GALLERY BIOGRAPHY COMMISSION PORTRAIT PAINTING CONTACT HOME Thien-Kim was born in 1962 in South Vietnam. She studied Piano in the Saigon Conservatory and taught piano for over 10 years. While pursuing her music carreer, Thien-Kim took several art classes and painted silk painting as a hobby. Upon her arrival in the United Stated in 1991, she followed her dream of becoming an artist and studied art at the Massachussetts College of Art in Boston, graduating in 1997 with a BA in Graphic Design. Following a career as a successful graphic artist, in 2004, Thien-Kim decided to become a full-time artist and has painted non-stop ever since at her home studio in Silver Spring, Maryland. Thien-Kim attributes the majority of her knowledge to the teachings of Master Painters Robert Liberace and Sara Linda Poly. Kim won several awards in the region and her favorite subjects are plein-air/landscape painting, people and portrait. COLLECTIONS: Jane Harrelson, Silver Spring, MD Khoi Mai, Boyds, MD Tuan Nguyen Khoa, Urbana, MD Tina Pham, Bethesda, MD Tu Thien Pham, Paris, French Tuan Pham, Boyds, MD Quincy Nguyen, Sterling, VA Tram and Vu Nguyen, Ottawa, Canada Mark Randall, Easton, VA Thomas and Marjorie Ruff, Silver Spring, MD Gail Yano, Potomac, MD PUBLICATIONS: The International Artist Book, "One Hundred Ways to Paint People and Figure", 1/05