Dragon In The West
The collection delves into a reinvigoration of Vietnamese cultural symbols within the contemporary landscape of 21st-century America. I depict the phoenix and dragon while exploring the complexities of multicultural identity and immigration.
Drawing on 5th-century iconography and recontextualizing it through materials like cardboard, stucco, and steel, I explore the tension between cultural preservation and adaptation. Cardboard speaks to transience and fragmentation; stucco and steel, drawn from the architecture of immigrant homes, evoke resilience and sanctuary. These materials become metaphors for transformation, allowing me to layer personal history with collective memory.
Soeffker Gallery
410 Project Gallery
2024
American Tragedy
The show by Janell Hammer and Michael Nguyen Finch uses iconoclasm to confront Western monument culture, colonial artifact displacement, and the objectification of femininity. Centering a fractured Atlas carrying an orb inspired by Eastern deities, the work reimagines Hellenistic forms in states of deliberate decay—challenging institutional reverence for classical art.
Through soft, traditionally feminine materials and a queer lens, the works dismantle power, beauty, and historical authority, offering a melancholic reflection on legacy, loss, and reclamation.
Carlander Family Gallery
2023
The Carrier 2023 75”x 96”x 90” Cardboard, Enamel Paint, Arduino Uno, LEDs, Steel Rod, Polyurethane Foam
The Carrier 2023 75”x 96”x 90” Cardboard, Enamel Paint, Arduino Uno, LEDs, Steel Rod, Polyurethane Foam
Luminous Body 2022 20"x15"x25" Plaster, Enamel Paint, Steel, Yarn, Bulb & Cord
Madonna 2023 30"x36"x70" Stucco, Steel Rod, Bulb & Cord, Epoxy Clay, Enamel Paint
Madonna 2023 30"x36"x70" Stucco, Steel Rod, Bulb & Cord, Epoxy Clay, Enamel Paint
Gorgon 2023 11"x 8" x16" Epoxy Clay, Acrylic paint, Pearls, Polyethylene foam
Gorgon (mask off) 2023 11"x 8" x16" Epoxy Clay, Acrylic paint, Pearls, Polyethylene foam
Birth of Venus 2023 Woodcut Relief Print 32"x18"
Garden Piece 2023 Cardboard, Enamel Paint, Epoxy Clay, Mortar, Plaster
Gabriel 2023 30"x36"x70" Stucco, Steel Rod, Bulb & Cord, Epoxy Clay, Enamel Paint
Gabriel 2023 30"x36"x70" Stucco, Steel Rod, Bulb & Cord, Epoxy Clay, Enamel Paint
Here's Donny (Collaboration with Janell Hammer) 2022 30"x48"x25" Lumber, Oil on Hardboard Panel, Steel, Plaster, Polyurethane Foam, Enamel Paint
Judith Slaying Holofernes 2025 40"x36" Acrylic on Canvas
Lucretia 2023 40"x36" Acrylic on Canvas
“Public sculpture plays a pivotal role in my practice, providing a platform to explore spatial dominance, cultural assertion, and community building.”
Public Work
Guardian II Eden Prairie Art Center 2023-2025 Fergus Falls Sculpture Walk 2025-2026
Good Morning 64" x36"x117" Displayed in full scale VR at The Price Sculpture Forest 2022-2024
Radical Joy: Monument to Happiness Hamline Midway Park 2023-present
Guardian III Springfield Sculpture Walk 2024-2025 Springfield Sculpture Walk 2025-2026
Lotus Guardian Springfield Sculpture Walk 2025-2026
Prints
These hand carved relief woodcut prints explore classical themes and the mundane.
