Address for August 2002-June 2004
36 Lac Chinh Street
Ba Dinh District
Ha Noi, Viet Nam
After June 2004
20 WEBSTER COURT
NEWTON, MA 0215
Telephone (617) 527-8252, Fax (617) 527-4394
E-mail: cdavidthomas@yahoo.com
Web sites: www.hochiminh.org and www.iapone.org
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, M.F.A. 1974
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 5th Year Certificate 1973
Tufts University, Medford, MA, B.F.A. 1973
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Diploma 1971-1973
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, Diploma 1964-1968
TEACHING
Hanoi Fine Arts University 2002-2004
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Professor of Art 1976-2000
OTHER
Founder and Director of the Indochina Arts Partnership. The IAP is a non-profit corporation begun in 1988, with the goal to promote through cultural exchanges reconciliation between the United States and the countries of Indochina.
Founding member of Gallery NAGA, Newbury Street, Boston, MA
SPECIAL HONORS
Fulbright Scholar grant to Vietnam 2002-03
Vietnam Art Medal
(First foreigner to receive highest art honor given in Vietnam) 1999
Faculty Excellence Award, Emmanuel College 1997
Nominated for the Viet Nam Peace Prize 1996
EXHIBITIONS CURATED/BOOKS PUBLISHED
HO CHI MINH - A Portrait, co-authored with Lady Borton, 2003
This 140 page book is a combination of text and images telling
the life story of one of the most important leaders of the 20th Century.
The book contains a historical narative and poetry and writing by
Ho Chi Minh much of whichhas not been previously published in
English. There are also two stories by two of Ho's closest friends,
his photographer Dinh Dang Dinh and his personal secretary Vy Ky.
2000 - Author, An Artist’s Portrait of HO CHI MINH 2000
This artist’s book contains 118 pages of images and text
(approximately 59 of each) including a fictional diary by Ho based
on actual events which occurred during his lifetime. The diary and
factual information were written by Charles Fenn, Ho Chi Minh’s
biographer and the man who worked with Ho while in the OSS during
WW II. The book is edited by Lady Borton
Curator “Reconsidering Vietnam” 2000
An exhibition of four (three Vietnamese and one American) artists
celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam.
The exhibition was held at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence
University, Canton, NY, January 31-March 10, 2000.
Curator “Seven Pillars: The National Treasure Artists of Vietnam” 1998-2000
An exhibition of art work by the leading artists of Vietnam. The
exhibition is scheduled to open in Hanoi in late 1998, after which it will travel to the U.S. for two years. The exhibition will have its
final showing at the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts Museum in early 2000.
Curator “An Ocean Apart:
Contemporary Vietnamese Art From the United States and Vietnam” 1992-1997
An exhibition of contemporary art work by Vietnamese and
Vietnamese/American artists organized for Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service
Curator, “As Seen by Both Sides:
American and Vietnamese Artists look at the War”. 1988-1995
An exhibition of contemporary art about the war in Vietnam by twenty
artists from each country.
Curator, “Exchanged Impressions” 1992
An exchange exhibition of fifty U.S. printamkers and fifty Vietnamese
printmakers which is traveling in both countries.
Editor,
As Seen by Both Sides: American and Vietnamese Artists Look at the War 1991
Seven Pillars: The National Treasure Artists of Vietnam, expected publication date 2001
GRANTS (partial list)
Rockefeller Foundation Grant 1996-97
Ford Foundation Grant 1994-99
Asian Cultural Council Grant 1993, 95, 98, 99
National Endowment for the Arts Travel Grant 1992
Smithsonian Institution Grant 1991
Kellogg Foundation, Expert-in-Residence, Battle Creek, MI 1991
Vietnam Veteran’s of America Foundation Grant 1989
Beyond War Regional Award, Newton, MA 1989
Arts Lottery Grant, Newton, MA 1987,1989
Massachusetts Artists Fellowship, Finalist
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Boston Printmaker’s Executive Board 1979-2001
Gallery NAGA Executive Board 1978-1988
Gallery NAGA Executive Board Chairman 1981-1988
Maine College of Art, Trustee 1982-1987
Veteran’s For Peace 1987-1993
International Arts Association 1987-1996
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Hobart & Willaim Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 2001
Newton Free Library, Newton, MA 2000
Pacific Bridge Gallery, Oakland, CA 2000
Richard f. Brush Art Gallery, Canton, NY 2000
Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA 2000
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME 1998
Fine Arts Association Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam 1996
Lillian Immig Gallery, Boston, MA 1995
Cox Gallery, Drury College, Springfield, MO 1993
Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College,
Columbia University, New York 1990
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 1990
Blanchard Gallery, Concord, MA 1990
Framingham State College, Framingham, MA 1989
Carleton College, Northfield, MN 1988
Rhode Island Community College, Lincoln & Warwick, RI 1988
Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA 1988
Newton Free Library, Newton, MA 1988
Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA 1986
Miriam Perlman, Chicago. IL 1985
Alison Fine Art, Hong Kong 1984
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA 1984
Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA 1983
Miriam Perlman, Chicago, IL 1983
Baak Gallery, Cambridge, MA 1982
Barn Gallery, Danvers, MA 1981
Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA 1980
Thumb Gallery, London, England 1980
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, ME 1979
Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA 1979
The Galleries, Wellesley, MA 1977
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 1977
Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA 1976
Ainsworth Gallery, Boston, MA 1975
Andover Gallery of Fine Art, Andover, MA 1974
Nasrudin Gallery, Boston, MA 1974
Westbrook College, Portland, ME 1973
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA 1972
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
National Museum of Fine Arts, Ha Noi 1994
National Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City 1994
Southwest Missouri State University 1993
Rankin Fine Arts Center, Big Rapids, MI 1993
Jamaica Art Center, Queens, NY 1993
Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA 1993
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1993
New England College Art Gallery, Henniker, NH 1993
Bell Building Art Gallery, Springfield, MO 1993
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, Canton, NY 1993
Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME 1992
Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL 1992
Lehigh University Art Galleries 1992
Hollywood Art & Culture Center 1992
Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH 1992
Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC 1991
Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI 1991
Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angles, CA 1991
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA 1991
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 1991
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA 1990
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO 1990
Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Bradford, MA 1990
Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 1990
Salem State College, Salem, MA 1990
Gallery 410, Lowell, MA 1990
Phillips Brooks House, Harvard, Cambridge, MA 1989 1985,1987
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS (partial list)
Ho Chi MInh Museums in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City
Harvard University, Houghton Library
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
National Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
U.S. Army Headquarters, Washington, DC
University of Hue, Hue, Vietnam
General Vo Nguyen Giap
Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach
AT&T, Bank of Boston, Beatrice Foods, Federal Reserve Bank, Ford Motor Co., General Electric, Gould Corporation, Henry Ford Hospital, Hyatt Regancy Hotel, Cambridge, MA, IBM (CT, NH, PA, IL), Illinois Bell, King Ranch, Texas, Lake Shore Hotel, Chicago, IL
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