Selected Bibliography
2024 Nguyen-vo, Thu-huong. Almost Futures: Sovereignty and Refuge at World’s End. Oakland, CA: University of California Press. June 2024. Cover art.
Ohanesian, Liz. Explore Art at Los Angeles International Airport. Los Angeles, CA: Discover Los Angeles. February 24, 2024.
2023 Redman, Bridgette. 12 Art Exhibitions to Visit in Los Angeles this Winter. National Airport Reveals Latest Art Installations. Travelmag. December 27, 2023.
Hendry, Jonathan E. A Growing Program: Los Angeles International Airport Reveals Latest Art Installations. Montréal, Canada: Simply Flying. December 20, 2023.
Tome, Tamotsu Timo. Arise. Shine. Thy Light is Come. Honolulu, HI + Southern CA: Manoa Sky Films. December 12, 2023. Documentary film.
Vitale, Cat. LAX Airport welcomes art installations by local and regional artists. New York, NY: Airport Technology. December 22, 2023.
Karantzavelou, Vicky. New art Installations by local and regional artists welcome holiday travelers at LAX. Athens, Greece: Travel Daily News International. Dec 12,2023.
Glasstire. Houston, TX: The Best of 2023. December 12, 2023. In Passing: Ann Le and Trinh Mai listed as one of Texas's best shows of 2023 by staff and contributors.
Wasafiri Magazine. London, England: Shorelines: Southeast Asia and the Littoral: Issue 116. Winter 2023. Cover and selection of art published.
Reynolds, Chris. Los Angeles, CA: How I hiked LAX. November 15, 2023. Artwork featured.
Orozco, Lance. Ventura County's 150th anniversary celebration includes art in unexpected places. Santa Paula, CA: KCLU 88.3 FM. October 24, 2023.
Ruiz, Jason. Veterans Park is getting a new mural. Here’s what it might look like. Long Beach, CA: Long Beach Post. October 18, 2023.
Kennedy, Ned. ‘Momentum’ exhibit presents socially-conscious art from Providence area, around world. Providence, RI: The Brown Daily Herald. September 21, 2023.
Kimball, Jill. Exhibition at Brown meditates on recent progress, steps backward in the fight for racial equity. Providence, RI: News from Brown. September 19, 2023.
DVAN in partnership with Texas Tech University Press. Lubbock, TX: Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose, 25th Anniversary Edition. April 2023.
Cover art and words published. (Also mentioned in USA Today)
Tam, H.J. Of Scrolls and Tears: Trinh Mai’s Archival Art and Organic Ephemera: Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press: Verge: Studies in Global Asias:
Vol 9: Issue 1. Spring 2023. 44-56, Spring 2023.
Jubilee, Michèle. Tracing Roots: Trinh Mai Finds the Beauty in Life through Honoring Cultural Heritage. San Jose, CA: Content Magazine. 15.2. Spring 2023.
Interview and artwork published, photography by Arabela Espinoza.
Voyage LA. Conversations with Trinh Mai. Los Angeles, CA: VoyageLA Magazine. January 18, 2023.
Grito De Mujer | Woman Scream | Cri De Femme. Woman Scream 2023 Anthology of Poets. La Romana, Dominican Republic: Woman Scream. January 2023.
2022 Shoutout SoCal. Meet Trinh Mai | Fine Art Professional. Los Angeles, CA: VoyageLA Magazine. November 8, 2022.
She Who Has No Master/s. Me Too/Vietnamese Bodies. New York, NY: 128 Lit. November 2022.
Ja’net Danielo. This Body I Have Tried to Write. Grafton, WI: MAYDAY Magazine | New American Press. October 17, 2022. Cover art.
EcoTheo Collective. Visitations: Three Paintings. Princeton, NJ: EcoTheo Review. Summer 2022. Three paintings published.
Janisch, Austin. Memories of Tomorrow’s Sunrise at CSULA. Los Angeles, CA: Art and Cake Contemporary Art Magazine. July 11, 2022.
Abrahams, Megan Frances. Memories of Tomorrow’s Sunrise. Los Angeles, CA: Fabrik Magazine. July 3, 2022.
Adams, Alec. Trinh Mai’s Understory Soars into Triton Museum. San Jose, CA: Metro Silicon Valley. May 25, 2022.
Princeton Architectural Press. New York, NY: Artist’s Grief Deck. Second Edition. Fall 2022. Artwork, prompt, and bio published in English and Spanish.
Vietnamese Boat People Podcast. Things Hidden, Mỹ Việt (American Vietnamese) Story Slam, Vietnamese Boat People Podcast, nationwide. May 4, 2022.
Paris, Melina. Arts Council for Long Beach Grantees Represent Diversity. Long Beach, CA: Random Lengths News. March 17, 2022.
2021 Brandon, Elissaveta M. A humanitarian crisis plagues the U.S.–Mexico border. See just how deadly it is. New York, NY: Fast Company Magazine. October 18, 2021.
Rico, Juliana. Episode 4: Trinh Mai Part 1 and Episode 5: Trinh Mai Part 2. Art in Motion. November 3+9 2021.
University of California Berkeley School of Law. Flesh of my Flesh: Berkeley, CA: Asian American Law Journal: Vol 28: Issue 1. October 28, 2021.
Kwok, Crystal. Flesh of my Flesh. 90.1 KTUH: KwokTalk, April 16, 2021. [Watch clip]
Christians for Social Action. How Suffering and Storytelling Can Form Us into People of Justice: An Interview with Artist Trinh Mai. St. Davids, PA: June 3, 2021.
Great Sky Media. Hostile Terrain at BCRC|MCLA. April 15, 2021.
Hoover, Joe. When poetry meets spirituality. New York, NY: America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture. April 8, 2021.
Mobley, Karen. An Interview with Author Shann Ray. Art Chowder Arts + Culture Magazine: Issue 32. March | April 2021.
One work published with discussion on Atomic Theory 7 collaboration.
Hoang, Anvi. Why Do You Look at Me and See a Girl? Chicago, IL: Guernica World Editions. April 2021. Cover art published.
Vietnamese American Society of Creative Arts & Music. Things Hidden: In the Studio with Trinh Mai. March 20, 2021.
Dinh, Thaomi Michelle. Seattle: WA: The Politics of Care: Historical Retrieval in Vietnamese American Cultural Production.
Seattle: WA: University of Washington ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2021.
Hammett, Stephanie. The best books of Locally Writ in 2020. Spokane, WA: Spokesman-Review, January 2, 2021.
2020 Abbott, Katherine. Unison stronger than fission: Poetry and art hold a light in hard times. Williamstown, MA: By the Way Berkshires, December 22, 2020. Ndiaye, Mariama. An Upcoming Gallery 51 Artist Talk with Trinh Mai. North Adams, MA: The Beacon, October 22, 2020. Abbott, Katherine. Seeking strength and sanctuary: Exhibit puts college’s focus on immigration. North Adams, MA: Hill Country Observer, October 2020. Trinh Mai and fellow artists weave immigration and family stories. Williamstown, MA: By the Way Berkshires, October 8, 2020. Gonzaga Magazine. “Atomic Theory 7: Poems to My Wife and God” grapples with juxtaposition: the body at rest and war, the unity between dark and light.” Spokane, WA: Gonzaga Magazine. Fall 2020. Dierdorff, Hannah. Gathered Together in the Dark: An interview with Trinh Mai and Shann Ray. Fort Collins, CO: Ruminate Magazine. Review and interview published in five parts. August 24, 2020. University of California Berkeley School of Law. From the Snare of the Fowler: Berkeley, CA: Asian American Law Journal: Vol 27: Issue 1. Aug 19, 2020. Nguyen, Ly Thuy. Queer Dis/inheritance and Refugee Futures. New York, NY: Women's Studies Quarterly: Vol. 48, No. 1/2, pp. 218-235. Spring/Summer 2020. Welcker, Ellen. The Intimate and Atomic Other: Fusion in the poems of Shann Ray and the Art of Trinh Mai. Federal Way, WA: High Desert Journal, May 2020. Hammett, Stephanie. Local poet and professor explores ‘ultimate forgiveness’. Spokane, WA: Spokesman-Review, March 9, 2020. Fujita-Rony, Dorothy. Illuminating Militarized Rupture: Four Asian American Community-Based Archives. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press: Johns Hopkins University Press: Journal of Asian American Studies: Volume 23, Number 1, February 2020, pp. 1-27. Mai, Trinh and Ray, Shann. Atomic Theory 7: Poems to my wife and God. Eugene, OR: Resource Publications. January 15, 2020 A collaborative book that dovetails the poetry of Shann Ray and the artwork of Trinh Mai with foreword by Kristin George Bagdanov. Liang, Gia Grace. Vietnamese Women Public School Administrators Leading for Social Justice and Equity. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University: Journal of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement: Vol.15 : Issue 2. 2020.
