THAI BUI
Born:
1960, Ha Noi, Viet
Nam
Resides: California
Bio:
Thai Bui was born in Ha Noi, Viet Nam in 1960. Following his arrival to the United States in 1981, he earned his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1988 and his MFA from Stanford University in 1992. He received several scholarships in visual art and taught sculpture at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Statement:
Thai Bui's sculpture combines seemingly disparate elements into harmonious compositions. He reconfigures common objects into wildly different forms. For example, bike tires become river rocks - at times resembling shadows of enormous spiders on walls - at others resembling canon balls.
Curriculum Vitae:
Education
1992 MFA, Stanford
University
1988
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute
Teaching Experience
|
1995 |
Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture, University of California, Santa
Cruz |
|
1992 |
Undergraduate
seminar, sculpture, Stanford University |
|
1990-1992 |
Teacher's
assistant, sculpture (with Professor Richard Randell, clay modelling
and constructed art welding), Stanford University |
Awards
|
1990 |
Stanford
University Scholarship, Stanford, CA |
|
1988 |
Harold E. Weiner Memorial Prize, San Francisco Art Institute, San
Francisco, CA |
|
1987 |
Skowhegan
Scholarship, School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME |
|
1985 |
SOBEL Scholarship,
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
Group exhibitions
|
2009 |
Don't Pressure
Me, Tadioto Gallery, Ha Noi, Viet Nam |
| |
Looking Ahead,
Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA |
|
2007 |
Witness to War:
Revisiting Vietnam in Contemporary Art, International Center for the
Arts at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA |
|
2006 |
Salon d'Ete,
Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
|
2005 |
Salon d'Ete,
Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
|
2003 |
Uncommon,
Articultural Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1999 |
Made in USA,
Pacific Bridge Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 1997 |
Drawings: Realism
to Abstraction, A Contemporary Survey of the Bay Area, Triton Museum
of Art, Santa Clara, CA |
| 1996 |
An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from
the Unites States and Vietnam, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA |
| |
Double Portrait: Vision of Vietnam, San Francisco
Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1995 |
Radius 1995, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo
Alto, CA |
| |
SF MoMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 |
Sculpture, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA |
| |
A New Generation: Vietnamese American
Contemporary Art, California State University, Fullerton, CA |
| |
Sculpture, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1993 |
Nuoc Mam, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Jose, CA |
| |
A N 3 D, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| |
New Territory, Grove Gallery, University of
California, San Diego, CA |
| 1992 |
Here and Now Now and Then, Longwood Arts Gallery,
Bronx, NY |
| |
Painting & Sculpture, Recent Work, Vorpal
Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| |
Asian American Contemporary Art Exhibition, San
Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA |
| |
Brotherhood of Man, Arts Council of San Mateo
County, Belmont, CA |
| 1989 |
San Francisco Airport Commission Gallery, San
Francisco, CA |
| |
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1988 |
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| |
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose,
CA |
| |
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art
Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1987 |
Gift Center Expo, San Francisco, CA |
| |
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
Art in Public
|
2003 |
Adobe Creek
Project, Palo Alto, CA (to present) |
Publication
|
2005 |
KQED Television
SPARK Program: Studio visit: Thai Bui |
|
1999 |
The Intuitive Eye, Asian Art new, July/August, p. 56 |
|
1996 |
Tools as Art:
The Hechinger Collection, Pete Hamill, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,
Publishers, New York, NY, p. 150 |
Collection:
|
San Jose Museum of
Art, San Jose, CA |
Kenneth A. Cowin,
New York, NY |
|
Beverly M. Essex, San Francisco, CA |
Mark Freidus, New York, NY |
|
Larry Green, Mill
Valley, CA |
Dustin Hoffman, Los
Angeles, CA |
|
Eliner Howenstine,
Marin, CA |
Linda D. Stupski, San
Francisco, CA |
|
Irv Tepper, New York, NY |
Tri Kim Vu, Foster City, CA |
|
Jerry A. Zimmer, Santa Barbara, CA |
Pamela K. Bonino, San Francisco, CA |
|
Mike Dean, San Francisco, CA |
Vernon Edgar, Morgan Hill, CA |
|
Robert Gilbert, Kennesaw, GA |
John Hechinger, Washington, DC |
|
Linda Kalin, Oakland, CA |
Elsie + Walter Leach, Los Altos Hills, CA |
|
Donald Magnin, San Francisco, CA |
William Sawyer, San Francisco, CA |
|
Stu Silerstein, Skowhegan, ME |
Sam Tchakalian, San Francisco, CA |
|
Bertram M. Tonkin, San Francisco, CA |
Vinh Kim Vu, San Jose, CA |
|
Pia Stebler + Beat Holder, Switzerland |
Renate Klipstas, Portola Valley, CA |
|
Robert Kass, San Jose, CA |
Norman Larivieri, San Jose, CA |
|
Carolyn Lund, San Jose, CA |
Tom Mazzolini, San Francisco, CA |
|
Roger Poyer, Los Gatos, CA |
Susie Schlesinger, Petaluma, CA |
|
Teresa Stace, San Francisco, CA |
Michael Rosenthal, Menlo Park, CA |
|
Thien Do, Oakland, CA |
Janie Driscoll, Mountain View, CA |
|
Ray Ashley, San Jose, CA |
Michael Corrigan, Santa Barbara, CA |
|
Steve Choi, Los Angeles, CA |
Renee Winick, Stanford, CA |
|
Peter G. Costello, Baltimore, MD |
Ralph + Sheila Pickett, Saratoga, CA |
|
Cuong Tran, Los Altos, CA |
Marguerite Fletcher, Palo Alto, CA |
|
Thang Do, San Jose, CA |
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