Vanghoua Anthony Vue's practice harnesses the frictions and tensions of cultural difference from his transcultural Hmong Australian experience to develop works that offer more inclusive, diverse and hybrid tropes of belonging within cultural and national identities. These works often employ humour and satire to blur the lines and definitions that have been developed by processes of Othering. A key focus in Vue's work is also how individual and collective memories, together with the records and artefacts of official history can be repurposed to offer more compelling retellings of recent Hmong experiences of war and migration, which have been largely ignored, overlooked, and forgotten. Additionally, Vue's practice seeks to create transcultural spaces for viewing, art-making and social interaction by diverse audiences within and outside of traditional art exhibiting spaces.
Vue was the 2017 Artist in Residence at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, USA, and the 2016 Artist in Residence at AIR 3331, Nishikicho Studio, Tokyo. His work has been curated into solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally.
Vue was the inaugural TRACE artist-in-residence in 2015.
