B R I A N V U

EDUCATION

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART ‘19 - MFA | CERAMICS

BENNINGTON COLLEGE ‘16 - BA | CERAMICS & CONTEMPORARY DANCE

EXHIBITIONS | RESIDENCIES | FELLOWSHIPS | PERFORMANCES

2021

Contributing writer for The Studio Potter magazine with Jill Foote-Hutton. Interview. “Vibrant Intention.” July 2021 Issue.

“ECHO ECHO.” Group Exhibition. Winter 2021-Summer 2021. Pottery Northwest. Seattle, WA.

2020

”IN RESIDENCE: 13TH EDITION.” Group exhibition. SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 — NOVEMBER 29, 2020 ASHER GALLERY/Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Houston, TX.

Virtual talk with Curatorial Fellow at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. August 2020. Houston, TX.

Visual Artist lecture at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. May 2020. Houston, TX.

Visiting artist lecture and studio critique at University of Houston for MFA Sculpture department Spring 2020. Canceled due to COVID-19.

2019

“PLURAL NEGATIVE.10.19.2019.” Solo exhibition in VAPA at Bennington College, Bennington, VT.

Woodbury Foundation Grant recipient for Woodbury Foundation Bennington College Alumni Residency.

Artist-in-Residence. Bennington College. Bennington, VT.

Artist-in-Residence. Ox-bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency. Saugatuk, MI.

Museum of Art and Design Artist Fellowship Finalist, cycle 32. New York, NY.

Mercedes-Benz Emerging Artist Award Finalist (ceramics) at Cranbrook Academy of Art.

“ROOM_ TEMPERATURE_” Performance collaboration with Hilla Shapira (costume design) and Lindsay Splichal (set installation). Improvisational score. 8 minutes.

MFA Degree Group Exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, MI.

“[YOU] HAD THIS_ [THEY] HAVE THIS_” porcelain, plexiglass, latex, wood. 96” x 80.”

“Material Object Belief.” Group exhibition at Forum Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, MI.

“TABLEWORKS” group exhibition at BSWING during NCECA. March. Minneapolis, MN.

“MATTE | FLAT | SLANTED (I-III)” porcelain, latex, wood installation. 80”x 30” (set of four)

2018     

“INTERMIXED.” group exhibition at David Salkin Creative. November. Chicago, IL.

“Actual: Materiality.” group exhibition at Forum Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, MI.

“lung tone_ mirror print_.” Solo Show at Locust Projects. Miami, FL.

Artist-in-Residence at Locust Projects, LAB: MFA program. Summer 2018. Miami, FL.

“Step-Brother” (Cranbrook Academy of Art 2018 Thesis Show Collaboration) Lucas Albrecht and Samuel Panter with other collaborators . Mixed media. Dimensions unique.

“lung tone_ side print_” Structured improvisation. 10 Minutes. Black sand and tape. 8' x 12' (set of 2).

“Ten minutes here_ Ten minutes there_ Ten minutes where_.” Unfired porcelain, insulation foam, latex paint. 11’ x 4.5.’

"M.O.V.E." group exhibition. Forum Gallery. 39221 Woodward Ave. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304.

 “Basically 15x50.” group exhibition. NCECA. G1 Exhibition Space. 4106 Howley St. Pittsburg, PA 15224. 03/15/2018 - 01/17/2018

2017     

Heavy Negative_ Adjacent Negative_ Singular Negative_. Translucent porcelain, wood, latex paint, galvanized steel wire. Dimensions unique. Installation.

Hand Archive_ Retina Archive_. Porcelain, glass, latex paint, silicon, wood. Dimensions unique.

What we actually talk about in distance. Porcelain, glass, pigment, silicon. Dimensions unique.

2016

Artaxis Fellowship nominee. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts.

Senior Show: “USDAN. We Have a Problem.” Group show. USDAN Gallery. Bennington College. Bennington, VT 05201.

“Window Pane/Volta Adjacent” prototype. Laser-rastered acrylic, bone dry porcelain. 11”x14”.

Three Pages I’ve Never Written but Thought Through.  Ceramics installation. Glazed porcelain in three painted wooden frames (5’x5’ each). Ceramic pieces: dimensions unique.

