C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
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
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
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 (Upcoming)
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/
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
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
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 (Upcoming)
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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