2019 Tai, Jessica; Zavala, Jimmy; Gabiola, Joyce; Brilmyer, Gracen; and Caswell, Michelle. Summoning the Ghosts: Records as Agents in Community Archives,
New Haven, CT: Yale University: Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies: Vol. 6 , Article 18. Duke University Press. Durham, NC: Radical Transnationalism: Reimagining Solidarities, Violence, Empires: Volume 18, Number 2. October 2019. Cover art.
Boyd, Jessica. THIS IS FOR MẸ: Saying Goodbye to Fear with Trinh Mai. diaCRITICS, May 22, 2019. Southeast Asia Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. The Evolution of Protest Art. April 12, 2019.
Ruminate Happenings. Fort Collins, CO: Ruminate Magazine. February 28, 2019.
Nguyen, Justin. That We Should Be Heirs. The Guardian, February 25, 2019.
Deaderick, Lisa. Art beat: February gallery and exhibit openings. San Diego, CA: Pacific Magazine, January 28, 2019.
Kezra, Victoria. Artists take ‘Ancestral Journeys’ in Euphrat exhibit. San Jose Mercury News, January 25, 2019.
2018 Stueven, Michele. The Foodie Space in Pasadena. LA Weekly, November 27, 2018.
Ferguson, Hannah. Viewers can immerse themselves in giant food displays at interactive art exhibit. Daily Bruin, November 22, 2018.
ETTV America. The Foodie Space: Food-Themed Museum Opening. November 22, 2018. [in Chinese]
Salt Stained. San Jose, CA: California Magazine: Issue 361. October 2018. One work published.
Singh, Gary. Exhibit Marks First Viet-Japanese Collaboration for Art Object Gallery. Metroactive, September 12, 2018.
NBC Bay Area. Asian Pacific America: Salt Stained Art Exhibit features Vietnamese Artists with host Robert Handa. September 9, 2018.
Bagdanov, Kristin George. Editors Ruminate: On Haunting. July 8, 2018.
Hauntings. Fort Collins, CO: Ruminate Magazine: Issue 47. Five works, nine images published, one selected for cover.
The Blue Hour Anthology. Portland, OR: Blue Hour Press: Volume Four. Four works published.
Strom, Dao. Profiles in Art: Trinh Mai. diaCRITICS, March 8, 2018.
Dường, Lan and Espiritu, Yến Lê. (2018, Summer) Feminist Refugee Epistemology: Reading Displacement in Vietnamese & Syrian Refugee Art. (full text)
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 43:3, Summer 2018. One work published with accompanying analysis by authors.
2017 Barton, David. The 10 Best Art Shows of the Worst Year Ever. OC Weekly, December 28, 2017.
McIntosh, Linda. 'A Time to Heal' art exhibit opens at MiraCosta College. The Baltimore Sun, November 15, 2017.
Saigon Broadcasting Television Network. Viet Am Voices on the Vietnam War. Garden Grove, CA. October 23, 2017
Esquivel, Samantha. Artistic Vision: Trinh Mai renders a personal history. Orange County, CA: Coast Magazine, Summer Issue, 2017.
University of Nebraska Press. Frontiers: Journal of Women Studies: Volume 38.1: Summer 2017. Three works published, including one on front and back covers.
Salt and Sugar Productions. A Time to Heal. July 17, 2017.
IndiePop Films. One Day in Santa Ana. Featured artist. Orange and San Bernardino Counties: July 2017.
