Pipo Nguyen-duy

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

 

Born: Hue, Vietnam

 

 

EDUCATION

1995 MFA, Photography, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

National Graduate Seminar, American Photography Institute,

Photography Department, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, NY

1995 MA, Photography, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1983 BA, Economics, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

 

PROFESSIONAL

 

Associate Professor of Art, Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH (2002-present)

Assistant Professor of Art, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH (1998-2002)

 

 

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 East of Eden. Sam Lee Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

2006 The Garden. Funen Museum. Odense Foto Triennale. Odense, Denmark

East of Eden, Light Works. Syracuse, NY

 

2004 Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College. Gambier, OH

 

2002 AnOther Western, Adrian College, MI

Two Million Steps. Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

 

2001 AnOther Western, Wooster Art Museum, Wooster College, Wooster, OH

2000 AnOther Expedition. Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1999 AnOther Western. Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University. Ashland, OR

1998 AnOther Western. Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1997 UNCOMMON TRAITS: RE/LOCATING ASIA.

Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art, Buffalo,NY

ASSIMULATION. Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

1995 ASSIMULATION. ARC. Albuquerque, NM

MFA SHOW. Fitzgerald Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2007 Nexus. Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Tell Me A Story. Curated by Mary Forresta, The Smithsonian. Museum of Contemporary

Photography, San Diego, CA.

 

2006 At Play. Curator Anne Tucker. FOTO FEST. Houston, TX

 

2005 Trace Elements: New Work at Oberlin. The Allen Memorial Art Museum. Oberlin, OH

Photographer's View: Found and Invented. Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Portland , OR

11 Nguyen - 30years Loss. PH Gallery. New York, NY

 

2004 New Gallery Group Exhibition. Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Portland , OR

2003 Through Our Lenses. Presented by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Photography Institute. New York, NY

Only Skin Deep, Phase One. International Center of Photography. New York, NY

Art Cologne. Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Cologne, Germany

2002 MYTH & MEMORIES. WORKS. San Jose, CA

A Winter’s Night: Motel Haus III. Premier of Pi(ng)Po(ng). Curated by Creative Material Group.

Eugene, OR. Performance work

 

2001 FACULTY EXHIBITION. Schneider Museum, Southern Oregon University. Ashland, OR

NEW HISTORY OF THE WEST. S.F.CAMERA WORK. San Francisco, CA

BETWEEN BORDERS. SPACES. Cleveland, OH

 

2000 25 Years: A Celebration of the University Art Gallery's Permanent Collection, The

University Art Gallery at New Mexico State University. New Mexico State University. Las

Cruces, NM

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE: TENTH ANIVERSARY. Tisch School of the

Arts, New York, NY

EN FOCO 25th ANIVERSARY. The Bronx Museum. NY

PHOTO AMERICA. Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Portland, OR

 

1999 EN FOCO 25th ANIVERSARY. Museo del Barrio. New York, NY

IMAGE OHIO, Roy G Biv Gallery. Curated by Tony Mendoza. Columbus, OH

NEW WORKS. An Exhibition of En Foco's Photography Award Winners.

Wisconsin Union Gallery. Madison, WI

 

1998 NEW WORKS. El Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY

 

1997 ISSUES OF IDENTITIES. Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

FACULTY SHOW. Schneider Museum, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

NATURALES MUERTE. Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

1996 NEW STORIES. Stevenson Union Gallery, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

YOUNG AND RESTLESS. Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

ALERT. Offsite, Santa Fe, NM

MOVEABLE FEAST. San Francisco Camera Works, San Francisco, CA

SOUTHWEST ‘96. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM. CATALOGUE

 

1995 SPE. Albuquerque, NM

GALLERY SHOW. Page Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

PEACE ART SHOW. Touring New Mexico and Japan. Curator: Tom Powel

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE FELLOWS. Tisch School of the Arts, NYC

THE NICKEL MATINEE. The ASA Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque

JURIED GRADUATE SHOW. The Johnson Gallery, UNM. Curator: Eleanor Heartney

 

GRANTS & AWARDS

 

2006 Grant-in-Aid. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

Research & Material Grant. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

 

2005 OHIO ART COUNCIL GRANT. Ohio Art Council. Columbus, OH

Research & Material Grant. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

Grant-in-Aid. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

H.H. POWERS TRAVEL GRANT. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

2004 Research & Material Grant. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

Grant-in-Aid. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

 

2003 H.H. POWERS TRAVEL GRANT. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

Research & Material Grant. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

 

2000 HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Artist-in-Residence Program. Sausalito, CA

OHIO ART COUNCIL GRANT. Ohio Art Council. Columbus, OH

B. WADE and JANE B. WHITE FELLOWSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

1999 LIGHTWORK FELLOWSHIP. Light Work. Syracuse, NY

H.H. POWERS TRAVEL GRANT. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

 

1998 VAN DEREN COKE. Department of Art & Art History, University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM

 

1997 OREGON ARTS COMMISSION FELLOWSHIP. Mixed Media, Photography.

Oregon Arts Commission. Salem, OR

EN FOCO's Grant to create new work. EN FOCO. Bronx, NY

 

1997 ARTIST’S ANGEL AWARD. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

THE LILA WALLACE-READER’S DIGEST ARTISTS at GIVERNY.

