Lien Truong

Biography
Lien Truong’s practice examines cultural and material ideologies and notions of heritage. By fusing painting techniques, materials and philosophies, and military, textile, food and art histories, she creates hybrid forms interrogating the relationship between aesthetics and doctrine and addresses the dynamics of domination, assimilation, and resistance across cultures. Truong often incorporates practices like embroidery and silk painting to dissect social, cultural, and political history, investigating the influences that shape contemporary identity and belief systems.
 
Truong has held exhibitions in many institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Van Every | Smith Galleries, Davidson, NC; Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC; the Centres of Contemporary Art in Moscow and Yekaterinburg; Oakland Museum of California; and Pennsylvania Academy of Art, PA. Truong is the recipient of many awards and fellowships including the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant in 2019. She has received fellowships from the Institute of the Arts and Humanities, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fine Arts Fellowships; and has held residencies at the Oakland Museum of California, Jentel Foundation, and the Marble House Project. Her work is in major collections such as the Linda Lee Alter Collection, Philadelphia, PA; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Post Vidai Collection, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Geneva, Switzerland; Nguyen Art Foundation, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Vietnam among others.

Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Truong immigrated to the US in 1975. She received her MFA from Mills College, Oakland, CA. Truong is based in Chapel Hill where she is also Associate Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Works
  • Lien Truong, Saturation Permeates All Flowers, 2023
    Saturation Permeates All Flowers, 2023
  • Lien Truong, The Age Between Land and Air, 2023
    The Age Between Land and Air, 2023
  • Lien Truong, To Dance Underneath a Hovering Cloud, 2023
    To Dance Underneath a Hovering Cloud, 2023
  • Lien Truong, A Canopy of Pink, Deceivingly Soft, 2023
    A Canopy of Pink, Deceivingly Soft, 2023
  • Lien Truong, A language of love, 2023
    A language of love, 2023
  • Lien Truong, Corn and Maple Pound Cake, 2023
    Corn and Maple Pound Cake, 2023
  • Lien Truong, Butternut Squash, Black Walnut and Spelt Cake, 2023
    Butternut Squash, Black Walnut and Spelt Cake, 2023
  • Lien Truong, Jaune Noir, Portrait Cinq, 2023
    Jaune Noir, Portrait Cinq, 2023
  • Lien Truong, Jaune Noir, Portrait Six, 2023
    Jaune Noir, Portrait Six, 2023
  • Lien Truong, Jaune Noir, Portrait Sept, 2023
    Jaune Noir, Portrait Sept, 2023
  • Lien Truong, The Sky is Not Sacred, 2019
    The Sky is Not Sacred, 2019
  • Lien Truong, Mutiny in the Garden, 2018
    Mutiny in the Garden, 2018
  • Lien Truong, That Mimetic Waltz of the Moirai, 2018
    That Mimetic Waltz of the Moirai, 2018
  • Lien Truong, North Korea, 1950, 2017
    North Korea, 1950, 2017
  • Lien Truong, Vietnam, 1965, 2017
    Vietnam, 1965, 2017
  • Lien Truong, The Visitor, 2013
    The Visitor, 2013
  • Lien Truong, The Apple, 2013
    The Apple, 2013
  • Lien Truong, Blue, White and Red, 2013
    Blue, White and Red, 2013
  • Lien Truong, The Descent, 2013
    The Descent, 2013
  • Lien Truong, The Myth as Rapist, 2013
    The Myth as Rapist, 2013
  • Lien Truong, Om Prakash Yadav, 2013
    Om Prakash Yadav, 2013
  • Lien Truong, Gaurav Singh Saini, 2013
    Gaurav Singh Saini, 2013
  • Lien Truong, Bomb Crater, Vietnam II, 2012
    Bomb Crater, Vietnam II, 2012
  • Lien Truong, Camo Chronicle: France-Germany, 2012
    Camo Chronicle: France-Germany, 2012
  • Lien Truong, Camo Chronicle Saudi Arabia, 2012
    Camo Chronicle Saudi Arabia, 2012
  • Lien Truong, Camo Chronicle Vietnam – USA, 2012
    Camo Chronicle Vietnam – USA, 2012
  • Lien Truong, Bomb Crater, Turkey, 2011
    Bomb Crater, Turkey, 2011
Exhibitions
Art Fairs