Kroth, Maya. Summer arts preview: Top 10 visual art picks. San Diego Union-Tribune, May 26, 2017.
McIntosh, Linda. Museum's art series focuses on veterans. Chicago Tribune, May 24, 2017.
Barton, Dave. 'War Wounds' at Grand Central Art Center Takes on the Poetics of Hurt. Orange County, CA: OC Weekly. April 20, 2017.
Fullerton Observer. War Wounds: Trinh Mai at Grand Central Art Center. March 2017.
Anderson, Meredith. Remembering the Vietnam War with Artist Trinh Mai. San Diego, CA: Prospect Journal of International Affairs at UCSD. February 10 2017.
Marcotte, Steve. North San Diego County, CA: Oside News. January 12, 2017. One work published with exhibition announcement.
The Artist Odyssey. Honoring Life: The Work of Trinh Mai.
Martinez, A. and Merina, Dorian. New generation of Vietnamese art explores past, pushes boundaries. 89.3 KPCC: Take Two, May 1, 2015.
2016 Trinh Mai: Lifeline. San Diego, CA: Pacific San Diego Magazine, December issue, 2016: 40. One work published with exhibition announcement. Grand Central Art Center. War Wounds: Trinh Mai. November 6, 2016.
Nguyễn, Linh Thủy. Contested Terrains: Family, Intimacy and War Memories.
De la Cruz, Denise. Community Engagement Brings Art to Affordable Housing Communities in Santa Ana. OC Weekly, October 13, 2016.
Strom, Dao. OUT OF THE MARGINS: Trinh Mai - Pt. 2:: The Third Eye Series. diaCRITICS. July 4, 2016.
Strom, Dao. OUT OF THE MARGINS: Trinh Mai - Pt. 1:: We Are Here. diaCRITICS. June 30, 2016.
THSART. Artist Spotlight: Trinh Mai. May 12, 2016. Le, Madalyn. Interview with Trinh Mai, the subject of 'Honoring Life: The Work of Trinh Mai'. Viet Film Festival. March 31, 2016.
Việt Báo Daily News. VASCAM Exhibition: Nature and Us - Art works by Trinh Mai & Ann Phong. February 7, 2016. Sakasegawa, Mike. Episode 1: Trinh Mai. Keep the Channel Open, January 27, 2016.
Hidle, Jade. Living History at VAOHP's Vietnamese Focus Exhibit. diaCritics, January 11, 2016.
The Letter Exchange. Cambridge, MA. Four letters published.
2015 (Re)Collecting the Vietnam War. Fort Washington, MD: Asian American Literary Review: Volume 6, Issue 2: Fall 2015. One work published.
Vũ, Quý Hạo Nhiên. Từ tỵ nạn đến cộng đồng năng động (From refugee to dynamic community). BBC, September 14, 2015. [in Vietnamese, English translation] Vũ, Quý Hạo Nhiên. Little Saigon understands what Syrian refugees are going through. Voice of OC, September 9, 2015.
Nguyen, Nelson and Tran, Vinh Loc. Một Góc Quận Cam - VIETNAMESE FOCUS: Generations of Stories, Viet TV, September 4, 2015. [in Vietnamese]
Do, Anh. 40 years after Saigon’s fall, O.C. exhibit tells Vietnamese Americans’ stories. Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2015.
Dao, Myriam. Quand l’art contemporain se fait mémoriel (When contemporary art is memory).
D'amitié Franco-Vietnamienne, August 29, 2015. [in French, English translation]
Martinez, A. and Merina, Dorian. Art show explores past, future of Vietnamese in Orange County. 89.3 KPCC: Take Two, August 28, 2015.
Berg, Tom. Generations of stories: Artifacts, photos and a tattered map piece together history of the Vietnamese who settled here. OC Register, August 24, 2015.
Nguyen, Linh. VIETNAMESE FOCUS, triển lãm cộng đồng tị nạn sau 40 năm. Người Việt Daily News, August 14, 2015. [in Vietnamese, English translation]
Hayden, Lydia. An Identity Playlist, Atlanta, Georgia: Transcendence Magazine: Prelude to Issue 3, March 9, 2015.