Lila Wallace & Reader’s Digest Fund, managed by Arts International, New York, NY

 

1996 N.E.A. Work done on Paper. Western States Arts Federation

ART MATTERS FELLOWSHIP. Art Matters, New York, NY

RESEARCH GRANT. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

1995 GETTY FOUNDATION. Getty Foundation. NYC

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT. College Art Association, New York, NY

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE NATIONAL GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP SEMINAR.

Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY

GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP GRANT. Uniersity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

GRADUATE TUITION GRANT. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

 

SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

 

2006 Columbia College of Chicago. Chicago, IL

Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY

 

2005 Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI

Allen Memorial Art Museum. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

 

2004 Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

 

2003 University of North Alabama

 

2002 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Adrian College. MI

Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Ringling College of Art, Sarasota, FL

Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

 

2001 Headlands Center for the Arts. The Marine Headlands, CA

Art Museum. Wooster College. Wooster, OH

Art & Identity Panel. Cleveland Public Library. Cleveland, OH

 

2000 A Curriculum for the New Millennium. American Photography Institute. New York, NY

University of Washington. Seattle, WA

Allen Memorial Art Museum. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

 

1998 ASSIMULATION & AN OTHER WESTERN. Washington University. St. Louis, MO

ASSIMULATION & AN OTHER WESTERN. University of Indiana. Bloomington, IN

ASSIMULATION & AN OTHER WESTERN. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH

1997 ASSIMULATION. Schneider Museum of Art. Southern Oregon State College, Ashland

ASSIMULATION. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

 

1996 ASSIMULATION. Stevenson Union Gallery, SOU, Ashland, OR

ASSIMULATION. Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR

PIPO & BILL ADAMS. San Francisco Camera Works, San Francisco, CA

ASSIMULATION. New York State University at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

ASSIMULATION. College Art Association, Boston, MA

 

1995 THREE PHOTOGRAPHERS. Albuquerque United Artists, Albuquerque, NM

ASSIMULATION. New Mexico State University, Grants, NM

 

 

ARTIST RESIDENCiES

 

2004 LIGHTWORK. Syracuse, NY

 

2001 HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Sausalito, CA

2000 SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY. Ashland, OR

 

1998 LILA WALLACE-READERS DIGEST’S ARTISTS AT GIVERNY. Monet’s Garden, Giverny, France

 

1997 THE VERMONT STUDIO CENTER. Johnson, Vermont

 

 

 

 

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2006 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. Photography Panels

 

2005 Six States Photography Exhibition. FAVA Gallery. Oberlin, OH

 

1998 HUNG LIU: Works. Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR

FABRICATION: Identity in Contemporary American Photography. Schneider Museum of

Art, Ashland, OR. Galerie Vrais Reves, Photographies Contemporaines, Lyon, France.

1997 ART AND THE MECHANIZED SOCIETY. Co-curate with Greer Markle.

Schneider Museum of Art. Ashland, OR

 

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAHY

 

2007 Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age , Robert Hirsch. Focal Press

Pipo Nguyen-duy, Carrie Yury, artillery, page 38, Volume 2, Number 2, November/December.

Artist Profile: Pipo Nguyen-duy, Neil Kendricks, art ltd., November, pages 82-83.

Pipo Nguyen-duy at Sam Lee Gallery, Critics’ Pick on ARTFORUM.com, September 28

(http://artforum.com/archive/id=17944).

A Tension From Innocence Lost, Leah Ollman, The Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section,

September 21.

Every Picture Tells A Story, Robert L. Pincus, The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 11.

Tell Me A Story, W.S. Di Piero, San Diego Reader, March 8.

A Story of Pictures, Michelle Fletcher, Buzz Magazine (January/February)

Pipo Nguyen-duy. Hyphen Magazine ( July)

 

2006 CONTACT SHEET 135. Pipo Nguyen-duy. A publicatiion of Lightwork. Introduction by Hannah

Frieser. Essay by Jennie Hirsh.

“The Landscape as Backdrop.” Katherine Rushworth. The Post Standard/Stars.p. 24.

(Sunday February 12) Syracuse.

