{"id":60941,"date":"2024-09-24T13:24:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=60941"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T19:53:09","slug":"duy-huynh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/duy-huynh\/","title":{"rendered":"Duy Huynh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professional artist and gallery owner<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-1x1-md\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Duy-Huynh-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60933 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Duy-Huynh-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Duy-Huynh-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Duy-Huynh-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/600;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a concentration in illustration, UNC Charlotte (1998)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duy Huynh\u2019s family came to the United States in 1981 as refugees from Vietnam, settling in southern California. He was five years old. Like many kids, he grew to love comic books and superheroes and soon developed his drawing skills. His first \u201ccommission\u201d came from a classmate who asked him to draw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPayment was two dollars and chocolate milk for a week,\u201d he told Associate Professor of Art History Jim Frakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, <a href=\"https:\/\/larkandkey.com\/pages\/our-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as Duy writes in his artist bio<\/a>, making art was not just about earning extra lunch money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMore importantly for a kid that felt like an outcast, drawing became a means of transcending language barriers and cultivating connections.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duy\u2019s family moved to Charlotte when he was a teenager, and he graduated from West Charlotte High School and came to UNC Charlotte to study illustration. He fondly remembers faculty such as Susan Brenner, Eric Anderson, and Jamie Franki (all now retired).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe main lesson I learned from all of them was a love and respect for the creative process, regardless of the final result,\u201d he told Frakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While at UNC Charlotte, he discovered a love for painting, and gravitated to professor Rod MacKillop, who became his mentor. Some of his paintings, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cltarts\/53983735943\/in\/album-72177720320206953\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his contribution to the <em>Generations<\/em> 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary exhibition<\/a>, are homages to Rod MacKillop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduating, Duy launched a successful career as an artist, creating murals (including one for Panthers stadium), album and book cover art, and his delightful, surrealist paintings. In 2008, he and his wife opened the <a href=\"https:\/\/larkandkey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lark &amp; Key Gallery<\/a> in Charlotte&#8217;s North Davidson Arts District (NoDa). The gallery moved to online and by appointment only in 2020 and represents more than 30 artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of Duy\u2019s distinctive work can be seen on campus in the upstairs hallway of the Popp Martin Student Center, where three of his paintings hang. These pieces reflect his favored themes of travel and transformation, and are similar to the work he has contributed to the <em>Generations <\/em>show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At the core of my work is a search for balance and continuity, usually between two or more mysteries,\u201d Duy writes in his artist statement. \u201cMy characters often float (literally) somewhere between science and spirituality, memory and mythology, structure and spontaneity, ephemeral and eternal, humorous and profound, connectivity and non-attachment. 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