About Anthony Le

Anthony Le at Transformer (2023) | Photo courtesy Le
Anthony Le at Transformer (2023) | Photo courtesy Le

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ANTHONY LE (He/They and Le is pronounced like “layman eggs”)

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BIO

Anthony Le (born in Chattanooga, TN, and lives in Washington, DC) is a multidisciplinary artist and identifies as Vietnamese, American, Queer and nonbinary. They work in painting, printmaking, sculpture and fashion, exploring the joy of nonconformity. Le is a 2024 artist in residence at Playhaus. Le received a 2024 Wherewithal Grant by Washington Project for the Arts to create Vagabond, a zine about Vietnamese artists. They are a 2023 and 2024 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellow, and their work is in the DC Art Bank Collection. In 2023, Le presented their solo exhibition “Golden Looking Hour” at Transformer in Washington, DC. Their work has been included in exhibitions at Transformer, Homme Gallery, Touchstone Gallery, Hamiltonian Artists, Target Gallery and Rhizome DC. They have shown work in group exhibitions curated by Latela Curatorial, No Kings Collective, Monochrome Collective and Petworth Arts Collaborative. Le has received additional support from 51 for 51 and Mozaik Philanthropy. Le co-founded the Model Mutiny art collective with their artist spouse Ashley Jaye Williams.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I make surreal images of people close to me, pop culture references and my own self-image in narratives about bias, power and the joy of nonconformity. I investigate masculine stereotypes in our patriarchal society and offer counter-narratives of vulnerability as strength. I’m interested in remixing Asian iconography to dismantle the model minority myth, emasculation and fetishization. I’m exploring queerness through scenes of social deviance and otherness through anthropomorphic metaphor. I pinpoint moments of humor, joy and duality to show how my Asian and nonbinary identity feels expansive.

I co-founded the Model Mutiny art collective with Ashley Jaye Williams, and we collaborate on sculpture, performance and fashion with a focus on body acceptance, gender expression and promoting solidarity.

Past Exhibitions and CV

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Install photo at Transformer (2023) | Courtesy Anthony Le

SOLO

DUO

GROUP

  • Translation Through Art at Strathmore (North Bethesda, MD | 2024)
  • 2024 Collectors’ Night Gala by Washington Project For The Arts (Washington, DC 2024)
  • Asia North 2024 by Towson University’s Asian Arts & Culture Center (Baltimore, MD | 2024)
  • figure at Touchstone Gallery (Washington, DC | 2024)
  • Civil Rights at 60 at DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Washington, DC | 2024)
  • The Invincible Visible – Transformer’s 19th Annual Exhibition & Benefit Auction (Washington, DC | 2023)
  • WIP at Hamiltonian Artists (Washington, DC | 2023)
  • Existence As Protest at Rhizome DC (Washington, DC | 2023)
  • 2023 Queer Art Salon at Selina (Washington, DC | 2023)
  • 13th Annual Patricia Sitar Juried Exhibition at Sitar Arts Center (Washington, DC | 2023)
  • HYGGE presented by Artist on the Lam (Virtual | 2023)
  • Hill Center Galleries 2023 Regional Juried Exhibition (Washington, DC | 2023)
  • 2022 Fall Salon, Target Gallery at Torpedo Factory Art Center (Alexandria, VA | 2022)
  • Body Autonomy Online Exhibition by Latela Curatorial (Washington, DC | 2022)
  • Artists’ Choice-Regional Juried Group Show at Foundry Gallery (Washington, DC | 2022)
  • Erotic August Festival at Rhizome DC (Washington, DC | 2022)
  • Transformer’s FlatFile Program (Washington, DC | 2022)
  • Decades Ahead: Visions of the Future at Popcorn Gallery (Glen Echo Park, MD | 2022)
  • Hill Center Galleries 2022 Regional Juried Exhibition (Washington, DC | 2022)
  • Umbrella by No Kings Collective (Washington, DC | 2021)
  • DC Art Now 2021 by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Washington, DC | 2021)
  • We Are Home exhibit at HOMME Gallery (Washington, DC | 2021)
  • Future Art Awards 2021: Re-Imagining Democracy by MOZAIK Philanthropy (Virtual | 2021)
  • The Push Virtual Exhibition (Virtual | 2021)
  • Virtual Spotlight at Touchstone Gallery (Washington, DC | 2020)
  • By the People X Monochrome Collective Art Fair (Washington, DC | 2020)
  • By the People X Petworth Arts Collaborative (Washington, DC | 2019)

GRANTS, AWARDS & OTHER

  • Wherewithal Grant by Washington Project for the Arts and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2024)
  • DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY 2024 Juried Exhibition Grant (2024)
  • DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY 2024 Fellowship Program Grant (FY 2024)
  • Williams Corner Wine Artist-In-Residence program and commissioned for Winemaker Portrait Series (2023)
  • DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY 2023 Fellowship Program Grant (FY 2023)
  • DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY 2022 Relief and Recovery Fund Grant (FY 2022)
  • Speaker at Art As A Voice hosted by Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project (2022)
  • DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection Grant (2021)
  • Commissioned for painting by 51 for 51 to promote the March On For Voting Rights (2021)
  • Future Art Awards 2021: Re-Imagining Democracy by MOZAIK Philanthropy – Special Mention (2021)

CURATION

  • “American Identity: Coming Into Focus” Exhibition at Willard G. Rouse III Gallery (Pennsylvania State University | 2007)

CHARITY AUCTIONS

  • National Legal Aid & Defender Association Social Justice Art Auction (Washington, DC | 2022)
  • N Street Village Virtual Gala & Auction (Washington, DC | 2022)
  • Bid to Fight COVID Part II Auction by Art Shopping Network (Pittsburgh, PA | 2021)

CONTACT

Contact me at info@anthonyle.co. I’m happy to chat with artists, curators and supporters. You can ask me about my work, blog, commissions or whatever else too.

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