“Stress Test. A Photography show shakes up viewers’ levels of comfort at Lightwork.” Carl Mellor

Syracuse New Times, p. 21. February 15, 2006.

THE Magazine. Cover. May 2006.

“The Garden, Pipo Nguyen-duy.” Odense Foto Triennale. Essay by Jennie Hirsh

 

2005 East of Eden. CONTACT SHEET 132. A publication of Lightwork. Essay by Stephen Borys.

Pp 4-9.

TRACE ELEMENTS. Allen Memorial Art Museum. Essay by Jennie Hirsh, Interview by Stephen

Borys, Biography by Susanna Newbury. pp. 11-33; 62-75.

“Oberlin Museum Shows Quietly Powerful Faculty Work.” Steven Litt, Plain Dealer Art Critic.

The Plain Dealer (December 2007).

 

2004 “An Eastern Look at the West Provokes Thought, Laughs.” Lindsay Warner. The Kenyon Collegian

 

2003 FRESH TALK/ DARING GAZES: Asian American Issues in the Contemporary Visual Arts.

CO- EDITORS: Elaine Kim, University of California at Berkeley and Margo Machida, NYU.

Essay by Donald Odita. University of California Press, 2003.

 

2002 “Pipo Nguyen-duy, Two Millions Steps.” Myth and Memory. Nora Nguyen

“Portlandscape Artists PICA's Northwest Narrative.” Lisa Lambert. Williamet Weekly. Portland, OR

2001 Pacific Heights, Michaela Bancud. ARTNEWS. Dec 2001.City Focus, p. 84

THE COMMEMORATE ISSUE. NUEVA LUZ. En Foco Inc.

Between. Katherine Mc Manus Zurko. Wooster College Museum. Wooster, OH

Between the Borders: New Forms of Identity. Frank Green. SPACES, Cleveland, OH.

Between You And Me, Douglas Max Utter. Arts. Cleveland Free Times. September 26-October 2.

QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, Dan Tranberg. The Plain Dealer, Arts & Life.(Wed,, September 26,

2001): E1&10.

’Faculty Exhibition’ at the Schneider Museum of Art ‘ Isaac Peterson. Artweek, June 2001,

Vol.32, Issue 6, Review.

2001 RE-IMAGING THE WEST: A NEW HISTORY, Alicia Miller, pp. 5-8. CAMERA WORK.

Vol. 28, No. 1. Spring /Summer 2001.

“Visual Visitations: Connecting Past & Present Photographic Realities.” Theresa Harlan, p.11-14. CAMERA WORK. Vol. 28, No.1 Spring /Summer 2001.

PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY. Marissa Olson, pp. 23-26. CAMERA WORK. Vol.28, No.1

Spring/Summer 2001.

 

2000 PHOTOGRAPHIC POSSIBILITIES.The Expressive use of Ideas, Materials and Processes.

Robert Hirsch. Focal Press, 2nd edition.

 

1999 Rattling the Frame. The Photographic Space: 1974-1999. CAMERA WORK, Fall/Winter

99. Vol. 26, no. 2, p. 36.

The Looking Glass: Three Photographers. Irene Small, Gallery. DIALOGUE:

A publication of the Asian American Arts Alliance, Fall 1999. Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 23, 26-27.

'Pipo: AnOther Western'. Steven Jenkins, Preview. Artweek May 1999, Vol .30, Issue 5. p. 6.

Photographs show depth of Ohio talent. Sharon Kokot. THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH.

Sunday, April 25. pp, 8ff.

SNAPPY SHOTS: Image Ohio SURVEYS THE STATE'S PHOTO ARTS. Melissa Starker,

Art Scene. Columbus Alive, April 15, p. 12.

IMAGE OHIO. Catalogue. Roy G Biv Gallery. Columbus, OH

NUEVA LUZ. A photographic Journal. Vol. 6 No., 1 pp. 22-31. EN FOCO INC. Bronx, NY

TIN HOUSE. Premiere Issue. McCormack Communications. Vol. 1, No.1, Spring.

pp: 19, 33, 72, 82, 87, 100, 123, 143, 155, 184.

 

1998 HOW THE WEST WAS WON. D.K.Row, The Oregonian: Visual Arts, Fri day, October 23. p. 62.

Neither This Nor That. Ronald Ehmke, Review. Afterimage, July/August p. 16.

EXPLORING IDENTITY. Amy Richard, Ashland Daily Tidings: Revels January 30-February 6,

p. 11.

1998 New Work Award. EN FOCO. Photography in New York- International. March-April p. 24.

PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. CAA News. Jan. p. 9.

FOURTH BIENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ART AUCTION. CEPA Gallery. (Catalogue).

