© Quynh Vantu, 2015

VITA
Born 1978, in Richmond Virginia USA. Based in London UK.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Current Registered Architect in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA (License No.013262)
Current LEED(Leadership in Environmental Energy Design) accredited professional

EDUCATION
2014-current | MPhil/PhD candidate Architectural Design, UCL Research Scholarship, Bartlett School of Architecture – University College London, London, United Kingdom
2012-2013 | J.William Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar, Master of Arts Contemporary Arts Practice (Distinction), Coventry School of Art and Design, Coventry, United Kingdom
2012 | Participant, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine USA
2010-2011 | DAAD Scholar, Institut für Raumexperimente(w.Olafur Eliasson)-Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2010 | Visiting Scholar, ETH-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
2007-2009 | Master of Architecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
2006 | Post Bac Certificate(Summer Sculpture Residency), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia USA
1996-2001 | Bachelor of Architecture (cum laude), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia USA

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 | Artist-in-Residence, Kamiyama AIR – Green Valley NGO, Kamiyama Japan
2015 | Finalist – Wheelwright Prize for Young Architects, Harvard University – Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2015 | Artist-in-Residence, Schöppingen Künstlerdorf, Schöppingen, Germany
2015 | Sculpture Shock 2015 Finalist, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London, UK
2015 | Atelier Scholarship, Atelier Austmarka, Austmarka, Norway
2014 | Artist-in-Residence, Norrköping AIR, Norrköping, Sweden
2014 | Sculpture Shock 2014 Finalist, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London, UK
2014-2018 | UCL Reseach Scholarship, Bartlett School of Architecture – University College London, London, UK
2013 | Artist-in-Residence, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2013 | Artist-in-Residence, DordtYart, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2013 | Visiting Artist | Billytown | The Hague, The Netherlands
2012-2013 | J. William Fulbright Fellowship, United Kingdom, Institute of International Education, Washington, DC USA + London UK
2012 | Fellowship Award, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine USA
2012 | Artist-in-Residence, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Dabudo, South Korea
2012 | Visiting Artist, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska USA
2010-2011 | DAAD Scholarship, DAAD(Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst), Bonn, Germany
2010 | Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska USA
2010 | Artist-in-Residence, Villa Sträuli, Winterthur, Switzerland
2009-2010 | Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant, Center for Architecture Foundation, AIA New York
2008-2009 | Martha Stewart Omnimedia Award, Worldstudio AIGA Award, New York, New York USA
2008-2009 | George Zonars Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2008-2009 | Harry Ormstrom Architecture Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2007-2008 | Diamler Chrysler Scholar, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2007-2008 | Helen DeRoy Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2006 | Studio Assistantship, Penland School of Crafts
2001 | Faculty Award for Professional Promise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, School of Architecture
1998 | Commonwealth Award Scholarship, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

EXHIBITIONS
2014 | Festival of Future Nows, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2014 | Inconvenient Architectures, Norrköping AIR, Norrköping, Sweden
2014 | Wadden Tide, Vadehavs Festival, Blåvand, Denmark
2014 | Quynh Vantu: Thresholds, McColl Center for Visual Art, Chartlotte, North Carolina USA
2013 | DordtYart Werft…, Dordrecht Museum, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2013 | DordtYart 2013 Exhibition, DordtYart, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2013 | Designed to Win, Kendall College of Art and Design Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
2013 | Another Metric, Billytown, The Hague, The Netherlands
2013 | Borders, Staycation Museum, Berlin, Germany
2012 | The Enchanted Loom: Artists, Writers and the Brain, Asian American Womens Artists Association, San Francisco, California USA
2012 | Placemakers, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska USA
2011 | Ease Labyrinth, Grey Sheep, Berlin, Germany
2011 | Mapping Everything : Rundgang 11, ETH-Zürich + Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2011 | Life is Space, Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin, Germany
2010 | Art in the Garden, Copper Colored Mountain Arts Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
2010 | Past Present Future, Villa Sträuli, Winterthur, Switzerland
2009 | Eclipse, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
2009 | Loose Cannon, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
2008-2009 | Diamler Chrysler New Art Exhibition, Diamler Chrysler, Farmington Hills, Michigan USA
2008 | Cranbrook at Cave, Cave Detroit Gallery, Russel Industrial Center, Detroit, Michigan USA
2008 | Small Is Beautiful, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
2008 | {Re}Form, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
2008 | Vibrio, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
2008 | Hairpool, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
2007 | Re-Inventing the Brick, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
2006 | Voppi Soppi Yoppu, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia USA
2001 | Thesis Exhibition, Virginia Tech School of Architecture, Blacksburg, Virginia USA
2001 | Inbetween, Virginia Tech School of Architecture, Blacksburg, Virginia USA