Danny Luong Curriculum Vitae
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Education
2009-2014 Mount Royal University, Bachelor of Communication (Journalism), Calgary, AB
Selected Works
2018 Perspectives YYC Group Show, Triptych, framed 8×10 prints
2020 The Camera Store Staff Exhibition, Part of Exposure Photography Festival 2020, sixteen 8.5×11” prints displayed with curated 4×6 archival family prints.
2020 Exposure Studio 2020, Participated in 7 virtual sessions led by Alec Soth, Louie Palu, Rania Matar, Vincent Cianni, Andrew Jackson, MaryAnn Camilleri, and Natasha Caruana
2020 departing… , 8×10” softcover, 68 pages, medium format and 35mm images, self-published 50 editions.
2020 Exposure Studio X Art Toronto, Online gallery, eight photographs, exhibited from October 28th to November 8th
2021 Borders, Virtual Photography Exhibit (Zoom) in conjunction with Asian Heritage Foundation Calgary
2021 Assistant to Calgary Chinatown Artist Residency’s (CCAR) Teresa Tam, with The New Gallery and City of Calgary Public Art
• something we feel but can’t place (podcast) – FOONYAP & Teresa Tam
• Linger with Calgary Chinatown, one-day event Aug. 1st – Jadda Tsui & Teresa Tam
2021 No Pressure Project, with Stride Gallery, $500 grant, ten photographs posted to Stride’s Instagram account from ongoing project ‘we were growers’
2022 Exposure Photography Festival, with Exposure Studio Collective, three photographs exhibited at Sought x Found Coffee and one photograph exhibited with the Crescent Heights Community Association
2022 Alberta Society of Artist Exhibition: ‘All is Water’ Photographic works with Twinkle Banerjee and Hesam Rezaei, Triptych 24×24” prints
2022 Immigrant story project, 8 Photographs submitted and interviewed in a podcast with Jiajia Li and Teresa Tam
2022 RBC Emerging Visual Artist Program, with Arts Commons, four professional developmental sessions, group mentorship sessions and work to be shown in 2023 in the Calgary +15
2023 Exposure Photography Festival, Emerging Photographers Showcase, 1 photograph, 11.5×11.5” cracked glass frame shown at Contemporary Calgary
2023 GRAIN Emerging Photographer Award, UK collaborative arts organization supported by Arts Council England and Birmingham City University
2023 Good Job Aracade, Multimedia exhibition including focusing on physical and videogames and diasporic identities at TRUCK Contemporary Art – Writing Team
2023 Culture & Kin: Reclaiming the Chinese Narrative through Contemporary Art,
Collaborative exhibition curated by Vicki Van Chau. 1 photograph from work created with seamstress Carrie Yap
2023 RBC Emerging Visual Artist Program – Arts Commons, Multimedia exhibitions shown in and across Calgary’s +15 walkway. 2 photographs, 12×12” and 24”20” frames using rice paper, and cracked glass frames
2023 VietnamNow panelist – Small local Vietnamese community festival in Calgary, Alberta featuring local food and drinks and talks lead by Vietnamese artists and community members
2025 Photographers in Conversation – Louie Villanueva & Danny Luong at Sparrow Art Space as part of Exposure Photography Festival 2025 in Calgary, Alberta
Other
2020 My View Finder, Danny Luong – Zen and the process of Photography, Podcast,
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2cGm4zXyDxyTau6VLjJlbW
2022 The Camera Store TV, Danny Luong – We Were Growers – Documentary Film Photography Project, YouTube live stream, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2rEsxBFH6Q
Awards / Scholarships
2014 Dean’s List — Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB
2020 Dean’s List — St. Mary’s University, Calgary, AB
2021 Jason Lang Scholarship — St. Mary’s University, Calgary, AB
2024 Canada Council for the Arts — Project to Realization Grant
