Bio

I was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, with my art practice split between Hanoi and Houston, U.S.A. I paint in search of placement– to see where I fit into society, and for society to see me. My work merges realism with dream-like imageries, memory with desires, and intimacy with voyeurism, to reflect the contradictions of my experience navigating social structures as a queer, neurodivergent, diasporic Vietnamese.

I received my Master’s in Museum Studies at San Francisco State University (SFSU) in 2017, with a focus on Curation and Education. My thesis is “Arts and Society: How Vietnamese Independent Arts Organizations Serve and Impact Communities.” I received my B.A in Studio Arts at SFSU with a focus on Sculpture and Painting in 2014. I have exhibited at the Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum, and Hanoi’s Á Space. Outside of art, I am a Behavior Therapist at an autism clinic.

I produce much of my work on land stewarded by the Muwekma Ohlone people (San Francisco, CA) and land originally stewarded by the Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan and the Sana band (Cypress, TX). 

Contact: banh93@gmail.com