Duyen Nguyen
Duyen Nguyen’s work brings together abstraction and representation in embroidered paintings and drawings. Symbols and text provide positive energy and humans, other animals and plants co-exist in spontaneous environments. She uses an expressive style and a variety of materials to develop mysterious places and otherworldly moods. Nguyen’s artwork reflects her interests in beauty, folklore, and Vietnamese culture.
She primarily works on fabric using embroidery techniques she has learned in Vietnam, but also includes beadwork, cut fabric, painting and drawing. The frames are made from natural wood or found molding and laser engraved to bring the whole piece together as an object.
Duyen Nguyen is an ambitious visionary artist raised on a small commune in Vung Tau Province, Vietnam. Duyen spent her childhood drawing and hand-sewing. Nguyen’s work is featured in several private collections throughout the United States. She has created over 1000 artworks, including clothing designs and collaborative paintings with her husband (as Nguyen Johnson Company) since she moved to the United States in 2016. Duyen has exhibited her work at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, The 6th Louisiana Biennial National Exhibition in Rustin Louisiana, Art Flow22 in Baton Rouge and the Louisiana Contemporary Exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson employs a wide range of techniques and processes to develop his two and three dimensional work. His work easily blends traditional techniques with digital workflow and industrial materials. Throughout his work, his theme has remained consistent. The dislocation between dream and reality in America. The notion that this country offers both but gives you neither. He’s also influenced by regional folklore, his personal struggle with healthcare and the environment.
Jeremiah Johnson was raised on a fruit and flower farm in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. He received his BFA from Tyler School of Art of Temple University and MFA in print, paper and book arts from Syracuse University. Johnson’s work is in several public and private collections including The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA, The Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke VA, and the Servais Family Collection, Brussels Belgium.
Johnson makes art in the studio he shares with his wife, visual artist Duyen Nguyen in Thibodaux Louisiana. Johnson is also the Director of a makerspace at Nicholls State University.
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Jeremiah Johnson: BORN: 1974 Jersey Shore, PA, USA
EDUCATION 2001 M.F.A. Syracuse U. printmaking
1997 B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, printmaking
1992 Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Art
1990 Bald Eagle Art League
Duyen Nguyen: BORN: 1994 Vung Tau, Viet Nam.
EDUCATION Current. LPN, Nicholls State U.
2015 B.F.A. NTT University, Ho Chi Minh, VN. Graphics
EXHIBITIONS: (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
*N: J: NJC: 2024 Nguyen-Johnson, Kirk Hopper Fine Arts, Dallas, TX curated by Susie Kalil
N: J: Artflow24, Community Art Center, Shell Gallery Baton Rouge, LA
J: 2024 Art Fields, Lake City, SC
J: 2024 Louisiana Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA
J: 2023 Gulf South Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
J: 2022 Gulf South Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
J: N: 2022 Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
J: 2022 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
NJC: 2022 Louisiana Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA
J: 2021 Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
J: 2021 That Print Thing Exhibition, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
NJC: 2021 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
NJC: 2020 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2020 – The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
NJC: 2020 * Nguyen-Johnson Co. Transshipment – Barrel 135, Williamsport, PA
J: 2019 “Selected Works from the Permanent Collection” Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
J: 2019 No Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
J: 2018 PULSE ART FAIR, Miami Beach, FL – Arcilesi/Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2018 Art on Paper NYC 2018 – Arcilesi/Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2018 “Beautiful Minds” Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
N: 2018 YWCA Summer Fashion Show, Williamsport, PA
J: 2018 “Regional Juried Exhibition 2018” Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
J: 2017 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2017 – The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
J: 2017 “Speak/Act/Make” Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
J: 2016 “Off the Walls” Art Association of Harrisburg,PA
J: 2016 * Jeremiah Johnson: Obsession – Metropolis Collective, Mechanicsburg, PA
J: 2016 * Job Johnson: The Story of Job – Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA
J: 2016 “The City” Susquehanna Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA
J: 2016 “Identity and Location” Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
J: 2016 “Body Language” VanGO Travelling Exhibition – Susquehanna Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA
J: 2015 Aqua Art Fair Miami Beach 2015 – Arcilesi/Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2015 7th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
J: 2015 Poppositions Art Fair 2015 – Alain Servais Collection, Brussels, Belgium
J: 2015 * Job Johnson: The Story of Job – Arcilesi/Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2015 * TRANSITION – Pajama Factory Works Gallery, Williamsport, PA
J: 2014-2015 “Obsessions” SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
J: 2014 SCOPE Art Fair Miami Beach 2014 – Arcilesi/Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY Booth G23
J: 2014 “Country Living” Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
J: 2014 Call for Bushwick 2014 – 319 Scholes, Brooklyn, NY
J: 2014 Cutlog Art Fair NYC 2014 – Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2014 DEFAULT WORLD DREAMING – Gallery 151, New York, NY
J: 2014 Fountain Art Fair NYC 2014 – Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2013 SCOPE Art Fair Miami Beach 2013 – Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2013 “MODERN FOLK” Packwood House Museum, Lewisburg, PA
J: 2013 “Alter Egos and the Magical Other” – Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
J: 2013 “(No)Hope” Salon 1522, Philadelphia, PA
J: 2013 * Jeremiah Johnson: Repossession – Corning Community College, Corning, NY
J: 2013 * Jeremiah Johnson: Never Enough – Converge Gallery Pop-Up, Kostabi World, New York, NY
J: 2013 Fountain Art Fair NYC 2013 – Converge Gallery and Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2013 “Collection” – Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
J: 2012 Fountain Art Fair Miami 2012 – Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
J: 2012 “WHAT A LONG NIGHT IT HAS BEEN” Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
J: 2012 * Between Life and Death – Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA
J: 2012 “Laughing in the Face” Phila MOCA, Philadelphia, PA
J: 2012 Fountain Art Fair NYC 2012 – Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Duyen Nguyen: Embroidered Visions, Passage Magazine, Issue 13
Jeremiah Johnson: Dream vs. Reality, Passage Magazine, Issue 13
New American Paintings, Volume 146, October 2020 (Juror: Jerry Saltz)
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 39, November 2017.
Joseph Osmundson, “Contemporary Art for Better or for Worse//Cutlog NYC. Arcade44.TV 05/07/14
Loren J Munk, “Jeremiah Johnson Never Enough at KOSTABI WORLD” The James Kalm Report 02/20/13