KV Duong (b.1980 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam) received his MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in London in 2024 following his Master and Bachelor degrees completed in Applied Science and Engineering at University of Toronto. Vuong is an ethnically Chinese artist with a transnational background—born in Vietnam, raised in Canada, and now living as a queer person in Britain. Duong paints, sculpts, performs, and builds installations, all centred around form and materiality in response to his lived experiences.
Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL, USA (2025); Between This Body and the World, Harlesden High Street, London UK (2024); Too Foreign for Home, Too Foreign for Here, Migration Museum, London UK (2022); Letter to my younger self, RB12, London UK (2019); Identity, Streatham Space Project, London UK (2018).
Group exhibitions include Inside/ Outside and All In Between, Migration Museum, London UK (2024); KINK, Maximillian Wölfgang Gallery, London UK (2024); PORTALS, Royal Over-Seas League, London UK (2024); No Place Like Home: The Diaspora, Xia Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (2024); MA in Painting - Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London UK (2024); Layered and Interwoven: Exploring Post-Colonial Identity, University of Greenwich/ Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London UK (2024); Buffer 3, Guts Gallery, London UK ((2024); Minor Attractions with Harlesden High Street, Mandrake Hotel, London UK (2024); Social Tapestry, Chilli Art Projects, London UK (2024); Terrence Higgins Trust, Christie’s Auction House, London UK (2024); The Future of Belonging (with Speiro Projects), Noho Showroom, London UK (2024); Out of Reach: The Enigma of Consciousness, Art in the docks Gallery, London UK (2024); Discoveries, Fiumano Clase, London UK (2024); Finding Place, The Ancient Priors, Crawley (2024); Momentum, Fitzrovia Gallery, London UK (2024); ALTAR-NATIVE, Ugly Duck (Courage Yard), London UK (2023).
Highlights and Collections
KV Duong's work can be found in private collections internationally including the London School of Economics, London UK; Capital Group, London, UK and Ashurst Collection, London, UK.