Studied Fine Arts and graduated valedictorian from the Institute
of Fine Arts - Saigon 1954 - 1958
Became one of principal professors, Institute of Fine Arts - Saigon 1963 - 1980
Formely a Professor at the Gia Dinh National College of Fine Arts, Truong Thi Thinh has a lyrical impressionist style that reflects a confluence of Eastern and Western artistic traditions. Well known as a portrait painter in the Vietnamese American community. Thinh uses varying intensitives of color to create works, emotions, and symbolic imagery.
Immigrated in United States in 1986. Live in San Jose, California.
Exhibitions :
Saigon, Hue, Hanoi, Nha Trang
Japan, Taiwan, Australia, France, Bresh and the USA
Catinat Hotel - Saigon.
1995 - 1998 :
Tour Exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Musuem, USA
"An Ocean Apart", contemporary Vietnamese Art from the USA and Vietnam