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Phaan Howng

Concepts in my work are rooted in pop culture, block buster, action movies.”

Site installation artist Phaan Howng creates large-scale paintings and immersive installations and performances that center around the Earth defensively brandishing its landscape in a post-human future to encourage reflection on current environmental and ecological conditions. Her research into landscape theory, anthropology, and history grounds her interrogation of Western concepts of nature. Her work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Gardens and United States Botanic Garden, the Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland, Smithsonian Arts in Washington, D.C, Asian Arts and Culture Center at Towson University in Maryland, and MoCA Arlington in Virginia, She has completed large-scale commissions for Facebook and American Express, and her work has been featured in notable publications such as The New York Times T List, The American Scholar, Bmore Art Magazine, and Artnet. She received her BFA from Boston University and her MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at MICA.

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Artist: Phaan Howng
Title: Big Ass Snake(plant)s On A Plane
Location: 1714 N Charles Street

Playing off big action movies, Phaan is turning the Charles Street Garage into an over-the-top light-filled action movie– right across from the Charles Theatre.

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