Born in San Jose, CA
Lives and works in Bethesda, MD
EDUCATION
2006
BA magna cum laude, Studio Art, University of California, Irvine, CA
BA magna cum laude, Psychology, University of California, Irvine, CA
2011
MFA, Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, CA
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018
Spring SOLOS 2018, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
2015
School Works, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2014
No Recess, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
Class Warfare, Hodson Gallery, Hood College, Frederick, MD
2013
Social Studies, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington D.C. (Two-person show with Annette Isham)
2011
Biến/Mất, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Main Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Perplexity, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC (curated by Tomora Wright)
2021
Revisitation: Reflecting on 15 years of DCAC’s Curatorial Initiative, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
Human/Nature, Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
Human/Nature, Arts in Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Biennial, Washington, DC (curated by Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell)
2019
Timestamp: Snapshots of a Changing DC, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC (curated by Gia Harewood & Jarvis DuBois)
Alchemical Vessels 2019, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2017
(IM)migration, Essex Gallery, Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Selfie: Me, Myself, and Us, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
2016
Power (I Know It When...), The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC (curated by Lea-Ann Bigelow)
2015
Community Arts Faculty Exhibition, Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
57th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD
Country, Home, CUE Foundation, New York, NY (curated by Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell)
Sondheim Artscape Prize Semifinalists Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Dis/Satisfaction: Permission to rewrite history, it's personal, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC (curated by Kathryn McDonnell)
2014
Baggage Claim: Unpacking Immigrant Lives, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC (curated by Gia Harewood)
Camera Lucida Revisited: Current Notes on Photography, Coohaus Art, New York, NY (curated by Kyunghee Pyun)
And Then: Varied Approaches to Narrative, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD (curated by John Anderson)
Critical Contacts: Significant Encounters and Their Impact, Capitol Arts Network, Rockville, MD (curated by Claudia Rousseau)
2013
In Balance: Annual Faculty Exhibition, King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
Object Lessons II, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD
The Fellows Converge: The Obstructions, American University Museum, American University, Washington, DC
The Newtown Project: A Call to Arms!, Charles Krause/Reporting Fine Art, Washington, DC
2012
Visual Thinking: Faculty and Staff Exhibition, King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
Questions of Identity: Who, What, Why We Are, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD (curated by Claudia Rousseau)
Call Collect 2012, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington D.C.
new. (now)., Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
Cycles of Life, Vietnamese Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) Cultural Center, Santa Ana, CA
2011
GLAMFA 2011, Max L. Gatov Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Disperse: MFA Exhibition 2011, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA (curated by Lara Bullock, Rujeko Hockley, and Drew Snyder)
2010
Hippopotamus, Main Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA (curated by Eun Jung Park)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024
Megan Maher: Maher’s Mark, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2023
Josh Tetzlaff: Gaze Upon Gays, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
Kelly Posey: Microdose, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
Ainsley Burrows: Displacement, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
E.L. Briscoe: Thought Bubbles, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2020
Stephanie Garon: (De)Composition, The DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2012
Alter/Altar: Meditations on the Past, King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
AWARDS & HONORS
2024
Grant to Individual Artists and Scholars, Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Silver Spring, MD
2019
Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts: Works on Paper, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
Grant to Individual Artists and Scholars, Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Silver Spring, MD
2016
Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts: Works on Paper, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
2015
Semifinalist, Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, Baltimore, MD
2014
Grant to Individual Artists and Scholars, Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Silver Spring, MD
2012-14
Hamiltonian Fellowship, Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC
PRESS
2022
Newscast, “Perplexity at the Kreeger Museum Is a Fascinating Exhibit | Around Town Best Bets.” WETA PBS. 2022. Television broadcast.
Jenkins, Mark. “In the galleries: A show that’s almost a scavenger hunt.” The Washington Post. 2 December 2022.
Tomora Wright. “Curator’s Forward.” Perplexity Exhibition Catalog. Washington, DC: The Kreeger Museum. 2022.
2021
“WETA Arts September 2021: An Artful Return.” WETA Arts, season 9, episode 1, WETA Productions, 2021.
