Việt Lê is an artist, writer, and curator. Lê is an Assistant Professor in Visual Studies | Visual & Critical Studies at California College of the Arts. He has been published in positions: Asia critique; Crab Orchard Review; American Quarterly; Amerasia Journal; Art Journal; and the anthologies Writing from the Perfume River; Strange Cargo; The Spaces Between Us; Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art; among others.
Exhibitions
Recent solo exhibitions include ', vestige, '. Lê has presented his work at The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA; DoBaeBacSa Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Japan Foundation, Việt Nam; 1a Space, Hong Kong; , Thailand; , Italy; Shanghai Biennale, China; Rio Gay Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; among other venues.
lovebang! 2016, directed by Việt Lê. Collaborators: Chean Long, Khvay Samnang, GiGi.
eclipse, 2016, directed by Việt Lê with Jamie Maxtone-Graham. Collaborators: Nguyen Phuong Linh, Tuan Mami,. Producer: Nguyễn Quốc Thành.
heARTbreak! 2016–17. Producer: Henry Tan.
*Select Film Festival Official Selection: Future Shorts Film Fest '12, Sài Gòn, Việt Nam; CAAMFest '12, San Francisco; Frameline LGBT Film Festival '13; San Francisco Global Vietnamese Film Fest '13; MIX New York Experimental Queer Film Fest '13, New York; Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Fest, Alburquerbue New Mexico '13; Queer Arts Festival '13, Hà Noi, Việt Nam; Rio Gay Film Fest 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Queer Rebels Exploding Lineage Film Fest, SF '14
*Select Gallery Exhibitions/ Presentations: Bangkok Art & Culture Centre | The Art Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Avant Garde Cliches, Manila, Philippines; Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Aljira A Center for the Arts; Boston, USA; Los Angeles, USA; Lanchester Gallery, Coventry, UK; Taipei, Taiwan; College Art Association, New York; USA Sonic Tonics: Spiritual Asias 2017-
Group exhibitions
2017
Waiting With performance. Invited collaborative performance with Faith Wilding.
Northern California Women's Art Caucus, San Francisco, USA. January 17, 2017 2016
APAture Festival Featured Artist: October 9, 2016
Việt Lê | Film Showcase, Koret Auditorium, SF Main Public Library, San Francisco, CA, USA
Mix New York Queer Experimental Film Festival curated by Celeste Chan and Kali Boyce
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival October 11–20, 2013
Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Transtastic" film shorts program June 24, 2013
Frameline LGBT Film Festival. San Francisco, CA
Sex. Money. Race. Gender: The Ladydrawers June 27-July 27, 2013
Exhibition & Workshop Series A+D Gallery, Chicago, Illinois curated by Anne Elizabeth Moore
boi band poster workshop with Việt Lê & Morgan Claire, Residency Workshop Series July 25, 2013
Asian American Festival Favorites April 30, 2013
OVEE TV, national platform curated by Kar Yin Tham, Center for Asian American Media featuring Lobster Shmobster ; The Others ; love bang! ; Lady Razorbacks ; The Postcard
Vietnamese Global Film Festival April 27–28, 2013
Roxie Theater, San Francisco Organized by the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network
He has co-edited special issues of '. Lê has also coedited with Professor Lan Duong a special issue of Visual Anthropology. He is a reviews co-editor of ' Lê received his M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine, where he has also taught Studio Art and Visual Culture courses. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. In Taipei, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Academia Sinica. His writing has been translated into Chinese, German, Khmer, and Vietnamese.
