Hong-Bich Huynh Vernon was born in 1960 in Nha-Trang, Vietnam. In 1975 she fled to the United States with her family in the first wave of refugees that left Vietnam.
Hong-Bich studied at the Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy. She received her AA at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a BA in Psychology at Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland. She also completed her course work for the MA at Radford University, Radford, Virginia.
Hong-Bich also studied at various private ateliers including American ceramist Rita Benevutie (France), Chinese brush painting and Batik painting from the Chinese artist Puah Kim Hai (Malaysia), Studied figure drawing and painting with Swiss artist, Alain Arlettaz. Studied sculpture from the German-Swiss artist, Gudrun Heisecke in Geneva Studied drawing with the American Artist, Ted Seth Jacob in the Loire Valley, France.
Hong-Bich has lived and exhibited her work in Pittsburgh, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Italy and France. Hong-Bich served as artist-in-residence at the Geneva International School during its annual arts week from 2005 until 2008.
Hong-Bich currently lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with her husband, Alan, and her two sons, Paul and James, where, in addition to her exhibitions, Hong-Bich has taught art at the International School of Kuala Lumpur and at schools for Burmese and Afghan refugees.
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