Solo Exhibition/Public Art:

2024: ‘Sunshine’, Solo Exhibition, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
2024: Đà Lạt Art Biennale, Public art, Đà Lạt
2024: ‘Sunshine’, Public art, commissioned by Brimbank City Council, Melbourne
2023: ‘FOND CLUB #6: Lê Nguyên Phương presents Sunshine’, curated by Mark Martin, Civic House, Glasgow

Group Exhibition:

2024 (postponed): ‘Homecoming’, curated by Catlin Langford, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2024: ‘Family Album: Re-Imagining Memory, curated by Yuzhen Cheng, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne
2024: ‘Lingkar Panna’, curated by PannaFoto, Indonesia Photo Fair, Jakarta
2024: ‘Navigating Histories’, curated by Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, PhotoAccess, Canberra
2024: ‘DEBUT XX’, curated by Audrey Thomas-Hayes & Genevieve Pikó, Blindside, Melbourne
2024: ‘Australian & New Zealand Photobook Awards’, PHOTO 2024 Biennale, Melbourne
2024: ‘I Can't Wait For You to Grow’, Duo Exhibition with Adrian Jing Song, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2024: ‘Angkor Photo Workshops’, Public Screening, Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap

2023: ‘As We Lay On This Land’, curated by Isabella Capezio, IDEA Gallery, Melbourne
2023: ‘Những Dự Án Nhiếp Ảnh Mới / New Photographic Projects’, curated by Duy-Phuong Le Nguyen, Vui Studio Cafe, Hà Nội
2023: ‘Hình Dung Gốc Rễ’ / ‘Imaging Rhizome’, curated by Liên Phạm and Đạt Vũ, RABA, Tokyo
2023: ‘Hình Dung Gốc Rễ’ / ‘Imaging Rhizome’, curated by Liên Phạm and Đạt Vũ, 3năm Studio, Hồ Chí Minh City
2022: ‘Ambiance Collective’, Centre for Projection Art, Melbourne
2022: ‘Capturing Culture: Multicultural Victoria In Focus’, Immigration Museum, Melbourne
2022: ‘Australian Photobook Awards’, PHOTO 2022 Biennale, Melbourne
2022: ‘Being a Voice’, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne

Curatorial Project:

2025 (upcoming): 'spectral sentiments ', a Solo Exhibition by Jing Liang, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2024: ‘Nhớ Nguồn / Remember Spring’, Group Exhibition, Trocadero Projects, Melbourne
2024: ‘Red Bean Soup’, Group Exhibition, co-curated with Adrian Jing Song, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne

2023: ‘Crawl Space’, Group Exhibition, co-curated with Sharon Xin Xu, First Site Gallery, Melbourne

Acknowledgement:

2025: Recipient, RMIT Research Scholarships (2025-2029)
2024: Winner, Ballarat International Foto Biennale GradFoto Award
2024: Recipient, Australian & New Zealand Photobook Highly Commended Awards
2024: Nominee, Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award
2024: Nominee, Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo
2024: Recipient, Honours Travelling Scholarship, RMIT University, Australia
2024: Recipient, Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, RMIT University, Australia
2024: Recipient, Blackbird Foundation Grant, Australia
2024: Recipient, City of Greater Dandenong Individual Achievement Grants, Australia
2024: Recipient, Blindside Debut Artist Award, Australia

2023: Winner, Objectifs Documentary Award (Emerging), Singapore
2023: Recipient, Perimeter Books Award, for Most Potential for Publication, Australia
2023: Recipient, Baillot & Balfour Endowment Award, Australia
2023: Selected, Angkor Photo Workshops, as part of Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia
2023: Recipient, City of Moonee Valley Biannual Grant (in Arts & Events), Australia
2023: Recipient, Best Photobook Design Prize, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia
2023: Recipient, Anton Gautama Professional Development Scholarship, DECK, Singapore
2023: Recipient, Tall Poppy Press Publishing Runner-up Prize, Australia

2022: Finalist, Australian Photobook Awards
2022: Honourable Mention, The Pool Grant 11, Australia
2021: Selected, Hà Nội On The Go workshop, held by Matca, as part of World Press Photo 2021 Exhibition, Viet Nam

Publication/Press:

Public Program:

2024: Performance Art, ‘Letters from Phương’ w/ Minh-An Pham, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2024: Artist Talk, ‘Objectifs Documentary Awards’ w/ Kaleb Sitompul & Mech Choulay, Online
2024: Artist Talk, ‘Sunshine’ w/ Đan Trần, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
2024: Book signing, Melbourne Artbook Fair, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2024: Book launch: ‘Sunshine’, Anh&Em Restaurant Sunshine, Melbourne
2024: Artist Talk, Art Bus, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2023: Artist Talk, CCP x Hahnemühle Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2023: Panel Discussion, ‘New Dialogues’ with Anu Kumar, Nicholas Walton-Healey & Ruiqi Qiu, Australian Photography Awards 2023 Event Program, Melbourne
2023: ‘Culture Table: An Activation’, accompanying the exhibition ‘Crawl Space’ with Ambiance Collective, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2022: Artist Talk, ‘Guest Room: Diandra Donecker’, Der Greif, Online
2022: Artist Talk, ‘Being a Voice’ with exhibiting artists and Anouska Phizacklea, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne

Relevant Experience:

2024: Guest lecturer, BA Photography, Photography Studies College, Melboure
2024: Guest speaker, Photobook Studio Week 5, BA Photography, RMIT University, Melbourne
2024: Guest speaker, Re-Shaping Worlds coursework Week 4, BFA, RMIT University, Melbourne
2024: Guest speaker, Major Project Capstone Studio Week 1, BA Photography, RMIT University, Melbourne
2024: Guest speaker, Industry Partnered Studio Week 5, MFA/MA/MA Arts Management, RMIT University, Melbourne

Education:

2025-ongoing: PhD (Art), RMIT University, Australia
2021-2024: Bachelor of Arts (Photography) (First Class Honours), RMIT University, Australia
2023: Photobook Editing Workshop, mentored by Ying Ang, Isabella Capezio, Katrin Koenning, Juan Brenner, and Dan Rule
2021: EU4Youth Photo Workshop, held by European Union & ASEAN in partnership with Pannafoto Institute, mentored by Maika Elan, Zhuang Wubin, Yoppy Pieter, and Rosa Panggabean

Collection:

2024: State Library of Victoria, Rare Books Collection, curated by Dan Rule, Melbourne, Australia
2024: PhotoIreland Collection, Dublin, Ireland
2022: Museums Victoria public collection, Melbourne, Victoria

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