The artist / 04Looking closely.
Looking closely.
Imagining freely.
Self-portrait, charcoal, 2024On the practice
Moving between observation and imagination, Thanh Do works across painting, illustration, and objects. Portraits, plants, places, and invented forms become ways to explore memory, beauty, and change. Drawing sits at the center of the practice: a way to look closely before a story takes shape.
About Thanh
Thanh Do is a Vietnamese-born artist and designer based in the Chicago area. His practice spans painting, illustration, drawing, and designed objects. He studied Illustration and Sequential Art at Mesa Community College and has pursued interdisciplinary studio arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
His work moves between close observation and imagined worlds, with an interest in the forms, stories, and materials that connect them.
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