Profile
Summary of Sculptor Pham Thê Trung
Considered
among the finest Canadian artists today ,Pham Thê Trung has achieved this
stature through a consuming passion for his work and an unrelenting dedication
to its quality and integrity. Pham’ art reflects both Vietnamese past and
Canadian presence , as well as modern and tradition schools of art.
Pham has
participated in many major exhibitions through out Canada and USA, organized by Sculptors
Society of Canada, Multicultural History Society of Ontario, Roy Thomson Hall, the Art
Gallery of Ontario, the University of Toronto’s Roberts Gallery, Royal Ontario
Museum and Civilization Museum of Canada (project 2000) . He also has been
covered in many articles such as Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Canadian Magazine,
CBC, CTV, True North Arrivals CD ( CTV for Education), Dini Betty show… He is member of Sculptors’ Society of Canada and an
active member of the Vietnamese Community.
In 30 years
of his artistic career, Pham has achieved distinction for his Sculptures and
has received many awards. Among those is the Award of Merit from City Toronto
and the Gold Medal for the Arts in 1997. Pham won the competition of the “
Vietnamese Commemorative Monument ” project that held jointly by the City of
Ottawa and the Vietnamese Canadian Federation in 1993. His commissioned statue
named “ Refugee Mother and Child “ was erected
in the park at the corner of
Preston St. and Somerset Ave. west in Ottawa. It was officially unveiled
on April 30, 1995 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Fall of
Saigon.” Refugee Mother and Child “ pays
tribute to the Vietnamese boat people who fell victim to the Communist regime
and depicts the triumph of the human spirit.
More
recently, Pham designed the “ Monument for the Fallen” that would be
constructed at the Republic of Vietnam’s Veterans Cemetery in Adelanto, South
California- USA. The Monument includes
busts of five RVN Heroes Generals who committed suicide on the day of the Fall
of Saigon, April 30, 1975.
Pham spent
six years of formal training and graduated from the National College of Fine
Arts in Saigon. In 1980, Pham fled
Vietnam by boat to escape persecution from the Communist regime. From a
refugee camp in Thailand, Pham has granted immigrant status for Canada . Pham’s art helps heighten our
awareness of how Canada has emerged as one of the great world cosmopolitans and
an honoured country of hope.
For more
information about Pham’s background and achievements, please visit his website
at www.phamthetrung.weebly.com