Haire, Chris. New exhibit combines art and history to tell Vietnamese stories. Orange County Register, August 5, 2015.
Hoang, Kristine. New Exhibit Captures Complexities of Vietnamese in Orange County. OC Weekly, August 3, 2015.
The Artist Odyssey. Honoring Life: The Work of Trinh Mai. Documentary film.
Martinez, A. and Merina, Dorian. New generation of Vietnamese art explores past, pushes boundaries. 89.3 KPCC: Take Two, May 1, 2015.
2014 Nature of Occurrences. Chicago: Thought Collection Publishing: Vol. 2 No. 2. Four works published, one selected for cover.
American Red Cross. Committed to the Cause. Around the Valley: A publication of the American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter, Fall 2014. One work published.
Artist Alliance Member Spotlight: Trinh Mai. Oceanside, CA: Viewpoint, a triannual publication of Oceanside Museum of Art, Fall 2014.
Le Hoa Wilson. Painting the Time. Bowers Museum, December 2014. Ovation TV. The Art of: Taste. Artwork featured from L.A. Heat Exhibition, May 25, 2014.
Kim, Annie. Art Class for the Seniors. Viễn Đông Daily News, August, 10, 2014. [in Vietnamese]
LA18 Evening News. Chinese American Museum's 'LA Heat: Taste Changing Condiments'. March 11, 2014. [in Chinese]
Jao, Carren. Hot Stuff: L.A.'s Cross-Cultural Condiments. KCET Artbound, March 19, 2014.
Frank, Pricilla. An Art Show Dedicated Entirely To Hot Sauce Is Making Our Spicy Dreams Come True. The Huffington Post, March 16, 2014.
Cabral, Javier. 'L.A. Heat': Finally, an art exhibit devoted to Sriracha and Tapatio sauces. Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2014.
2013 Belkhyr, Yasmin. Interview with Trinh Mai Thach. New York: Winter Tangerine Review, Vol. 2, Fall 2013. Three works published.
Winter Tangerine Review. New York: Vol. 1, Summer 2013. Four works published.
Purdue University. Selected Creative Works. West Lafayette, IN: Journal of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement, Vol. 8
One poem and thirteen artworks published. (Hear this poem and a selection of my other poems.)
SueBee. Artist Trinh Mai's tribue to Vietnamese Boat People, SueBee and Kat, November 11, 2013.
Thiên, An. Trịnh Mai và lớp dạy vẽ các vị cao niên gốc Việt (Trịnh Mai's Drawing Classes for Vietnamese Seniors). Người Việt Daily News, June 29, 2013. [in Vietnamese]
Trinh Mai Nói Chuyện Vẽ (Trinh Mai Speaks Art). Viet Weekly. June 16, 2013.
Rơi Nước Mắt Và Tranh Trinh Mai (Tears Fall From Trinh Mai's Paintings), Viet Weekly [in Vietnamese]
Nguyễn, Linh. Họa Sĩ Trinh Mai triển lãm tranh kỷ niệm 25 năm Little Saigon, (Trinh Mai's exhibit celebrates Little Saigon's 25th Anniversary),
Nguoi Viet Daily News, June 13, 2015. [in Vietnamese]
ArtBusiness.com, October 5, 2013.
Chen, Yvonne. Hearts in San Francisco Auction Successful. World Journal [in Chinese]
2012 Richter, Julie. Artists and Their Hearts Revealed for Eight-Annual 'Hearts in San Francisco' Series. San Francisco: Asian Week, December 4, 2012.
Chang, Richard. Visual Art | Top Events. Orange County Register, December 22, 2012. Featured painting: Hồn Mình Hơn Mình (Our Spirit is Greater Than Us)
Pang, Angela. Time and Time Again: A Retrospective Show of Works by Trinh Mai. San Francisco: Asian Week, November 26, 2012. The Second Annual Ao Dai Festival to attract thousands to Downtown San Jose. FSHN Magazine. San Francisco, CA: Fall Fashion Roundup Issue, Vol. 21, 2012.
Hà, Đức. Năm Cửa Hé Mở (Seven Doors Open). Viet Tribune, July 5, 2012.
