San José–based artist Binh Danh, whose photography is featured in the exhibition “Hyphen American: Intersections of Identity” at Sheldon Museum of Art will present a talk at the museum March 26 at 5:30 p.m.
The talk is part of the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series of the School of Art, Art History & Design at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The occasion marks a return to Nebraska by Danh. In 2011, he was an artist-in-residence at Sheldon to create works for the solo exhibition “Viet Nam, Nebraska.”
In his March 26 talk, Danh will reflect on the transformational period spent photographing members of Lincoln’s Asian community for “Viet Nam, Nebraska” and the evolution of his artistic practice since then.
Danh’s work is held in the collections of major institutions, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, National Gallery of Art, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has been honored with numerous awards, including the William Collins Smith Auburn Award for Advancing American Art (2024) and the Eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker Foundation (2010). In 2023, his most recent book, “Binh Danh: The Enigma of Belonging,” was the inaugural recipient of the Minami Book Grant for Asian American Visual Artists from Radius Books.
The Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students. The series is presented in collaboration with Sheldon Museum of Art.
Underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment with additional support from other sources, the series enriches the culture of the state by providing a way for Nebraskans to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design. Each visiting artist or scholar spends one to three days on campus to meet with classes, participate in critiques and give demonstrations.