Biography

David Hoang explores the foundations of popular culture, de-contextualization, re-contextualization and convergence. Hoang’s work investigates other influential modes of story telling – comic books, film, gossip, literature, music, social media, television, and video games – as they relate to one’s understanding of identity and worldview. Like a DJ, he mixes and re-mixes his materials to create visually representative narratives on the picture plane. Through drawing and painting, Hoang perpetually explores his bicultural upbringing and ethnocentric influences – interweaving experience, understanding, and exploration.

David Hoang is of Vietnamese descent and is a first-generation American. He received his BFA in Painting at Central Washington University. Hoang’s work is shown nationally throughout the United States. He currently lives and works in Seattle, Washington.

Artist Statement

I am two parts cultural ecologist, one part DJ. My drawings are a repository for other influential modes of storytelling: literature, film, music, television, gossip, text messages, myth, inside jokes, video games, comic books, personal experience and the occasional romantic walk on the beach. I find the picture plane to be a flexible reality in which I can use original and existing icons and images to ask questions about how narrative relates to one’s understanding the self (identity) and one’s understanding the world (worldview).

Influences + Inspirations

Beastie Boys, Daft Punk's "Technologic" (Balboa Remix), DVD Commentaries, Fail Whale, Frank Miller, Google, Graphic Novels, Hip Hop Songs that feature people, George Carlin, George Meyer, Jinx, Justine Ezarik, Level 3 in Super Contra, LOL Cats, Marvel Universe, Mashups, MCA, MTV (90s era), Patton Oswalt, Remixes, RSS, The Simpsons, Stand Up Comedy, The State of California, Tumblr, Twitter