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Howard Hao Tran
570-980-1339 - E-mail: tran@lycoming.edu - Website: haotransculpture.com
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Education:
2000 M.F.A. Sculpture, Boston University, Boston, MA
1998 B.F.A. Sculpture, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Employment:
2017-Present Professor of Art, Lycoming College, PA
2013-2016 Associate Professor of Art, Lycoming College, PA
2002-2012 Assistant Professor of Art, Lycoming College, PA
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Courses Taught: 3-D Design, Sculpture I, II and Studio Research, Video/Installation (co-taught), The Figure, Drawing I II and III, Senior Seminar, Freshman Year Seminar - Zen and Art
2016 Non-regional mentor for MFA candidate, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
2009-2010, 2004-2005 Non-regional mentor for MFA sculpture candidate, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Bucknell Art Museum, Downtown Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2016 Widmann Art Gallery, Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
2015 Station Gallery, Lock Haven, PA
2014 Wilson Gallery, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
2014 Marlin Gallery, Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ
2013 La Salle University Art Museum, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
2012 George Waters Art Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY
2012 Neumann University Gallery, Neumann University, Aston PA
2011 Friedman Art Gallery, Penn State Wilkes Barre, Lehman, PA
2011 Bogigian Gallery, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
2010 HUB-Robeson Gallery, Penn State, State College, PA
2009 Weyers-Sampson Art Gallery, Thiel College, Greenville, PA
2009 Lycoming College Art Gallery, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2008 Linder Gallery, Keystone College, La Plume, PA
2007 docentART Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2006 Sloan Gallery, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA
2005 University Gallery, Mansfield University, Mansfield PA
2003 Gallery 152, Williamsport, PA
2003 Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
1998 Academy of Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2023 LittleSCULPTURE Show, Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ
2023 FATE’s Member Exhibition, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO
2023 100 Miles Exhibition, Penn College, Williamsport, PA
2022 With Roots Deep, Foliage Thrive, Foster-Tanner Fine Art Gallery, Florida A&M University, FL
2021 Sacred Strands: Art Exploring Connections, I19gallery.com, online international exhibition
2021 Haiku Middle Passage, Grand Rapids African American Art and Archives, Grand Rapids, MI
2020 Faculty Show, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2018 Viet Stories: Recollections & Regenerations, Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, Yorba Linda, CA
2017 Forging America: Art in the Working of an Asian American Rust Belt, Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art, Buffalo
University, Buffalo, NY
2017 VIETNAMERCA: Screening and Exhibition, US Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
2016 12 x 12: A National Exhibition, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2016 Nationalism: Belonging/Not Belonging, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Identity and Place, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
2015 Stockton Art gallery, Stockton College, Galloway, NJ (two-person show with Shin-Young An)
2015 Generations: Forty Hues Between Black & White, Curated by Dinh Q. Le & Stephen Anderson, Orange County Center for
Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2015 Faculty Show, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2015 Distillations IV, TEJAS Gallery, Dayton, OH
2015 International Art and Design Education Exchange Exhibition, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
2015 Small Works, Juried, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
2014 Almost Human, curated by Deianire Tolema, Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2014 Faculty Show, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2014 Home, Theresa A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
2014 Across the Divide, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Springfield, OK
2014 Across the Divide, SWOSU Art Gallery, Southwest Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK
2013 Faculty Show, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2013 Across the Divide, Brick City Gallery, Missouri State University, Stillwater, MO
2013 Art Alive, First Place, The Gallery at Penn College, Penn College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
2013 Fountain Art Fair, Armory, New York, NY
2013 Abstractions, Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2012 Faculty Show, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2012 Haiku Middle Passage, Center of African Art and Art History, Holland, MI
2012 Cycles of Life, Juried, VAALA Center, Santa Ana, CA
2012 Across the Divide, Juried by Chris Miles, Visual Art Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2011 ArtPrize, Fountain Street Church Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Impact, Swing Space Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2011 Across the Divide, Juried by Chris Miles, Grossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
2011 6x62011: Global, Rochestester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2010 Middle Passage, Brown and Juanita C. Ford Gallery, Wayne County Community College, Detroit, MI
2010 Middle Passage, Marygrove College Art Gallery, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
2009 Faculty Show, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2009 After the Pedestal, Juried by Paola Morsiani, Curator of Contemporary Art at The Cleveland
Museum of Art, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2008 Middle Passage, Muskegon County Museum, Muskegon, MI
2008 Across the Divide III, Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2008 Middle Passage, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Corporate Art, docentArt Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2007 Middle Passage, Paul Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Crossing Borders, 14th Annual International juried Exhibition, Laredo center for the Arts, Laredo,TX
2006 Across the Divide II, Reed Whipple Cultural Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2006 Faculty Show, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2006 Across the Divide II, Lycoming College Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2006 Inside+Out/Big&Small, Juried by Jeff Nathanson former Executive Director of the
International Sculpture Center, The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Nude International, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2005 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juried by Stephen Haller of the Stephen Haller Gallery,
