He is an Emmy Award winning Vietnamese-Australian artist working in New York City. His bold brush and ink paintings are informed by calligraphic Eastern sumi-e ink traditions and Western comic books.
His illustrated essays, comics and animation interrogate the repercussions of war, with a focus on diasporic refugee narratives and the experiences of asylum seekers and migrant communities.
Huynh’s VR documentary, Reeducated, won a Peabody Award and Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Media. His interactive comic The Boat was awarded a World Illustration Award and he was Eisner nominated for Cabramatta.
Huynh’s comics, animation and illustrations have been exhibited by the MoMA, The Smithsonian and The Sydney Opera House.
When he is not writing and painting with ink, he is making ink.
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