C. DAVID THOMAS Web sites: www.hochiminh.org & www.iapone.org EDUCATION Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, M.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 5th Year Certificate Tufts University, Medford, MA, B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Diploma Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, Diploma TEACHING Massachusetts College of Art Emmanuel College, Boston, MA Professor of Studio Art Hanoi Fine Arts University, Hanoi, Viet Nam OTHER U.S. Amry Corps of Engineers, Pleiku, Vietnam 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 Gallery NAGA was the first artist’s cooperative gallery in Boston SPECIAL HONORS Fulbright Senior Scholar Selection Committee for South East Asia President, The Boston Printmakers RISD Alumni Award for Leadership and Service Vietnam Art Medal (First foreigner to receive highest art honor given in Vietnam) Faculty Excellence Award, Emmanuel College Nominated for the Vietnam Peace Prize EXHIBITIONS CURATED/BOOKS PUBLISHED Concept and Design for VO NGUYEN GIAP - A Portrait This book is intended to be a companion book for HO CHI MINH - A Portrait. The book will be approximately the same length and follow a similar design format. Concept, Design, and Production Manager for HO CHI MINH - A Portrait This trade book contains 140 pages and was published in both English and Vietnamese by Thanh Nien (Youth) Publishing House in Hanoi. The text was written by Lady (Adelade) Borton. The book is largely a picture book of the story of Ho Chi Minh’s life and times and Vietnamese art and literature. The book was recognized as one of the two best books published in Vietnam in 2003. Concept, Design, and Production Manager, An Artist’s Portrait of HO CHI MINH This artist’s book contains 116 pages of images and text (approximately 58 of each) including a fictional diary by Ho based on actual events that 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. 1974 1973 1973 1971-1973 1964-1968 2001-2008 1976-2001 2002-2003 1969-1970 1987-2007 1975 2007-09 2007-09 2003 1999 1997 1996 Expected release date: 2010 2003 2000 Curator “Seven Pillars: The National Treasure Artists of Vietnam” An exhibition of artwork 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” An exhibition of contemporary artwork by Vietnamese and Vietnamese/American artists organized for Smithsonian Institution 1998-2000 1992-1997 EXHIBITIONS More than 50 one-person exhibitions and over 200 group exhibitions Brooklyn Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, DeCordova Museum, Danforth Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam, Boston Public Library, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, New York Center for Book Arts, San Francisco Center for the Book, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Boston University’s Gallery 808, Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA, Brockton Art Center, Brockton, MA, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA. PERMANENT COLLECTIONS (selected list) Boston Museum of Fine Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, DeCordova Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Yale University, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, Harvard University, Cornell University, Brown University, Boston Public Library, New York Public Library, National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam, RISD Museum, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, U.S. Army Headquarters, Washington, Brooklyn Museum, Ho Chi Minh Museums in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City. GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK (selected list) Designer for Huynh Phuong Dong: Visions of War and Peace Responsible for all aspects of design for 200 page bilingual book about Ho Chi Minh City artist Huynh Phuong Dong. Designer and artist for exhibition titled “HO CHI MINH” Responsible for installation design and all marketing materials Designer for the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam Designed brochure for visitors to the museum. Designed a series of posters for the Museum. Designer for Fulbright Economics Teaching Program recruiting brochure, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Completely new design for recruiting brochures Designer for Cultural Window Magazine at The Gioi Publishers, Hanoi, Vietnam Responsible for a complete redesign of the magazine. Designer for series of books published by U.S. Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam Designed covers for books about U.S. writers. Designer for a book titled “Ho Chi Minh: A Portrait” Responsible for concept and design of two books (one in English and one in Vietnamese). Book won the award for best design for a book published in Vietnam in 2004 GRANTS (selected list) Fulbright Scholar Grant to Vietnam Rockefeller Foundation Grant Ford Foundation Grant Asian Cultural Council Grant National Endowment for the Arts Travel Grant Smithsonian Institution Grant Kellogg Foundation, Expert-in-Residence, Battle Creek, MI Vietnam Veteran’s of America Foundation Grant Beyond War Regional Award, Newton, MA Arts Lottery Grant, Newton, MA Massachusetts Artists Fellowship, Finalist PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS The Boston Printmaker’s Executive Board Gallery NAGA Executive Board Gallery NAGA Executive Board Chairman Maine College of Art, Trustee Veteran’s For Peace International Arts Association
