VINH HUYNH
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Columbus State University (Columbus GA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art (2024) | GPA: 3.9
Academic Honors and Awards: Servant Leadership, Funding Future Artist Scholarship, Second Place Art of Journeys: Mental Health Awareness Through Art Competition 2021, Third Place of Foundation Exhibition 2021, Best of Show of Juried Student Art Exhibition 2021, Best of Show of Juried Student Art Exhibition 2022, Honorary Mention of Juried Student Art Exhibition 2023
Clubs and Organizations: Art Club (President), East Asian and Pacific Islander Club (Event Committee), Servant Leadership Program, The National Society of Leadership & Success, The Uproar Student Newspaper (Journalist/Layout Editor)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2024 - 2025 | Instructor
Organized and instructed printmaking workshops during 2024 Art Throw Down Invitational, locally and internationally K-12 College Art Workshop Tour, prepared materials and curriculum, demonstrated and assisted participating students.
BROOKSTONE SCHOOL (COLUMBUS,GA) | 2024 | Instructor
Prepared supplies, wrote curriculums and demonstrated printmaking workshops for primary, secondary and high-school students.
YOUR UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING (KONTUM, VIETNAM) | 2020-2021 | Co-Instructor
Prepared curriculums of elementary/ middle Social Skills and English courses and taught for kids at orphanages in Kontum during the Smiling Classroom program in summer 2020 and 2021.
LECTURES
VIETNAMESE FUNERAL SCULPTURE & BEYOND A CULTURE, Cunningham Conference Center, Columbus, GA, Mar 2024
VIETNAMESE FUNERAL SCULPTURE & BEYOND A CULTURE, Illges Gallery, Columbus, GA, Nov 2023
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
YOUR UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATION (HO CHI MINH CITY & KONTUM, VIETNAM) | 2017 – PRESENT | Developer/Marketing
Corresponding with others, researched and developed various programs to narrow the gap of ethnic minority young people in accessing education, career development, and engaging cultural conservation in the Central Highland area in Vietnam.
Created curriculums using planning and education skills to teach subjects as English, Vietnamese Literature, Math, and Social Skills for annual summer educational programs in several orphanages.
Created designs and print materials, seeded posts and distributed content across the web to attract target audience for newly launched programs.
Outreached and proposed collaboration with other organizations, hosted and organized VIETNAMESE FUNERAL SCULPTURE & BEYOND A CULTURAL DIALOGUE PROGRAM in collaboration with Fulbright University Vietnam and Columbus State University.
SAVVY NAIL SPA (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2021 – PRESENT | Marketing/Manager
Created a series of logos and branding materials, managed social media to increase brand recognition and a successful promotion of their service.
Made advertisement videos and promotion products
Checked inventory, purchased supplies, and overlooked budgets to ensure resources meet customer demand.
Communicated, translated, and assisted customers and technicians to run the business smoothly and satisfy customers needs.
Calculated business revenues, incomes, and wrote checks of salary for nail techs.
BO BARTLETT CENTER (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2025 | Art Handler
Gallery prepared, operated lifts, set lights, moved walls, installed and deinstalled artworks with art handling techniques.
ILLGES GALLERY (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2023 - 2025 | Gallery Coordinator
Organized and coordinated collaborative events held within the Art Department at Columbus State University and local community.
Arranged educational programs to local K-12 schools to expose the students to the arts and creativity through workshops, and lectures.
Researched and networked with artists across the United States who are potential for upcoming exhibitions in the gallery.
Gallery prepared, operated lifts, set lights, moved walls, installed and deinstalled artworks with art handling techniques.
THE UPROAR, COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2020 – 2024 | Journalist/Layout Editorial
Pitched story ideas for featured articles, trending topics and created news series covering campus and local events.
Wrote stories, photographed, and edited media materials to be featured on monthly issues.
Managed media/layout team communicated and navigated visual strategies for published issues.
DRAGONFLY TRAIL INC. (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2022 – 2023 | Commissioned Muralist
Collaborated with a team of designers and local artists to create a public mural “The Spirit of Chattahoochee” at the RiverWalk downtown of Columbus
Assisted muralist Thomas “Detour” Evans using painting skills on public mural “Hope, Healing and Community” at downtown Columbus
Collaborated with peer artist Trudy Tran and artist assistant Cameron Moore by designing for a public mural installation “The Water, Land, and People” at downtown Columbus
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2023 | Commissioned Muralist
Managed a project to create a series of murals, completing the project on time and within budget, resulting in positive feedback from the students, teachers, and parents in the school.
COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ARTS (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2022 | Commissioned Artist
Collaborated with peer artist Fern Whitmire using designing and painting skills to create a painting “The Frog in The Garden” for a fundraising activity at the museum.
COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDEN (COLUMBUS, GA) | 2021 | Commissioned Graphic Designer
Created a commissioned map illustration of the garden using graphic design skills on Adobe Illustrator.
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY (COLUMBUS, GA) | AUG 2022 – DEC 2022 | Printmaking Studio Intern
Critically solved technical and creative problems, assessed through the completion of the collaborative printing projects.
Managed and maintained the studio by demonstrating professional upkeep, safe handling of equipment, materials.
Assisted students by explaining processes and providing materials in the lab during operation hours.
TURNIP GREEN CREATIVE REUSE CENTER (NASHVILLE, TN) | MAY 2022 – AUG 2022 | Curatorial Intern
Coordinated the center using organized and planning skills to manage inventory and operate smoothly the gallery and store areas.
Curated an exhibition called “Je Ne Sais Quoi” featuring artists Chris Hankin & Madeleine Royer using art administration and art handling techniques.
EXHIBITIONS
Selected Solo and Juried Exhibitions
Mockingbird, group exhibition, Heritage Art Center (Columbus, GA) | 2024
Beyond Go Figure V, group exhibition, The Bo Bartlett Center (Columbus, GA) | 2024
Unveiling Transcendence, group exhibition, Illges Gallery and Schley Gallery (Columbus, GA) | 2024
Fifth LaGrange Southeast Regional, juried by Hannah Israel, group exhibition, Lagrange Art Museum (LaGrange, GA) | 2024
Left Behind, group exhibition, Schley Gallery (Columbus, GA) | 2024
Dichotomy, group exhibition, Cohan Gallery (LaGrange, GA) | 2024
AXA Art Prize, group exhibition, New York Academy of Art (New York City, NY) | 2023
Into The Woods, group exhibition, Riverside Theater Complex (Columbus, GA) | 2023
The Spirit of Chattahoochee, public mural, collaborated (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Beyond Go Figure IV, group exhibition, The Bo Bartlett Center (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Dollar Show, group exhibition, Seaport Depot (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Funding Future Artists 2023 Benefit, group exhibition, Highland Gallerie (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Juried Student Art Exhibition 2023, juried by Elizabet Elliot, group exhibition, Schley Gallery, Columbus State University (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Second Nature, group exhibition, Woodruff Park (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Second Nature, group exhibition, Columbus Botanical Garden (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Infinite Weight / Present Histories, juried by Hallie Ringle, group exhibition, The Vault Gallery, Wadsworth Auditorium (Newnan, GA) | 2022
Water, Land, and People, public mural, collaborated with Trudy Tran and Dragonfly Trails Inc (Columbus, GA) | 2022
Beyond Go Figure III, group exhibition, The Bo Bartlett Center (Columbus, GA) | 2022
Printmaking Show, curated by Elizabeth McFalls, group exhibition, Fulcrum Gallery (Columbus, GA) |2022
Juried Student Art Exhibition 2022, juried by Kristen Tordella-Williams, group exhibition, Schley Gallery, Columbus State University (Columbus, GA) |2022
Journeys: Mental Health Awareness Through Art 2022, group exhibition, University Hall, Columbus State University (Columbus, GA) |2022 - 2023
Journeys: Mental Health Awareness Through Art 2021, group exhibition, University Hall, Columbus State University |2021- 2022
Foundation Exhibition 2021, group exhibition, Schley Gallery, Columbus State University (Columbus, GA) |2022
Juried Student Art Exhibition 2021, juried by Amy Pleasant, group exhibition, virtually, Columbus State University (Columbus, GA) | 2021
