An-My Lê

(Vietnamese, born 1960)

security and stabilization operations, graffiti (gi go home), from 29 palms by an-my lê

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Security and Stabilization Operations, Graffiti (GI Go Home), from 29 Palms, 2003–2004

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april 17, swamp, venice, louisiana, from the silent general by an-my lê

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April 17, Swamp, Venice, Louisiana, from The Silent General, 2016

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alexander hamilton statue, central park, new york city, from silent general by an-my lê

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Alexander Hamilton Statue, Central Park, New York City, from Silent General, 2020

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andrew jackson statue, lafayette square, president's park, washington dc, from silent general by an-my lê

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Andrew Jackson Statue, Lafayette Square, President's Park, Washington DC, from Silent General, 2020

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untitled, mekong delta, viêt nam by an-my lê

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Untitled, Mekong Delta, Viêt Nam, 1995

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untitled, gia lai, viêt nam by an-my lê

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Untitled, Gia Lai, Viêt Nam, 1994

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fragment vii: firing lesson, film set (free state of jones), chicot state park, louisiana, from silent general by an-my lê

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Fragment VII: Firing Lesson, Film Set (Free State of Jones), Chicot State Park, Louisiana, from Silent General, 2015

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mortar, from small wars by an-my lê

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Mortar, from Small Wars, 1999–2002

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untitled, son tay, viêt nam by an-my lê

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Untitled, Son Tay, Viêt Nam, 1998

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fragment iv: the monumental task committee press conference and demonstration by descendants of general p.g.t. beauregard, new orleans, louisiana, from silent general by an-my lê

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Fragment IV: The Monumental Task Committee press conference and demonstration by descendants of General P.G.T. Beauregard, New Orleans, Louisiana, from Silent General, 2017

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fragment iv: citrus tree, fowler, california, from silent general by an-my lê

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Fragment IV: Citrus Tree, Fowler, California, from Silent General, 2019

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mortar, from small wars by an-my lê

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Mortar, from Small Wars, 2002

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Biography

Timeline

1960
Saigon, Vietnam
1981
BAS Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1985
MS Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1993
MFA Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
Blair Dickinson Memorial Award, Yale University School of Art
1995
CameraWorks Inc. fellowship
1996
New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in photography
1997
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship
2004
John Gutmann Photography Fellowship
2007
National Science Foundation, Antarctic Artists and Writers Program Award

Exhibitions

2013
Contemporary Vietnamerican Art, Maier Museum at Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA
An I for an Eye, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY
Baltimore Museum of Art (solo)
War / Photography: Photographs of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; travelling to The Brooklyn Museum, New York; The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles; and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Prix Pictet, Saatchi Gallery, London; traveling to Hungarian House of Photography, Budapest, Hungary (2013); Instanbul Museum of Modern Art, Instanbul; Dublin Gallery of Photography, Dublin; Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut; Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki;Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA (2014)
Newtopia: The State of Human Rights, Mechelen, Belgium
Poetic Politic, Kadist Foundation, San Francisco, CA
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN; travelling to Site Sante Fe, Sante Fe, NM
2012
Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Provisional Aesthetic, Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Public Collections

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
CCS Hessel Museum or Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson