Photographer: Zoe Houghton
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Future Shows:
Sept-Nov, 2027: "Unlikely Southerner" #2, Invitational Exhibition, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL Oct. 1-Jan. 4, 2025-2026: "Unlikely Southerner" #1, Invitational Exhibition, The Mint Museum of Art, Curator: Myloan Dinh, Charlotte, NC Spring 2026 TBA: "Women Exhibition", Invitational, The Frist Museum of Art, Nashville, TN 2024 Current Exhibitions & News: March 7-June 30, 2024: "Stories from the Camp", Mundi Foundation, Gallerie Delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy July 27th-Aug. 17, 2024: "Perceptions of Reality", Murfreesboro MTSU Todd Gallery, Murfreesboro TN: Reception: 7/27/24 April 4, 2024: "ctl+alt+del", Solo Exhibition at Tinney Contemporary Gallery, Show Review on the Nashville Scene, by JoeNolan www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/visualart/art-crawl-april/article_e7ee80be-f077-11ee-80a5-0f488fdd5d51.html April 6-May 18th, 2024: "ctl+alt+del", solo exhibition, Tinney Contemporary Gallery, Nashville, TN: Reception April 6, 2-8PM January 27 - May 1, 2024: Instructor Exhibition, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Curator Heather Wetzel, Asheville, NC May 29 - August 16, 2024: Instructor Exhibition, Sandra Blain Galleries, Gatlinburg, TN April 26th-May 4th, 2024: The Token Asian: Kulap Vilaysack, Artfields, Location: PiggyBacks BBQ & Catfish, Lake City, SC March 2024: Arts Break NPT interviewed by Megan Grisolano, Executive Producer & Sr. Director of Content, Nashville, Public Television video.wpsu.org/video/the-token-specimen-tfsbdb/ Feb. 2-24, 2024: Juror for Arts & Culture Alliance, 18th National Juried ExhibitionEmporium Center, Knoxville Art Symposium, TN 2023______________________________________________ November 3-31, 2023: "Adopted/Adapted", Tipton Gallery, ETSU, Curator: Karlota Isla Contreras-Koterbay, Johnson City, TN Sept. 23-Dec.3, 2023: "Southern Voices/Global Visions", Artfields Collective Group Invitational Show, Co-Curators: Dr. Amalia Amaki and Eleanor Heartney, Lake City, SC Feb. 11-May 21st, 2023: "Intent/Content", Lehr Gallery, Susquehanna Art Museum (SAM), Harrisburg, PA, Curator: Nandini Makrandi, Chief Curator The Hunter Museum of American Art, Reception March 23rd at 6Pm. March 23, 2023: 38th Positive/Negative Exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, Juror: Mark Scala, Chief Curator The Frist Museum, ETSU, Johnson City, TN, 5PM Closing Reception *Won Best of Show" FEb. 23rd-July 2023: "Wore/Fair": Memorial Dedicated to Mothers, James Polk Museum, Columbia, TN, 3PM Opening Reception April 7th. March 18-19, 2023: Sabaidee Cultural Festival, Silver Lakes Complex, Norco, CA Biography: Sisavanh Phouthavong Houghton is a Lao American interdisciplinary visual artist and Painting Professor at Middle Tennessee State University. Recently exhibited internationally in Italy and Greece and nationally at The Knoxville Museum of Art and Susquehanna Art Museum. She has been featured in The New Art Examiner, The Next-Door Neighbor, and various podcasts. Permanent collections include the Hunter Museum of American Art and the American Embassy, Paramaribo, Suriname. Houghton earned her BFA at the University of Kansas and an MFA at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, IL. In 2023, she won Best in Show for the 38th Positive/Negative Exhibition, 2022 awarded a Tri-Star Current Art Warhol Foundation Fund and a MTSU's 2024 CUSA Faculty Achievement Award and 2022 Distinguished Creative and Teacher of the Year Award, 2020 nominated for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Arts Award, a 2019 Artfield’s' Painting Award, and 2017 Tennessee Arts Individual Artist Fellowship recipient. She is represented by Tinney Contemporary Gallery in Nashville, TN. Artist Statement: My work as a 1.5-generation post-Vietnam War Lao American refugee immigrant is about these subtle memories, distinctive images, and fragments of time. It is about the collective Southeast Asian Diasporic voices that drive and empower me to celebrate my culture and diversity. These projects aim to preserve and educate the public about the untold stories, the forgotten Secret War on Laos, and our journey. The refugee immigration artwork is a testament that we are not another number but a reflection of war and humanity's consequences. It is about the larger context of not denying that war is a constant factor in our lives and how this discussion resonates with everyone. These challenging discussions have led me to continue a body of work with an open dialogue. |
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