Sisavanh Phouthavong
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May-August 2020: "Thank you, No Thank you" Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Catzie Vilayphonh
*Online show due to Covid with Artist Video Description

​www.youtube.com/watch?v=51d9N6uLJBk
https://asianartsinitiative.org/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/thank-you-no-thank-you​
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-XmRg52yJQ&t=12s​

​2020 marks the 45th year anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, a significant date for the Southeast Asian diaspora of Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian refugees who resettled in America because of the conflicts. While past narratives around the War focus on American veterans, very little amplifies the voices of over 2.5 million displaced Southeast Asians, many who are now Americans themselves.

"Thank You, No Thank You" is a statement reflecting the expectations of being a “good immigrant” and not an “ungrateful refugee.” For those living here whose displacement is also the result of U.S. policies, America represents being home and homeless. This exhibition highlights the struggles, negotiations, and complexities in the identities of Southeast Asian American refugees of war.

​ARTISTS: Lanica Angpak | Natalie Bui | Leslie Condon | MyLoan Dinh | Aragna Ker | Chantala Kommanivanh | Jinny Ly | Nguyen Khoi Nguyen | Alex Nguyen-Vo | Sisavanh Phouthavong | Sayon Syprasoeuth | Barbara Tran and Morgan Ommer | Saymoukda Vongsay | Catzie Vilayphonh​
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  • News
  • Exhibitions
    • 2022 UAG: Sewanee, TN
    • 2022 Bagwell Gallery
    • 2022 Thessaloniki, Greece
    • 2022 Knoxville Museum
    • 2021 Gadsden Museum
    • 2021 KCKCC
    • 2021 Slocumb Gallery ETSU
    • 2020 Minnesota Museum
    • 2020 Asian Arts Initiative
    • 2020 Tinney Contemporary
    • 2019 Tipton Gallery ETSU
    • 2018 Hunter Museum
    • 2018 Lauren Rogers Museum
  • About
    • Resume
    • Reviews & Publications
  • 2D
    • 2021
    • This Land was Made
    • 2020
    • Transparent Voices
    • Quantify Tactical Zone
    • Disillusioned
    • Indirect Traffic
    • 2019 >
      • Unstable
      • Rain 1-20 >
        • Rain 21-40
        • Rain 41-60
        • Rain 61-80
        • Rain 81-100
    • 2018 >
      • Clustered Debris
      • Aftermath
      • Secret War on Laos: UXO
      • Crumbling Facade
      • Secret War Part 2
    • 2017 >
      • Legacies of War
      • Nong Khai
      • Re-Imagined Space
      • Defied Structures
  • 3D
    • 2021 Interminable Suspension 2021
    • 2020 Clustered Bomblets
  • Archive
    • Displacement: Citizenship
    • Evanescent 2016
    • Chicago 2016
    • Deliberate Moments 2016
    • Birds and Insects
    • Bronze
    • Wood
    • Aluminum
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