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2019-20 Artist-in-Residence: Ocean Vuong

Photograph of Ocean Vuong, who is pictured from the waist up, looking into the camera. He stands in front of a yellow wall that is decorated with plants and small objects.
A photograph of the exhibition,

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Hawai‘i is not the United States, but it is your Future

Oct 30, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025

Novelist Ocean Vuong curated “The Center for Refugee Poetics” during his 2019-20 residency.

Supporting Impactful Projects by Artists.
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A photograph of an audience member smiling as the audience member meets Ocean Vuong, Fall 2019-20, Artist-in-Residence for an autograph.
Photograph of Ocean Vuong, who is pictured from the waist up, looking into the camera. He stands in front of a yellow wall that is decorated with plants and small objects.
Photograph of the artist by Peter Bienkowski.
A photograph of Operation Babylift, 1975, from Vu’s archival research.
A photograph of the scholar Minh Vu. They wear glasses, earpods, purple hoodie, and grey beanie, and smile in front of a bookshelf.

“As a doctoral candidate, the Visiting Academic program was immensely life-affirming—intellectually and interpersonally.”

—Minh Vu, Visiting Academic 2024-25

Building A Scholarly Community
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A photograph of 4 books. A Yellow Peril, A Is For Arab, Prints of Pop (& War)
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