Pao Houa Her

Pao Houa Her
Pao Houa Her
Born	1982, in Laos
Known for	Photography
Movement	Modernism, feminism, Hmong, vietnam war

Pao Houa Her is a photographer who's work is primarily centered around the struggles of Hmong people.^[1]

Early life and education

Her early life started in Laos where she was born up until the age of three, when her family fled to Minnesota were 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 he became increasingly more interested in photography. She learned her art shooting film—she wouldn’t start working in a digital format until graduate school. She stated at Inver Hills Community College, getting her generals before transferring to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.^[3] When attending college in 2009, she got a bachelor’s of fine arts in photography from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. And then in 2012 she received a master’s of fine arts in photography from the Yale School of Art in New Haven, in 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 images combine together and represent each other but they can also stand separately but either way they all represent the Hmong American narrative.^[5]

Grants and Awards

2016
- McKnight Visual Artists Fellowship, Minneapolis^[6]

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
- My grandfather turned into a tiger, PLATFORM Centre, Winnepeg, Canada (Jan 11–Feb 22)^[6]

2018
- My grandfather turned into a tiger, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis (Feb 10–April 7) ^[6]

2016
- My Mother’s Flowers, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis (June 23–July 30)^[6]

2015
- Attention, Minneapolis Institute of Art (April 16–June 7) ^[6]
  - The King’s Seven Daughters, The Bindery Projects, St Paul (March 21–22) ^[6]
  - Focus: Pao Houa Her, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing MI (Jan 30–June 7) ^[6]

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
- in(di)visible, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston TX (Feb 3–April 22)^[6]

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
- Reframe Minnesota: Art Beyond a Single Story, All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis (June 24–Sept 16)^[6]

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
- The 2014 Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Oct 3–Nov 9)^[6]

2013
- Swerve and Fracture, Camera Club of New York, New York City (Sept 14–Nov 2) ^[6]

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

^ "Hmong-American photographer is a pioneer". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
^ ^a ^b [www.bockleygallery.com/artist_her/index.html. "Pao Houa Her"]. Bockley Gallery. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ "Academy News - February 2019 PM&R". PM&R. 11 (2): 219–220. 2019-02. doi:10.1002/pmrj.12078. ISSN 1934-1482. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Photo exhibit features East Side Hmong-American experience | Lillie Suburban Newspapers - LillieNews.com". www.lillienews.com. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
^ "Contemporary American Art at Illinois". Art Journal. 28 (4): 404. 1969. doi:10.2307/775319. ISSN 0004-3249.
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External links

http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_her/index.html

[1] "Hmong-American photographer is a pioneer". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

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[3] "Academy News - February 2019 PM&R". PM&R. 11 (2): 219–220. 2019-02. doi:10.1002/pmrj.12078. ISSN 1934-1482. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[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. 1969. doi:10.2307/775319. ISSN 0004-3249.

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