EXHIBITS

The Past Exhibit at Oswego Heritage House, The Present at Oregon Historical Society, and The Future Exhibit at Jeffrey Allen Gallery.

The Past and The Future Exhibits ended in August. The Present was a single day event - the whole event can be viewed on Oregon Historical Society's website.

PAST EXHIBITS:

Exhibit Flyer: Oswego Heritage House Museum

398 10th Street Lake Oswego, OR 97034

503.635.6373

Open: Mon - Fri 10am - 3pm

Closed: Tues, Sat - Sun

Exhibit Flyer: Jeffrey Allen Gallery

12460 SW Main Street Tigard, OR 97223

503.968.7199

EXHIBIT BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

Open: Mon - Sat 10am - 6pm

Closed: Sunday

Lê Quang Vinh

[June 2, 1948 – December 7, 2014]Born in Huế, Vietnam, Vinh was the youngest of five children. He never knew his father and was raised by his mother, Châu Thị Thí, and eldest sister. In Huế he studied fine arts at university, and at the age of 24, joined the Republic of Vietnam Navy. In Spring of 1975, while serving on a battleship in the middle of the South China Sea, Vinh and shipmates were forced to sail away from their homeland. He, along with tens of thousands Vietnamese people landed in Subic Bay, Philippines. Travelling on a cargo ship, headed to the same destination, was Lương Thị Thu, Vinh's future wife. There they met briefly before parting ways. One of 13 children, Thu and her family were sponsored by a Lutheran church in Portland, Oregon. Vinh was sponsored by a family in NE Portland. They reconnected through the growing Vietnamese community, and in 1977 Vinh and Thu married. By that year, Vinh had finished 5 paintings and throughout his life in Portland, Oregon completed 22 paintings, with his last in 2014. Vinh was not a commercial artist during his lifetime. Instead, he painted for himself. In his humble beginnings, he worked days as a custodian, and spent evenings in front of his easel, painting stories of emperors and maidens. Later in life he painted to express what he was not able to communicate with words. He painted his memories, dreams and philosophical contemplations. Vinh is survived by his wife, Thu and three children, Vy, Kha and Vân, and two grandchildren, Haru and Kazuma.

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