Reception for Millian Giang Pham: People Like You

Millian Giang Pham: People Like You
on view: February 27–March 15, 2024
reception: Friday, March 1, 5-7 pm

Strata Gallery presents People Like You, a solo exhibition by Alabama-based artist and educator Millian Giang Pham. The exhibition opens February 27, with a special reception on Friday, March 1, 5-7 pm.

Millian Pham’s art practice focuses on structures and barriers that oppress the body through visual abstraction and textual obfuscation. She uses visual art strategies to flip this on the viewer by creating visual puzzles through small embroideries and needlework. Since the answer to each composition is provided in the title of each work, Pham’s works exist as a demonstration of perspectival shift rather than a challenge to solve; however, the opportunity to solve each puzzle is still available by not looking up the answer.

Millian Pham stated, “This will be a wonderful return to Santa Fe. It’s been three great years with Strata Gallery, during which I had many wonderful mentorship meetings with emerging artists and saw a myriad of different works by established artists. I’m so happy to be back with a collection of new works to share with the Santa Fe community.”

Millian Giang Pham received her BFA in Painting and Printmaking from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma and her MFA in Sculpture from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Studio Art – Foundations at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Her works have been exhibited throughout the United States and in Canada, Korea, and Pakistan.