Doan Truong is a Vietnamese illustrator and printmaker based in what is now known as Vancouver, Canada, on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.
Doan works experimentally by transforming digital illustrations into traditional printed art forms using different printmaking techniques.
Her works depict her point of view on social, political, and cultural issues. The subject matter of her posters, zines, postcards, and portraits mostly focuses on immigrants and refugees, Vietnamese culture, and the lack of freedom of expression in her motherland.
Client & Press
Centre A | Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
The 88 Project | For Free Speech in Vietnam
The Monitor Magazine
THIS Magazine
Exhibition
Emily Carr University Foundation Show (2018)
Emily Carr University Grad Show (2021)
Virtual Art Exhibition "BLAST" (2021) - The Holy Art, London, UK
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (2021) - Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum, Tokushima, Japan
Members Winter Show (2021) - Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada
New Prints 2022/Winter: "Unfinished" - International Print Center New York, US
Emerging Print Exhibition (2022) - Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada
Award
ECU Graduation Award for Anti-Racism + Social Justice – Visual Arts
Artist's Book (can be found at)
Rare Books and Special Collections - University of British Columbia Library
Artists' Books Collection - Emily Carr University of Art and Design Library
Centre A (Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) Library
Interview
Voice of America (VOA): Remember The Essex 39 (Vietnamese)
Doan Truong: Makes Art to Make Change - Emily Carr University News (English)