Printmaking, student display of selected works, Corn Center, Columbus State University (Columbus, GA) |2021 - Present
Skit, Silent Voices, Group mural, Liberty Theater (Columbus, GA) | 2021
We Can’t Walk Alone, Group Exhibition, RiverWalk (Columbus, GA) | 2020
Curatorial Projects
Mockingbird, Heritage Art Gallery (Columbus, GA) | 2024
Art of Nature: Hues of Harmony, Columbus Botanical Garden (Columbus, GA) | 2024
Celebrate Spring, co-curated with Indigo Dominique, Spring Harbor at Green Islands (Columbus, GA) | 2024
Plexus, group-curated with Indigo Dominique and Shantea Jarell, Kentler International Drawing Center (Brooklyn, NY) | 2024
Left Behind, co-curated with Dalton Newbend, Schley Gallery (Columbus, GA) | 2024
Vietnamese Funeral Sculptures, group-curated with YUU Organization, documentary photos by YUU Organization and collected wooden sculptures (Kontum, Vietnam) | 2023
Dollar Show, group-curated, Seaport Depot (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Second Nature, co-curated with Hannah Israel, Woodruff Park (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Second Nature, co-curated with Hannah Israel, Columbus Botanical Garden (Columbus, GA) | 2023
Je Ne Sais Quoi, Turnip Green Creative Reuse (Nashville, TN) | 2022
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT
Trailblazer Award, Legacy Awards, Columbus State State University (Columbus, GA) | 2025
First Place, Peach Belt Conference Art Exhibition | 2024
Finalist, AXA Art Prize 2023, New York Academy of The Art (New York City, NY) | 2023
Best Editorial or Feature Photograph, 2020 Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, (Atlanta, GA) | 2021
Runner-Up, 2020 Page One Award Category of Art (Columbus, GA) | 2020
Honorary Media Award, Hughston Foundation Art Gala, Hughston Clinic (Columbus GA) | 2019
PUBLICATIONS
“Investiture-inspired Art Celebrates Student Creativity, Columbus State’s Uniqueness.” Columbus State University, 22 Oct. 2023 news.columbusstate.edu/posts/investiture_inspired_art_celebrates_student_creativity_columbus_states_uniqueness.
Strumpler, Greysen. “An Interview With Artist Vinh Huýnh.” thecolumbusite, 2 Sept. 2023, www.thecolumbusite.net/post/an-interview-with-artist-vinh-hu%C3%BDnh.
“Meet the Columbus Artists Behind ‘The Spirit of the Chattahoochee Mural’ on the Columbus RiverWalk,” VisitColumbusGA 2 September 2023,
Rice, Mark. “‘It’s just massive.’ This public art project will produce the largest mural in Columbus,” Ledger Equirer 19 July 2023, www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article277384218.html.
Smoot, Riley. “Annual Art Program Provides Artistic Outlet for Students to Improve Mental, Emotional Health.” Columbus State University, 23 Apr. 2023 news.columbusstate.edu/posts/annual-art-program-provides-artistic-outlet-for-students-to-improve-mental-emotional-health/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ&fbclid=IwAR2jK73vmWjSSe5bFA0B_XZDZT96PTHDosEubWHbnw6NGspILQoh6h8_gVQ.
Williams, Destinee. “New Dragonfly Trail Mural Prepares to Make Its Debut as the Fall Semester Begins.” The Uproar, 3 Sept. 2022 uproarcsu.com/culture/new-dragonfly-trail-mural-prepares-to-make-its-debut-as-the-fall-semester-begins.
Sanders, Nicole. “Dragonfly Trail: A new look for one of Columbus’ most visible streets.” WRBL, 6 Aug. 2022, www.wrbl.com/news/local-news/columbus/dragon-fly-trail-a-new-look-for-one-of-columbus-most-visible-streets/?utm_content=local%20news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2p-oPj6kgtB135aYXkeFqBOzuIn76yGCgIVPUiW8bkb7kaoz2BuzbpoNo.
TheColumbusite. “What Is the ‘Advocacy Through Art’ Initiative? 5 Things You Need to Know.” thecolumbusite, 15 Nov. 2020, www.thecolumbusite.net/post/what-is-the-advocacy-through-art-initiative-5-things-you-need-to-know.
Bruton, Anjelicia. “Local Artists Address Racial and Social Injustice Through Images.” WRBL, 28 Oct. 2020, www.wrbl.com/news/local-news/local-artists-address-racial-and-social-injustice-through-images.