Tommy Truong
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Artist Bio
Tommy Truong is a digital artist, emerging curator, technician, and independent animator, whose work explores the ideas of human behavior, diaspora, and storytelling; specifically, how they coincide and complement one another. Recognizing the artistic merit of his practice, Truong was shortlisted for Equitable Bank’s Emerging Digital Artist Award, and received OCAD U’s Integrated Media Project 31 Scholarship. Truong has also exhibited in venues across Toronto like, Xpace Cultural Centre, OCAD University, Artscape, The Royal Cinema, Daniel Spectrum, The Royal Cinema, The Brandscape, Tranzac, and Art Gallery of Ontario.
SCREENINGS & FESTIVALS & EXHIBITIONS
2024 _other tongues part I communication, Onsite Gallery (RHD), Toronto, Ontario
2024 Regent Park Film Festival, Pitch Competition Alumni Showcase, Ada Slaight Hall, Daniels Spectrum, T.O.
2024 Prague Film Awards 2024, Kino Aero, Prague, Czech Republic
2023 Light Up the Dark 2023, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Ont. – Upcoming in December
2023 In the Margins, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Ont.
2023 Lift-Off Online Film Festival, Lift-Off Global Network, Online
2022 20th Regent Park Film Festival, Emerging Director’s Pitch Retrospective, Ada Slaight Hall, Daniels Spectrum, T.O.
2022 Lunenburg Doc Fest 2022, Lunenburg Opera House, Lunenburg, NS.
2022 Not My Today, Hot Docs, Toronto (Credit: Editor)
2021 Precarious Joy, Hearth Garage, T.O.
2020 Animation Workshop – “Skatrix”, DesignTO, Toronto
2019 Regent Park Film Festival Director’s Spotlight – Official Selection, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto
2019 Rendezvous with Madness Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2019 Moving Pictures at An Exhibition, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
2019 Artists’ Health Alliance, OCAD University, Toronto
2018 Rules: From Safety Precautions, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto – Film Editor
2018 TAIS’ Fan Fiction Anijam, The Royal Cinema, Toronto
2017 Long Winter Arts Festival, Tranzac, Toronto
2017 Bunker 2 – Fundraiser, Tough Guy Mountain’s Brandscape, Toronto
2017 Augmented Cinema V, The Royal Cinema, Toronto
2017 NO-STO, Daniel Spectrum, Toronto, Ont.
2017 VPN to IRL (Images Festival Off-site exhibition), Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
2017 102nd Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, Ont.
2016 Equitable Bank’s Emerging Digital Artist Award, Artscape Sandbox, Toronto, Ont.
2015 Polypackets, OCAD U Great Hall Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.
2015 Baroque-N-Link, OCAD University, Toronto, Ont.
CURATORIAL PRACTICE & JURY PARTICIPATION
2023 Juror, Experimental Animation Year-End Screening, Alliance Française, Toronto
2023 Juror & Curator, Yonge-Dundas Square 2023 Public Art Exhibition, Yonge-Dundas Square
2022 Juror & Curator, Yonge-Dundas Square 2022 Public Art Exhibition, Yonge-Dundas Square
2021 Juror & Curator, Yonge-Dundas Square 2021 Public Art Exhibition, Yonge-Dundas Square
2020 Advisory Committee, BigArtTO, City of Toronto, Ont.
2018 Curator, Preservation and Permanence, InterAccess, Toronto
2017 Juror, OCADU Great Hall Student Exhibition, Toronto
AWARDS & COMPETITIONS
2023 NFB Award, Regent Park Film Festival & National Film Board, Toronto
2017 Career Launcher Fund, OCAD University, Toronto
2016 Emerging Digital Artist Award, Equitable Bank, Toronto – Finalist
2016 TUFF (Toronto Urban Film Festival), Toronto – Shortlisted
2016 Magnotta Winery Art Competition, Magnotta Winery, Vaughan – Finalist
2016 AkimboTV, Monthly Short Video Festival Winner
2014 – 2015 Integrated Media Project 31 Scholarship, OCAD University, Toronto
COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS
2022 Not Along the Lines, Yonge and Dundas Square, City Sightseeing Toronto, Mural, Toronto, Ont.
2022 Animated Short Documentary: My Name is 張麟發 Tommy Lan Phat Truong, CBC, Toronto, Ont.
2021 Temporarily Hedged, Yonge and Dundas Square Tix Box, Public Art Mural, Toronto, Ont.
2021 Surviving Romeo: Jenna’s Story (Animation), Strides Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
2019 A Story Anchored in Ancestry (360 Animation), Northern VR, Toronto
2017 Virtual Reality artwork, Gallery’s VR App Gallery (V/Art Projects), Trinity Square Video, Toronto
ARTIST TALKS & PANELS
2020 “Long Winter Info Session”, Info Session | Submission Workshop, speaker, Centre for Emerging Artist and Designers – OCAD U, Toronto
2019 “Storytelling in New Media”, Intersections: New Media Blitz Talks, speaker, Reel Asian Film Festival, Toronto, Nov 8.
2019 Anxiety in the Art World, panelist, InterAccess, Toronto, Jun 21.
2019 Artist Health Alliance, panelist Q&A, OCAD University, Toronto, Mar 21.
WORKSHOP FACILITATING
2022 Intro to Stop-Motion (Dragon Frame), OCADU University, Toronto.
2020 Bright Lights Camp–Stop Motion Animation, University of Toronto Schools, TAIS & FireFly Foundation, Toronto – Cancelled because of COVID-19
2019 Animation Workshop Series– “Skatrix”, DesignTO, Toronto
2019 Bright Lights Camp–Stop Motion Animation, University of Toronto Schools, TAIS & FireFly Foundation, Toronto
2019 Youth Video Production Workshop Bootcamp, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
2019 Adobe After Effects Composting/Editing Workshop, Toronto Public Library, Digital Innovation Hubs, Toronto
2019 Introduction to Adobe After Effects, Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto
2019 Adobe After Effects Workshop, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
2018 Adobe After Effects Composting/Editing Workshop, Toronto Public Library, Digital Innovation Hubs, Toronto
2018 Adobe After Effects Workshop, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
RESIDENCIES
2018 – 2019 Artists’ Health Alliance, Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto
2017 Summer Student Residency, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2021 – Present Technician, Integrated Media, OCAD University, Toronto. Ont.
2019 – 2022 Treasurer, Board of Directors, Trinity Square Video, Toronto. Ont.
2020 Mentor, Tobi Linklater: The moment an endurance to the end forever, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Ont.
2019 – 2020 Workshop and Studio Support Technician, TAIS, Toronto
2019 – 2020 Technical Director, Animation Project Management, Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra & OCAD University
2018 – 2019 Technical Director, Animation Project Management, Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra & OCAD University
2013 – 2018 Free-lance Illustrator, Horse Canada Publication, Aurora, Ont.
2018 Art Installation Assistant, Jessie Sheng – Cloud 9 Aisle 5, Nuit Blanche 2018
2017 Gallery Programming Assistant, Trinity Square Video – Internship
2016 Art Installation Assistant, Luzinterruptus Collective – Traffic vs. Literature, Nuit Blanche
2015 Visual Resources and Special Collections Monitor, OCAD University
EDUCATION
2013 – 2017 OCAD University, BFA (High Distinction), Toronto, Ont., Canada
2007 – 2009 Centennial College, Diploma in General Business, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Recent Works
