Long Nguyễn

Long Nguyễn is an award-winning visual artist and actor. As a visual artist, his paintings have been exhibited internationally. His accolades include a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts grant, the Fleishhacker Foundation grant, and he is a two-time recipient of the California Art Council grant. A major mid-career retrospective exhibition was completed in 2003 at the San José Museum of Arts (later traveling to the Hillstrom Museum of Art). Long’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Oakland Museum of Arts, the San Jose Museum of Arts, and the Triton Museum.

He is also an actor, winning “Best Actor” at the Newport Beach Film Festival for Journey from the Fall. He has had recurring roles in AMC’s Lodge 49 and NCIS-LA, and supporting roles in features like Seven Psychopaths, and Heaven & Earth.

Long believes the two disciplines complement each other, finding the process of submerging into a character’s skin similar to getting lost in one’s painting.

50 Years in Exile: A Refugee’s Journey of Becoming

March 4, 2026December 15, 2025 By Long Nguyễn and Minh Phạm

A retrospective of Vietnamese American artist Long Nguyễn’s work, featuring paintings and the monumental spirit boat sculpture ‘Our Boat,’ commemorates 50 years since the Fall of Sài Gòn, exploring exile, transformation, and becoming through ‘Tales of Yellow Skin’ series.