About Trang
Trang Huynh is an emerging mixed-media artist from Vietnam, currently based in Richmond, VA. She earned her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she received several awards, including the Creative Vision Award, Starr Foundation Scholarship, and Distinguished International Award. Her work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions in New York, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois. Trang was recognized regionally as a finalist for Bethesda Painting Awards and nationally as a finalist for AXA Art Prize in 2026. Currently, she is completing a Master degree in Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she receives full-ride assistantship and many scholarships, including Deborah S. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship, and Maurice Bonds Scholarship in Painting + Printmaking. Inspired by historical narratives and her personal experiences as part of the Vietnamese post-war generation, Trang’s work delves into themes of inherited trauma, colonial oppression, and the enduring capacity for healing and love
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Trang Huynh
EDUCATION
2025-ongoingMaster of Fine Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2021-2024
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2020-2021
First year Design Studies
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2026
At The End Of The Song, solo, The Anderson, Richmond, VA
I Peeled You An Orange, solo, ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA
2025
Dinner Used To Be At 6, collab, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
2024
Tangled Affection, solo, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Made in VA Biennial, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Bethesda Painting Awards Finalist, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
Late Breaking, The Anderson, Richmond, VA
Next Gen 13.0, VisArts Center, Rockville, MD
Lunar New Year Arts Festival, Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, MD
2025
All Media Show, Crossroad Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Art of Impact, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Creative Alliance @ CCBC, CCBC gallery, Baltimore, MD
Our bodies, our stories, First and St. Stephens’ Fine Arts Gallery, Towson, MD
26th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gathered Perspectives, Creative Alliances, Baltimore, MD
HOPE, Suboart Room, online exhibition
2024
Under 2500, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
ArtRink: We Celebrate!, Breooklyn’s Children Museum, Brooklyn, NY
BIPOC: Decolonizing Feminism, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Asia in Maryland, Towson University’s Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson, MD
Exchange, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Artscape B24, Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Baltimore, MD
Off The Wall, Maryland federation of art, Annapolis, MD
2024 Pride Month Art Exhibition, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD
You’re Breaking Up, Sketchbook Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Selections, Lazarus Center, Baltimore, MD
Next Gen 11.0, VisArts Center, Rockville, MD
2023
Onwards, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Jeans On, Jeans Off, MICA, Baltimore, MD
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025-2027
Teacher assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2026
Artist talk, The Anderson, Richmond, VA
Collaging workshop, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
2025
Cyanotype workshop, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
2024
Printmaking workshop, Brooklyn Children Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2024-2025
Artist-in-residence, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2023
Studio Assistant Intern, Katie Pumphrey Studio, Baltimore, MD
2021
Teacher Assistant, Tan Van Education, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Lead Artist, Mural Project, British International School, HCM city, Vietnam
2024-2025
Artist-in-residence, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
AWARDS
2026
Finalist, AXA Art Prize
Finalist, Bethesda Painting
Awarded by Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA:
2026-2027
Deborah S. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship
Maurice Bonds Scholarship in Painting + Printmaking
2025-2027
Full-ride Graduate Assistantship
2021-2024
Creative Vision Award
Academic Excel.Scholarship
Dean’s Grant
Starr Foundation Scholarship
Distinguished International Award
2022-2024
2022-2024 General Fine Arts Department Scholarship
Competitive Scholarship
PRESS
2026
MFA Issue #183, American New Paintings
Trauma and the environment, Tendrils issue 2
2025
Hopeworks, Dragonfly Arts Magazine 2025
Healing the Wounds of War with Trang Huynh, Suboart Magazine
2024
Meet Trang Huynh, Tanya Wilson, BoldJourney