New York, NY, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD
2005 Cambridge Art Association's 8th Annual National Prize Show, Juried by Joseph C.
Thompson, Director of MASS MoCA, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2005 Faculty Show, Thomas T. Taber Museum, Williamsport, PA
2005 Out of the Blue Gallery, Associate Members Exhibitions, Lewisburg, PA
2005 2005 Annual Art Exhibition, Packwood House Museum, Lewisburg, PA
2005 Annual Gmeiner Regional Exhibition, Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, Wellsboro, PA
2005 2005 Regional Art Exhibit, Thomas T. Taber Museum, Williamsport, PA
2005 Feats of Clay XVIII, Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation, Lincoln, CA
2005 Close to Home, Juried by Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Chief Curator of the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2000-2004 Represented by Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA
2004 Combined Talents, Florida International, Museum of Fine Art,
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl
2004 Go Figure, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2004 Artists Council 35th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum,
Palm Spring, CA
2004 Drawing and Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
2004 Faculty Show Vanderlin Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2003 Bold Expressions, International Exhibition, Northern California Arts, Inc., CA
2003 Outside and In, Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA
2003 B & S Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2003 American Figurative Art, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2003 Images 2003, Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2000 Faculty Show, Concord Academy, Concord, MA
2000 MFA Show, Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 First Expressions Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 Abend Gallery, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
1998 Vietnamese American Youth Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1998 North American Sculpture Exhibition, The Foothills Art Center Inc., Golden, CO
1998 12th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine SanAngelo, TX
1998 Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1997 Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1995 Vaast Fine Art Show, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
1995 Olympiad of the Art, Villa Montalvo Gallery, Saratoga, CA
1995 Painting and Sculpture, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
1995 TET Art Exhibition, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
1995 Clay Forms and Human Figures, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
Awards and Honors:
2023 The Logan A Richmond Endowed Professorship, Lycoming College, PA
2016 Professional Development Grant, Lycoming College, PA
2015 Lycoming Innovations in Teaching with Technology Grant, Lycoming College PA
2015 Constance Cupp Plankenhorn Senior Faculty Teaching Award, Lycoming College, PA
2015 Exemplary Teacher Award, The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church
2013 First Place, Art Alive, Gallery at Penn College, PA
2012 Professional Development Grant, Lycoming College, PA
2009 Professional Development Grant, Lycoming College, PA
2007 Professional Development Grant, Lycoming College, PA
2005 Professional Development Grant, Lycoming College, PA
2005 Bald Eagle Art League Award, Lycoming Art Council, PA
2004 Cash Award, Del Mar College, TX
2003 Award of Excellence, Northern California Arts, Inc., CA
2003 American Figure Award, Santa Cruz Art League, Inc., CA
2003 Professional Development Grant, Lycoming College, PA
2000 Pineda Award, Boston University, MA
1999 Constantin Alajalo Award, Boston University, MA
1999 Merit Award, Boston University, MA
1998 Faculty Choice Award, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1998 Best Bronze Sculpture, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1998 Constantin Alajalo Award, Boston University, MA
1998 Merit Award, Boston University, MA
1995 Best Bronze Sculpture, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
Commissions:
Penn College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Collections:
La Salle University Art Museum, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
Susquehanna Health, Williamsport, PA
Thiel College, Greenville, PA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Lock Haven University, Loch Haven, PA
Penn College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
SupplySource Inc, Williamsport, PA
Cormelia Tsakirido, Philadelphia, PA
Beth Lazor, Marblehead, MA
John Try, Tabernacle, NJ
Paula Kellinger, Chambersburg, PA
Carl & Toby Sloang, Marblehead, MA
Arthur Lund, San Francisco, CA
Peggy Howard, Salem, MA
Marsha Miele, Williamsport, PA
Lu Zheng, Lewisburg, PA
Diane Brooks, Swampscott, MA
Sally Thompson, Marblehead, MA
John Voss, Brookline, MA
Barbara Alex, Marblehead, MA
Jane Hunt, Marblehead, MA
Richard Boudreau, Methuen, MA
Karen McCormack, Medford, MA
Mary Erskine, Weston, MA
Pepper Thompson, San Francisco, CA
Emily Hughes, San Francisco, CA
Reviews, Articles, Interviews:
2017 Dana Tyrrell, Forging America: Art in the Workings of an Asian American Rust Belt, Buffalo Rising, November 7
2017 Erika Funke, Interview, WVIA, Scranton, PA, September 18
2013 John Coppola, ON Fine Art, Fountain Art Fair at the Armory New York 2013, March 10
2011 Shin Young Lee, The Wilson Billboard, November 17, p.9
2010 Stephanie Goga, The Daily Collegian: Venues Magazine, January 14, Visual Arts
2009 Douglas Max Utter, Cleveland Scene, June 24, Art
2008 Jessica Beaver, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, November 27, p. 13
2005 Stephanie Farr, "Transition", Williamsport Sun-Gazette, May 15, p. 1, 10
2003 Katie Prince, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, September 4, p. 6
2003 Erika Funke, Interview, WVIA Radio, Scranton, PA, September 4
2003 Heather Longley, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, March 20, p. 10
2003 Robin Van Auken, Webb Communications, March 19, p. 26
2003 Katy Grzywinski, The Lycourier, March 20, p. 1
2000 Kennedy, Eileen, Arts Media, February 15 - March 15, p. 10
1999 Laliberte, Kristian The Asian, December
Conference Presentations:
2017 Art and Zen, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education National Biennial Conference, Kansas City, MO
2015 Art Education Within a Liberal Arts College, Across the Divide, International Art Education Conference, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing, China
Visiting Artist Lectures:
2021 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2016 Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
2015 Stockton College, Galloway, NJ
2013 La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Elmira College, Elmira, NY
2011 Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
2011 University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
2010 Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
2009 Thiel College, Greenville, PA
2008 Keystone College, La Plume, PA
2007 Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA
2006 Campus: Residency/Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2005 Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA
2003 Bald Eagle Art League, Williamsport, PA
2003 The Coalition of Independent Artists and Artisans, Williamsport, PA
2003 Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2001 Raw Art Works, Lynn, MA
2000 Raw Art Works, Lynn, MA
1998 Vietnamese American Youth Conference, Stanford University, CA
Affiliations:
2003-present Member, International Sculpture Center
2015-present Member, Foundation in Art: Theory and Education
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