Ruggles, Megan. “How Arts in Foggy Bottom used the pandemic as a creative outlet.” The Wash. 5 October 2021.
Jenkins, Mark. “In the galleries: Two outdoor exhibits where sculptures take vegetal forms.” The Washington Post. 3 September 2021.
Newscast, “'Arts in Foggy Bottom' kicks off with theme of 'humans and nature'.” WUSA9. 2021. Television broadcast.
2019
Glassey-Tranguyen, Trangdai. “Un/Earthing Borderland-Motherland: Stateless Bodies Intimating the Waves, the Woods, and the Walls.” Shift. 1.11 (2019): 31-48.
2018
Hope, Eric. "East City Art Reviews: Spring Solos 2018 at Arlington Arts Center." East City Art. 21 May 2018.
2017
“Luce Artist Talk: Five Questions (+2) with Sparkplug Collective” SAAM Stories (blog). 21 February 2017.
2016
Jenkins, Mark. “In the galleries: Paintings that are both ephemeral and vivid.” The Washington Post. 23 November 2016.
2015
Moore, Judy, “‘School Works’ is Artist’s Commentary on Today’s Education.” Northwestern Now. 28 October 2015.
Wong, Mimi. "Unrestricted Access: A Collective American Vision." The Offing. 29 September 2015.
Bryant, Kayleigh. "Country, Home." Country, Home Exhibition Catalog. New York: CUE Art Foundation. 2015.
Jenkins, Mark. "In the galleries: Rooted in nature but not always natural." The Washington Post. 6 March 2015.
2014
Jenkins, Mark. "A genteel brush with Victorian themes." The Washington Post. 5 October 2014. [pdf]
2013
Titzell, Delia. "Jerry Truong and Education Through Art." The Point News. 6 October 2013.
Bryant, Kayleigh. “Jerry Truong's 'Social Studies' is commentary on art and education today.” Clarity Digital Group, Examiner.com. 15 March 2013.
Jenkins, Mark. “A glimpse of what Washington Project for Art’s auction gala has in store.” The Washington Post. 14 March 2013. [pdf]
O’Sullivan, Michael. “Gallery event of the week: ‘Social Studies’.” The Washington Post. 21 February 2013.
Sutton, Benjamin. "Exhibition of Art Inspired by the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting Opens in D.C." Louise Blouin Media, ARTINFO, 25 January 2013.
Jenkins, Mark. “Artists contribute to ‘Newtown Project: A Call to Arms!’.” The Washington Post. 24 January 2013.
2012
Rousseau, Claudia. “Questions of Identity: Who, What, Why We Are,” Questions of Identity: Who, What, Why We Are Exhibition Catalog. Takoma Park: Montgomery College, 2012.
Jenkins, Mark. “Polly Townsend, showing a mountain’s range.” The Washington Post. 6 September 2012.
O’Sullivan, Michael. “New. (Now). Introducing the 2012 Hamiltonian Fellows.” The Washington Post. 17 August 2012.
Glassey-Tranguyen, Trangdai. “Đời sống tuần hoàn: Triển lãm tranh & ảnh nghệ thuật.” Sáng Tạo. 14 March 2012.
Glassey-Tranguyen, Trangdai. "A Spring Stroke: The Blossoms of Colors from the Dark Mass" (English title by author, in Vietnamese, "Nét Cọ Xuân: Những Đóa Màu từ Vũng Tối"), syndicated feature in the Annual Lunar New Year Anthology of Trẻ Magazine, Sáng Tạo Magazine, Diễn Đàn Thế Kỷ Magazine, Sống Weekly, and Việt Báo Daily. January 2012.
2011
Smith, Eun Jung Park. “Transformative Loss, Biến/Mất,” Biến/Mất (Transformation/Loss, Disappearance) Exhibition Catalog. La Jolla: University of California, San Diego, 2011.
2006
Willet, Sara. “In Shades of Black, White and Red: A Review of ‘Expert Witness’.” New University. April 2006.