Considered among the finest Canadian artists today, Pham Thê Trung has achieved this stature through a consuming passion for his work and an unrelenting dedication to its quality and integrity. Pham’s art reflects both Vietnamese past and Canadian present, as well as modern and tradition schools of art.
In 30 years of his artistic career, Pham has achieved distinction for his sculptures. Pham won the competition of the “Vietnamese Commemorative Monument ” project that held jointly by the City of Ottawa and the Vietnamese Canadian Federation in 1993. His commissioned statue named “Refugee Mother and Child” was erected in the park at the corner of Preston St. and Somerset Ave. West in Ottawa. It was officially unveiled on April 30, 1995 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon. “Refugee Mother and Child” pays tribute to the Vietnamese boat people who fell victim to the Communist regime and depicts the triumph of the human spirit. Select other awards include Award of Merit from City Toronto and the Gold Medal for the Arts in 1997.
Pham has participated in many major exhibitions throughout Canada and USA, organized by Sculptors Society of Canada, Multicultural Society of Ontario, Roy Thomson Hall, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the University of Toronto’s Roberts Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum and Civilization Museum of Canada (Project 2000). He also has been covered in many articles in Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Canadian Magazine, as well as CBC, CTV, True North Arrivals CD (CTV for Education), Dini Betty show… He has been a member of Sculptors’ Society of Canada and an active member of the Vietnamese Community.
More recently, Pham designed the “Monument for the Fallen” that would be constructed at the Republic of Vietnam’s Veterans Cemetery in Adelanto, South California- USA. The Monument includes busts of five RVN Heroes Generals who committed suicide on the day of the Fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975.
Pham spent six years of formal training and graduated from the National College of Fine Arts in Saigon. In 1980, Pham fled Vietnam by boat to escape persecution from the Communist regime. From a refugee camp in Thailand, Pham has granted immigrant status to Canada. Pham’s art helps heighten our awareness of how Canada has emerged as one of the great world cosmopolitans and an honoured country of hope.
In 30 years of his artistic career, Pham has achieved distinction for his sculptures. Pham won the competition of the “Vietnamese Commemorative Monument ” project that held jointly by the City of Ottawa and the Vietnamese Canadian Federation in 1993. His commissioned statue named “Refugee Mother and Child” was erected in the park at the corner of Preston St. and Somerset Ave. West in Ottawa. It was officially unveiled on April 30, 1995 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon. “Refugee Mother and Child” pays tribute to the Vietnamese boat people who fell victim to the Communist regime and depicts the triumph of the human spirit. Select other awards include Award of Merit from City Toronto and the Gold Medal for the Arts in 1997.
Pham has participated in many major exhibitions throughout Canada and USA, organized by Sculptors Society of Canada, Multicultural Society of Ontario, Roy Thomson Hall, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the University of Toronto’s Roberts Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum and Civilization Museum of Canada (Project 2000). He also has been covered in many articles in Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Canadian Magazine, as well as CBC, CTV, True North Arrivals CD (CTV for Education), Dini Betty show… He has been a member of Sculptors’ Society of Canada and an active member of the Vietnamese Community.
More recently, Pham designed the “Monument for the Fallen” that would be constructed at the Republic of Vietnam’s Veterans Cemetery in Adelanto, South California- USA. The Monument includes busts of five RVN Heroes Generals who committed suicide on the day of the Fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975.
Pham spent six years of formal training and graduated from the National College of Fine Arts in Saigon. In 1980, Pham fled Vietnam by boat to escape persecution from the Communist regime. From a refugee camp in Thailand, Pham has granted immigrant status to Canada. Pham’s art helps heighten our awareness of how Canada has emerged as one of the great world cosmopolitans and an honoured country of hope.