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Pao Houa Her
Born1982, in Laos
Known forPhotography
MovementModernism, feminism, Hmong, Vietnam war

Pao Houa Her is a photographer whose work is primarily centered around the history and lived experiences of the Hmong people.[1]

Early life and education

Her's early life started in Laos where she was born up until the age of three, when her family fled to Minnesota where she spent most of her life.[2] She remembers vividly the long migration from Laos to camps in Thailand and, finally, on to Saint Paul where Her's family settled in 1986.[2] She graduated from Humboldt High School in 2001. As a sophomore, Her became increasingly interested in photography. She learned her art shooting film—she wouldn't start working in a digital format until graduate school. She started at Inver Hills Community College before transferring to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.[3] Her received a bachelor's of fine arts in photography from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2009. In 2012, she received a master's of fine arts in photography from the Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut.[4]

Work

Her combines images that range from her life in Laos that include ancient large stone jars with burial sites to portraits of the elderly. The artist's image backgrounds range from empty studio back drops to plastic flowers. Her often arranges her photographs in groups and series to both suggest and disrupt narrative meaning. But her photographs can also stand separately. Either way they all aim to visualize the Hmong American narrative.[5]

Grants and Awards

  • 2016
  • 2013
    • Jerome Fellowship for Emerging Artists, Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis Minnesota State Arts Board Artists Initiative Grant[6]
  • 2012
    • Alice Kimball Fellowship, Yale University School of Art, New Haven CT[6]
  • 2009
    • Minnesota State Arts Board Artists Initiative Grant [6]

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2019
    • After the Fall of Hmong Tebchaw, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota (Nov 2–Dec 14)[7]
    • My grandfather turned into a tiger, PLATFORM Centre, Winnepeg, Canada (Jan 11–Feb 22)[6]
  • 2018
  • 2016
    • My Mother's Flowers, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis (June 23–July 30)[6]
  • 2015
  • 2013
    • Desires, Center for Hmong Studies, Minneapolis (March 15–May 4)[6]
    • Pao Houa Her, Franklin Artworks, Minneapolis (March–May)[6]
  • 2012
    • Somebody, The Gordon Park Gallery, curated by Wing Young Huie, St. Paul MN (September)[6]

Group Exhibitions

  • 2019-18
    • Depths, Elevations Laos Biennial, curated by Erin Gleeson, Sin Many, i:cat Gallery, Ban Simeuang, Vientiane, Laos (Nov 9–Jan 16)
    • EXit/ EXile/ EXodus: Voicing the Diaspora in Southeast Asian Contemporary Art, curated by Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani, MAIIAM, Chiang Mai, Thailand (March 4, 2018 – March 3, 2019)[6]
  • 2018
  • 2017
    • On Attachments and Unknowns, SA SA BASSAC, curated by Erin Gleeson, May Adadol Ingawanij, Ben Valentine, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (May 19–Aug 19)[6]
  • 2016
  • 2015
    • Migration Series #1, Telemark Art Center, Skien, Norway (Sept 26–Nov 1) [6]
    • What Remains, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (Jan 26–March 22) [6]
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
    • After the Fall, Garis and Hahn Gallery, New York City (Jan 11–Feb 16)[6]
    • Group Portrait, Edger Varala Gallery, New York City (Sept 8–Oct 14) [6]
    • Group Portrait, Ana Tzarev Gallery, New York (June 28–July 21) [6]
    • Yale MFA Thesis, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven CT (May) [6]
  • 2010
    • Foot In The Door, Minneapolis Institute of Art (Feb 19–June 13) [6]
  • 2009
    • New Direction in Hmong Arts, Homewood Gallery, Minneapolis (July) [6]
    • Relative Distance, Center for Independent Artists, Minneapolis (January)[6]
  • 2008
    • Journey Through The Lense, Hennepin Government Center, Minneapolis (October) [6]
    • All Things Relative, A4 Gallery, Boston (October) [6]
    • Remix: Intergenerational Hmong Art Exhibition, Homewood Gallery, Minneapolis (July) [6]

References

  1. ^ "Hmong-American photographer is a pioneer". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. ^ a b "Pao Houa Her". Bockley Gallery.
  3. ^ "Academy News - February 2019 PM&R". PM&R. 11 (2): 219–220. February 2019. doi:10.1002/pmrj.12078. ISSN 1934-1482.
  4. ^ "Photo exhibit features East Side Hmong-American experience | Lillie Suburban Newspapers - LillieNews.com". www.lillienews.com. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  5. ^ "Contemporary American Art at Illinois". Art Journal. 28 (4): 404–455. 1969. doi:10.2307/775319. ISSN 0004-3249. JSTOR 775319.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Pao Houa Her" (PDF).
  7. ^ "After the Fall of Hmong Tebchaw". The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery. Retrieved 2020-05-07. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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