 

1997 IS ANYBODY HOME? RE/LOCATING ASIA AT CEPA GALLERY. Elizabeth Licata,

Artvoice, V8N40, October 15-21, p.16.

IMAGES OF THE LINK BETWEEN TWO WORLDS. Ronald Ehmke, The Buffalo News/Thursday,

September 25, 1997.

UNCOMMON TRAITS: RE/LOCATING ASIA (PART I). Alice E. Gerard,Buffalo Alternative Press,

October 9-23, p.10.

UNCOMMON TRAITS: RE/LOCATING ASIA. Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art,

Buffalo, NY.

PARALLAXIS. Fifty-five Points to View. A Publication of the Western States Art Federation.

pp. 79 &138. Artist Notes by Kathleen Shields.

PIPO NGUYEN-DUY AT BUCHEON GALLERY. Celeste Connor, Artweek, Vol.28, NO..6, June

FACULTY DISPLAYS TALENT. Tracey Buck, The Siskiyou, Issue 23, Volume 70, p.10.

PROFESSOR TO STUDY IN MONET'S GARDEN. Tracey Buck, The Siskiyou, Issue 19,

Vol. 70, p. 12.

1997 SOSC Art Instructor to study abroad. Bill Varble, Weekly Art & Entertainment, p. 2,

The Mai Tribune, Friday, March 21.

“ADAM & EVE.” The Image Issue, THE MAGAZINE, April 1997.

 

1996 A CONVERSATION WITH MARNIE GILLET, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAN FRANCISCO

CAMERA WORKS. Meredith Tromble, Artweek, Vol.27, N0.7, July 1996, pp. 13-14.

NEA. David Steinberg, Albuquerque Journal, Sunday, July 28.

PIPO: DEFINING IDENTITY IN TABOOS. Mary Lee, Viet Magnet, Vol. II, No 3, June ,

p. 7.

ARTISTS ON ALERT. Lynn Hunter Cline, Pasatiempo, May 31-June 6, pp. 4 & 48.

SOUTHWEST ‘96. Richard Tobin ( Critical Reflections). THE MAGAZINE, May, p. 25.

A “FEAST” FOR MIND AND EYE. Chiori Santiago, San Jose Mercury News, May 12, pp. 3 &14.

PHOTO GALLERY’S NEW FOCUS. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, Friday May 3,

pp. D1 & D12.

GETTING A MOVE ON. San Francisco Weekly, May 1-7, p.16.

MOVEABLE FEAST. After Image, May.

THE BIENNIAL. The Santa Fean, April.

YERBA BUENA’S LATEST TENANT. San Francisco Live, April, p. 5.

MOVEABLE FEAST. In the Gallery, Camera work, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring & Summer, p. 42.

CAA PRESIDENT JUDITH K. BRODSKY’S FAREWELL ADDRESS. CAA Newsletter, Vol. 21, No.2,

March/April.

THE BIENNIAL. Tom Collins (Artstuff), Santa Fe Reporter, March 27- April 2, p. 25.

11 ARTISTS. Diane Armitage (Critical Reflections), THE MAGAZINE, Jan., p. 4.

 

1995 11 ARTISTS. Albuquerque Journal, Sunday, December 10, Wesley Pulka, p. 45.

1995 “FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS NAMED.” CAA News, September/October, pp.3-4.

ANTHOLOGY OF VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ARTISTS. The San Jose Mercury News

PEACE ART SHOW: ATOMIC SYNTHESIS & SOCIAL FALLOUT. Diane Armitage

( Critical Reflections ), THE MAGAZINE, June 11, p. 71.

GRADUATE SHOW. Diane Armitage (Critical Reflections), THE MAGAZINE, May, p. 71

PIPO. Fellows' Biograhies and Images, American Photography Institute, National Graduate Seminar,

Tisch School of the Arts, NY.

 

 

TELEVISION AND RADIO INTERVIEWS

 

2007 “Sound Exchange”, East of Eden exhibition interviewed by Jay Kugelman & Loretta Ayeroff, KPFK

(90.7 FM), September 21 (www.kpfk.org - search under Audio Archive).

 

2006 WCNY. Syracuse. NY

 

2005 Around Noon, The Dian Rehm Show. WCPN. Cleveland, OH. November 21.

 

1996 AN INTERVIEW WITH PIPO. KALX, Berkeley, CA, May 16

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark

LAS CRUCES MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Las Cruces, NM

INTERNATIONAL PEACE CENTER, Tokyo, Japan

N.E.A ARCHIVE, The Smithsonian, Washington, DC

EN FOCO, Bronx, NY

U.S. EMBASSY, Laos

Eastman Kodak House, Rochester, NY

Light Work, Syracuse, NY

Cleveland Mayor Clinic, Cleveland, OH