THUY LINH BENNETT KANG
EDUCATION
1993-1995
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Champaign, Illinois, Graduate studies in Art Education
1987-1991
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida, Bachelor of Design in Art Education, Dean's list
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SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
WONDERS OF MAN AND NATURE, Moraga Art Gallery, Moraga, CA
2022
SINGULARITIES, Moraga Art Gallery, Moraga, CA
2020
KALEIDOSCOPE, Moraga Art Gallery, Moraga, CA
2019
SERENDIPITIES, Moraga Art Gallery, Moraga, CA
BRILLIANT, NYA Gallery, New York, NY
HEAL Exhibition, NYA Gallery, New York, NY
2018
VIET STORIES: RECOLLECTIONS & REGENERATIONS, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California. Co-curated by Dr. Linda Trinh Vo, Director of Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project and Professor at UC Irvine, and Tram Le, External Consultant, and Arts & Culture Specialist for the City of Santa Ana
2017
SOLO MUJERES 30TH EXHIBICION: REVOLUTION, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, California
2015
​SWAN DAY, Firehouse Art Collective, "Lottie Rose House," Oakland, California
2008
Doorbell Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
PRONKSTUKKEN, ATELIER EXPOSITIES, Lingew’art, Huissen, The Netherlands
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JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022
FACE TO FACE, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California. Juror: TaVee Lee, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, California
2020
SUMMER GROUP SHOW, RealArt, Agoura Hills, California
2017
WEST COAST BIENNIAL, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, California. Juror: Michael Duncan, Corresponding Editor for Art in America
2016​
VISION: AN ARTIST'S PERSPECTIVE, presented by UniteWomen.org and Gutfreund and Cornett Art, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, California. Jurors: Karen Gutfreund, worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, the Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery, Arc Gallery and the Pacific Art League. Sherri Cornett, activist and represented the non-profit and NGO Women's Caucus for Art at United Nations conferences
WAR, WOES, AND TRANSFORMATION, Mission Culture Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, California
2015
GENERATIONS: FORTY HUES BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California. Jurors: Dinh Q. Lê, Artist, MFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York City, and Stephen Anderson, executive director for OCCCA
SECRETS, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California. Juror: Joan McLoughlin, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY, Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
​FURS, FEATHERS, AND FINS EXHIBITION, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California. Juror: Bradley Platz, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California
2012
METRO MONTAGE XII EXHIBITION, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, Georgia. Juror: Geanna Barlaam, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
8TH BIENNIAL NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, Florida
24TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Glynn Art Association, St. Simons Island, Georgia. Juror: Ben Ward, Savannah College of Art and Design professor
2011
THE 17TH ANNUAL TELFAIR ART FAIR, OPEN ART , Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia.
LUCID; UNREAL DREAMS, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2010
LOCALS ONLY!, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2000
ALL MEDIA 2000, Period Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
1997
THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ART EXHIBITION “WOMEN: EAST AND WEST,” Most Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1996
SPRINGFIELD ART LEAGUE 77THNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts
AWARDS
2012
Third Place Award, 24TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Glynn Art Association, St. Simons Island, Georgia
1996
JD Ayers Art Diversified Award, SPRINGFIELD ART LEAGUE 77TH NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts
​PUBLICATION
2020
SPOTLIGHT CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE, XVI
2016 ​
STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE, Volume 34
2015
NGUOI VIET DAILY NEWS, GENERATIONS: FORTY HUES BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE, California
VIET BAO NEWS, GENERATIONS: FORTY HUES BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE, California
2008
GAZET VAN ANTWERPEN, Antwerp, Belgium
RELATED EXPERIENCE ​
1998-1999
ART TEACHER, Edison McNair Middle School, Art Mentor, East Palo Alto, California
1997-1998
PRESS CONFERENCE COORDINATOR, 5th Annual Great Ukrainian Women Artists '98 Exhibition and Fashion Show, Kiev, Ukraine
ADULT EDUCATION COORDINATOR, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine.
1996-1997
ART TEACHER, Orphanage Number Three, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1991-1995
ART TEACHER, Waubonsie Valley High School, Lead Teacher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student teacher, Aurora, Illinois
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Istanbul, Turkey; Antwerp, Belgium; ​Savannah, Georgia; San Francisco, California
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GALLERY AFFILIATION
2020-present
Moraga Art Gallery, Moraga, CA
2019
NYA Gallery, New York, NY
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