2011 Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Cupertino, CA: National Edition, Vol. 12, 2011. Artwork published on front and back covers.
Jean, Pamela. Gown Envy: Fendi Spread. Naples, FL: Gulfshore Life Magazine, October 2011.
International Dictionary of Artists. Santa Barbara, CA: World Wide Art Books, Vol. 1, 2011.
Interview with Artist Trinh Mai, (Part I and Part II). Decor TiVi: Episode 13. Saigon TV Channel KJLA 57.5 Los Angeles, KTSF 28 San Francisco
Friends Without a Border to host Passage to Angkor at Second Annual Los Angeles Gala, KCTV 5, 2011.
Chang, Richard. Weekend Highlights for Visual Art, photo and announcement, Orange County Register, August 26, 2011.
Hội Họa Và Thi Ca (Marvelous Metaphors: Art As Visual Poetry), Viet Bao Daily News [in Vietnamese]
Ngọc, Lan. Khai Mac triển lãm 'Ẩn Dụ Nhiệm Mầu: Mỹ Thuật Như Thi Ca (Marvelous Metaphors Exhibit Opens), Nguoi Viet Daily News [in Vietnamese]
An Artist's Perspective: The Stories We Share, The Lessons We Learn, One Vietnam Network
Pang, Angela. Vietnamese Artists Showcase Visual Poetry. San Francisco, CA: Asian Week, August 10, 2011.
Ternate, Chris. Artist Paints to Benefit Life. San Francisco, CA: Golden Gate Express, March 8, 2011.
Pang, Angela. Vietnamese American Artist Fundraises for Children's Hospital. San Francisco: Asian Week, January 19, 2011.
Isaacson, Livia. Pretty Much My Favorite, April 27, 2011.
2010 Trung, Tam Ananda. San Jose, CA: Cali Today, Vietnam TV, San Jose, CA
Mac, Vicki. Local Vietnamese Artist Wins AHSC Poster Contest. San Francisco: Asian Week, April 21, 2010.
Trinh Mai: Winner of 6th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration Poster Contest. MYX TV Interview, April 22, 2010.
Trinh Mai: Artist. Elephant Bar Magazine, La Mirada, CA.
Another Generation Cometh. Naples Daily News, May 10, 2010. Exhibition announcement with photograph.
2009 Trinh Mai: Oil on Canvas. Naples, FL: Pulse Magazine, First Annual Artist Issue, 2009: 33
Art House Co-op. Brooklyn, NY: The Canvas Project Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, 2009.
2008 Casciato, Daniel. Speaking to Others. Naples, FL: Moving with Style Magazine: Leaders of 2008, Vol. 10 (Spring 2008): 22. Included in group portrait on front cover.
King, Rodney. 'I See' Opens at Six Degrees. Florida Weekly, November 20, 2008.
King, Rodney. Six Degrees Exhibitions Grand Opening Party. Florida Weekly: Florida Society, December 4, 2008.
Cassell, Michelle. A Spiritual Journey Through Art. Naples Daily News, video interview, September 3, 2008.
Harden, Bob. Interview on the Bob Harden Show, WGUF 98.9, Naples, FL, December 5, 2008.
Green, Erin. CN35: Naples National Network, June 2008. Television interview as leading fine artist of Naples.
Runnells, Charles. Insightful Artwork. The News-Press: Gulf Coasting South, 2008.
A Second Chance. Naples Daily News. June 6, 2008. Exhibition announcement with photograph.
Naples Sun Times. SONA Gallery presents "I Still Am". May 18, 2008.
2005 Nguyen, Hong Dao. Artist's Canvas Tells Her Story. San Jose Mercury News, November 16, 2005.
2004 Dau Vet Cua Mot Tram Nguoi Con Viet (Traces of One Hundred Viets). Viet Mercury, December 2004.
Nguyen, Hong Dao. Artist reflects heritage in work. San Jose Mercury News, December 2004.
Lewis, Andrea. Traces of the Hundred Viets Exhibition, KPFA 94.1, Berkeley, CA. Radio interview as featured artist, 2004.
2002 International Library of Poetry. The Secret Garden: A Collection of Poetry. One poem published.