, Charlotte, NC
2016-2019  Instructor, Artist Workshop: Silk painting and Ink-wash painting, Durham Art Council, Durham, NC
2007-2010 Assistant Fashion Designer, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022  Intertwined. Susan O. Ahern Gallery, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts,
           Fond du Lac, WI
2022   Mirrors and Veils , Fitton Center For Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
2021    Kenny Nguyen: Identity, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte NC
2020  Infinite Threads, Olin Fine Art Gallery, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
2020  Marks on the skin, Deiglan Gilfelagio Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland (Rescheduled, Covid-19)
2020 Reconstruction, The Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adam State University, Alamosa, CO
2019  Interwoven, Solo Exhibition, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2018  ‘Kenny Nguyen: The Indescribable Fears’, M Gallery, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2018  ‘Interbeing’, Solo Exhibition, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2016  Space of Otherness, Solo Exhibition at Allenton Gallery, Durham Art Councils, Durham, NC
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022  À Gogo II, Mash Gallery & W Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
2022  Adorned: Inspired by Fabric and Fashion, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Centers, Solomons MD
2021   Visual O, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021   Reconstructing Deconstruction, Brooklyn Collective Gallery, Charlotte NC
2021   Material Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton TX
2021    ArtPop Charlotte Class 2021, ArtPop Street Gallery National Juried Exhibition, Charlotte, NC
2020   Displacement, Resilience and Transformation: Seven Artist of  Vietnamese Diaspora, Nguoi Viet Daily News Gallery, Westminster, CA (Rescheduled, Covid-19)
2020   Summer Invitation Exhibition. Swan Coach House Gallery, Forward Arts Foundation,   Atlanta, GA
2020   Prism, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC
2019 Collective(in)action, Memorial Union Gallery, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
2019 Constant/Change: Statements from New Generation of North Carolina Artist, Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2019 Strive: National exhibition highlighting American Immigration and the American Dream, D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2019 The Fridge Show, Dinney House, Vermont Studio Center, VT. Curator: Annelies Kamen
2019  Artfields, Southeast Artist Competition, Lake City, SC
2019  North Carolina Artist Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, Raleigh, NC. Juror: Chad Alligood
2018  Suspend, The Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adam State University, Alamosa, CO (*Best in Show)
2018  Peace & Justice, DSU Center Gallery, Delaware State University, Dover, DE
2018  Artfields, Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC
2018  Roderick MacKillop Memorial Alumni Art Exhibition, Rowe Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC
2017 Vietnamerica, Art Exhibition, Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion at Capitol Hill, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 
2017  ‘What makes Life an Art’, Gwanghwamun International Art Festival, Sejong Museum of  Art, Seoul, South Korea
2017  12thAnnual Emerald Spring Painting Exhibition, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
2017  45th International Art Exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
2017  Artpop Billboard, Charlotte Art and Science Council, Artpop Street Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2017  North Carolina Artist Exhibition, Betty McCain Gallery, Raleigh, NC
          Juror: Michael Rooks
2017  Conroe Art League Invitational Exhibition, Conroe Art League, Conroe, TX
2016  Artist Statement, International Exhibition and Book Publication, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum.Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2016  CICA’2016 Artist and Location, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2016  Fearless, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
2016  Tallahassee International Exhibition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Asia Contemporary Young Artist Award Exhibition, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (*Excellence Award)
2016  North Carolina Artist Exhibition, Betty McCain Gallery, Raleigh, NC (*Juror’s Choice Award)
         Juror: Bradley Sumrall
2016  First LaGrange Southeast Regional Exhibition, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA.
          Juror: Deanna Sirlin (*Juror Merit Award)
2016  NASAD Exhibition. Student Union Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte,    Charlotte, NC
2015  Generations: 40 Hues of Black and White, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
          Curators: Dinh Q. Le, Stephen Anderson
2015  Celebration of Chinese Opera, Katzen Art Center at the American University, Washington, D.C.  
2015  2nd Annual Living Mark Exhibition, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2015  Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival - Juried Visual Art Exhibition Trust Arts Education Center, Pittsburgh, PA             
          Juror: Astria Suparak
2015  MIS, Rowe Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2015  (In)Tangible, Rowe Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2014  Persuasion, Rowe Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2014  Direct and In-direct Juried Exhibition, Rowe Gallery, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
          Juror: Sara Schneckloth
 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
2021  Logan, Liz. “The Silk Road - Kenny Nguyen’s art is an epic tale sculpted with silk”. Queen City Nerves, 7 Sep. 2021, pp 8-9.
2020  Truc, Doan. “Kenny Nguyen – Dreams of a butterfly.” Elle Decoration Vietnam, 16 May. 2020, pp. 24-27.
2019  Pressler, Alyssa. “Kenny Nguyen Speaks through His Arts.” The Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2019, pp. 1,3C.
2019  Pressler, Alyssa, and Daremen J. “Artist Kenny Nguyen and ‘a Beautiful Way to Communicate'.” The Charlotte Observer Online, 23 Jan.                   https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article224978845.html
2018   Local Stories. “Art & Life with Kenny Nguyen.” VoyagePhoenix - Phoenix, 27 Nov. 2018, voyagephoenix.com/interview/art-life-kenny-nguyen/.
2018   Im, Seonyoung, and Seungsub Baik . “Kenny Nguyen, The Indescribable Fears.” CICA Art Now 2018, edited by Hyunjin Bang, CICA Press, 2018, pp. 112–120.
2017    Cote, Grace, and Lia Newman. “‘Carolina Art Crush: Artist Kenny Nguyen’, Interview” HappeningsCLT, 5 May 2017. https://happeningsclt.com/2017/05/05/carolina-art-crush-kenny-nguyen/



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  • CV
  • BIOGRAPHY
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