about
Biography
Vinh Quang Huynh is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and poet. Born and raised in Vietnam, he immigrated to the United States in 2017. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Columbus State University in 2024 and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL.
From 2017 to 2025, Huynh worked with YUU Organization, a youth-led non-profit dedicated to empowering ethnic minority children and youth in Vietnam’s Central Highlands through education, employment, and cultural preservation. He served as a member of the development and marketing team, supporting the organization’s mission to uplift marginalized communities.
Huynh’s work has been exhibited in venues including Illges Gallery and Schley Gallery (Columbus, GA), the New York Academy of Art (New York, NY), LaGrange Art Museum (LaGrange, GA), and Wadsworth Auditorium (Newnan, GA), among others.
Artist Statement
I work across printmaking, painting, sculpture, video, and installation. Through these mediums, I investigate themes of personal identity, immigration, and cultural heritage.
My work is influenced by my experience growing up queer in Vietnam and transitioning into adulthood in the United States. Before coming to America, I had to endure the challenges of how Vietnamese culture treated queerness. Acting effeminate caused people to judge and abuse the character. This experience made me explore and embrace gay culture to show the power, intimacy, and beauty of queerness. I have published a poetry book titled Lust, Love, Loss, which features sexual desire, romance, heartbreak, and grief. In my visual work, I continue to push the boundaries of these themes, confronting taboos and resisting censorship of eroticism to challenge Vietnamese social norms and advocate for queer visibility as a queer Vietnamese American artist.
After years of distance from my homeland, I have developed a renewed interest in reconnecting with my Vietnamese heritage. I collect materials, stories, and symbols from both Eastern and Western traditions to deliver social commentary that are relevant to different cultural realms. My work strives to bridge past and present, intimacy and distance, tradition and transgression.