Hello! Jamie speaking!
Artist bio
Jamie Nhi Vuong (she/they) is a video artist and painter based in Virginia. Her experience growing up with two Vietnamese refugee parents and within the Asian American community has inspired their art. She is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Mary Washington, expected to graduate with a BA in Studio Art in May 2025. In 2024, Jamie worked as an intern for UMW Galleries.Their artwork has been exhibited annually at the Annual Student Art Exhibition at the University of Mary Washington since 2023. Their documentary, Chinese Connections: No Matter How Small (2023), was selected for the Fredericksburg Film Festival in 2024. Jamie also volunteers on the creative team at Viet Place Collective, making social media graphics in support of Vietnamese small businesses at Eden Center.
Artist statement
I often struggled with the concept of nostalgia and homeland within the Vietnamese diaspora community. I expect myself to not be critical of America which brought my parents to “freedom,” of South Vietnam which fought against the Communist “demons” during the war, and even of the Vietnamese elders that raised me as a child. These expectations distract me from what makes me Vietnamese-American internally. Through my practice in oil painting and video art, I journey through the experiences I grew up with from American and Vietnamese spaces. I balance my Vietnamese-American identity through grounding myself with the issues in my community while engaging with the joys of growing up Vietnamese. I also define the concept of homeland from my family line that remained in Vietnam and the ones that immigrated to the US. Through my practice, I explore my own nostalgia that does not define or fit within the values that my community enforces.
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education
2025 BA, Studio Art (pending), University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
(expected May 2025)
group exhibitions
2025 Senior Exhibition, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2025 The Unicorn’s Garden, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2024-25 Brompton Show, Fredericksburg, VA
2023-25 Annual Student Art Exhibition, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2024 Fredericksburg Film Festival, Fredericksburg, VA
2024 Video Art Showcase, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2024 Painted Snapshots: Day in the Life of a Modern Artist, Fredericksburg, VA
exhibitions curated
2024-25 A Mid-Atlantic Perspective, UMW Simpson Library, Fredericksburg, VA
fellowships
2025 DKC Spring 2025 Fellowship, UMW Digital Knowledge Center, Fredericksburg, VA
Publications
2025 Homer Humanities 2024 Anthology (November - December 2024)
2023-25 UMW Aubade Art and Literary Magazine
2023 UMW Columns Humanities and Social Sciences Journal (cover art selectee)
Employee experience
2023-Present Pro Bono Creative, Viet Place Collective, Falls Church, VA
2024 Intern, UMW Galleries, Fredericksburg, VA