Echo Prominent: Places & Windows I-IV.  Photographic installation. Scanned cyanotype positive on Pictorico transparency, galvanized wire, wooden rods. 132”x42” (set of 4),

Violet Replica. Choreography/concept by Brian Vu. Duet performance with William Bowers and Brian Vu. Projected photograph/lighting/costume design by Brian Vu. Sound design use: “The Canyon Wants to Hear C Sharp” by Andrew Bird. 

Tap Water. Blue Clothing the Throat. Choreography/concept, solo performance, cyanotype projection, lighting, costume design by Brian Vu. Sound design use: rainstorm by unknown.

Cyanotype projection for “Tap Water. Blue Clothing the Throat.” Scanned & edited cyanotype print, large-scale projection recreated with Martha Hill Theater’s cyc/scrim for dance performance.

2015

Prototype “Echo Prominent: Places & Windows I-IV.” Scanned cyanotype prints on Pictorico transparency, scanned silver gelatin positive on digital media, exposed and fixed cyanotype on cotton paper. Dimensions unique (10 variations).

Hypertendre. Bone-dry porcelain on latex paint (wall). Temporary, large-scale installation. Dimensions unique.

Raining as Object. Sky as Condition. Glazed, shattered, stained porcelain. 30”x18” (set of 6).

Précis of “(v.) to use with disregard; to exhaust.” Choreography/concept, solo performance by Brian Vu. Lighting by Damir Čobo. Sound design by Samuel Irwin.

Untitled. Site-non-specific, temporary installation. Green earth pigment with bone-dry porcelain (bone china) with green earth pigment on glazed, stained porcelain plates. 96”x 156” (2 locations).

Untitled. Porcelain thrown bowls (four different porcelain clay bodies) with casted, stained porcelain bars (set of four), ultramarine pigment, and bone dry porcelain (four different clay bodies). Dimensions unique.

Untitled. Casted, glazed porcelain slabs with natural bone gelatin, exposed and fixed cyanotype coat. 3’ x 1’ (set of three).

Multispace: Hypertendre. Choreography/concept, site-specific solo performance by Brian Vu.

Triplex Complex. Silver nitrate albumen prints on cotton paper, large-format negative. 20”x30” (set of 3).

Milligrams Flattened (Version 3), 2014. Laser-photo-transfer on translucent millimeter-thin porcelain and stained black porcelain mounted on black stained MDF. 30”x20” (set of 3).

2014

Folded Paper. Landed Fields. Choreography by Brian Vu. Duet performance by Maggie Ammons and Brian Vu. Performed at Bennington College.

Liquid Assonance. Site-specific installation in the Lens (CAPA) at Bennington College. Glazed translucent porcelain (set of 20), plants, water. Varying dimensions.

Monolithe in Halves. Scanned 4x5 large format photographs on digital inkjet canvas prints. 48”x72” (set of 2).

Monotlithe of Finn. Silver gelatin prints, 4x5 large format. 30”x40”.

Monolithe of Emma. Silver gelatin prints, 120 medium format. 30”x40”.

Sub|Presence (from Grey is a Fond Colour). Video. 7 minutes.

Things Folded in Half (from Grey is a Fond Colour). Video. 6 minutes.

Dimly Lit (from Grey is a Fond Colour). Video. 7 minutes.

Keep Closing (from Grey is a Fond Colour). Video. 8 minutes.

“Grey is a Fond Colour” series. Looped video (series of 4). Looped 28 minutes.

2013

Hold Me Close. Site-specific installation in the Lens (CAPA) at Bennington College. Stained porcelain (set of 100), rice, stained wood frame (60”x60”).

Interlace. Video. Performances by Maggie Ammons, Chloë Engel, Finn Murphy, and Emma Villavecchia. Approx. 8 minutes.

Stacks of Grey. Video. Approx. 9 minutes.

Paraphrase: Unphotogenic. Choreography and solo performance by Brian Vu. Works-in-progress performed at Bennington College. Approx. 4 minutes.

To Understand. Digital inkjet prints. 13”x19” (set of 7).