Education

  M.F.A. University of California at Santa Barbara  1995 
  Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture  1994 
  B.A. University of California at San Diego  1992 

Exhibitions


2003
"Red Fever Green Fields," Installation for The Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN. April - May 2003.

"Fishing For Resolution (USS Maddox)," sculpture for 'Williamsburg Bridges Viet Nam,' at The Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY. March 2003.

2002
"Through a Soldier’s Eye," installation for 'AIM22,' group show at the Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY. July - Oct, 2002.

"Da Lat," sculpture for 'Artists to Artists: A Decade of The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program,' group show at Ace Gallery, New York, NY. May, 2002.

2001
"Black Field," installation for 'Forms,' group show at Gallery Korea, New York, NY. June - July, 2001.

"Black Mountain #2," sculpture for 'Spring Break,' group show at Aaron America Gallery, New York, NY. March 22 - April 15, 2001.

"Central Highlands," installation for Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA. Feb. 26 - March 23, 2001.

"Views of Viet Nam ," sculpture for 'Peaks,' group show at Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY. Feb. 8 - March 3, 2001

2000
"Black Lady Mountain (Tay Ninh, Viet Nam)," drawings for 'The Summer Show,' at AC Project Room, New York, NY. July 6-31, 2000.

"Views of Viet Nam (Central Highlands)," installation for 'The May Show,' the Sculpture Center, New York, NY. May 11 - June 16, 2000.

"Black Mountains #1," sculpture for 'The Ides of March,' at ABC No Rio, New York, NY. March 3 -24, 2000.

1999
"June 11, 1966 (Dreamers and Skirmishes)," sculpture for 'The Searchers,' Artists Space, New York, NY. Curated by Robert Longo. Sept 16 - Nov 6,1999.

Installation for Mourning and Melancholia,' Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles, CA. March 3 - April 18, 1999.

1998
"Father and Mother," sculpture for The Intercultural Resource Center, Columbia University, NY. March - April 1998.

"Family," sculpture for The National Black Theatre, Harlem, NY. March - April 1998.

1997
"Harbor (South East Asian Venture)," sculpture for '10x10,' Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA. June 1 - July 1,1997.


1996

"Generation (Crushed)," installation for Pittsburg State University Art Museum, Pittsburg, KS. November 1 - December 1, 1996.

"Horizon (Mission Hills)," installation for The Asian American Arts Centre, NY. Sept 1 - Oct 1, 1996.

"New World (Camp Pendelton)," sculpture for 'The University of California, Santa Barbara Art Studio Faculty Exhibition,' University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. Jan 6 - Feb 25, 1996

1995
"Stations/Camps/Stops," installation for The Graduate Student Award Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art's Ridley-Tree Education Center at the McCormick House, Santa Barbara, CA. Oct 11 - Nov 3, 1995.

"April 29,1975 (Resonance)," installation for 'Perfection is an Accident,' MFA Thesis Exhibit, University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA. May 3 - May 21, 1995.

"Migratory Gardens," installation, collaboration with Khoa Tran for The Association of Viet Arts 'Home,' WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA. April 27 - May 27, 1995.

Awards


2003

BCAT/Rotunda Gallery Multimedia Residency BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television, Brooklyn, NY.

2001

The AIM Program the Bronx Museum, South Bronx, NY.

Art Omi Fellowship Summer residency 2001. Omi, NY.

2000

The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Resident artist from Sept 2000 - Aug. 2001. New York, NY.

1995
1995 - 1996 Art Studio Post-Doc Teaching Award Teaching appointment in the Department of
Art Studio and the College of Creative Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art/Ridley Tree Center Exhibition Award The Department of Art Studio and the Art Affiliate artistic merit exhibition award, University of California at Santa Barbara.

1994
Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant University of California at Santa Barbara.

Graduate Opportunity Fellowship University of California at Santa Barbara.

1993
Skowhegan Summer Program Fellowship University of California at Santa Barbara.

Art Studio Fellowship University of California at Santa Barbara.