Alek Phan

Alek Phan Trúc

Website: www.10amsaigon.com | Instagram: phantruc.10am | LinkedIn (they/them)

Qualifications

  • Languages: Vietnamese (native), English (professional), Mandarin (conversational)
  • Specialized Expertise: Community Engagement through Creative Workshops, and Visual Art and Crafts

Artistic Experience & Exhibitions:

  • The ArtWorksTO Newcomer Program (2025 – 2026)
  • Breaking Boundaries, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Arts Neighborhood, City Hall (April – May, 2025)
  • Pride Installation – One Line Drawing, Evergreen Brick Works (June, 2025)
  • Earth Month Installation, Evergreen Brick Works (April, 2025)
  • Time4Change, YWS, Toronto (Mar, 2025)
  • Why Do You Create, Visual Arts Mississauga at Riverwood, Mississauga (Jan, 2025)
  • New Vistas: Echoes of Home, Etobicoke Civic Art Gallery,  Etobicoke (Dec, 2024 – Jan, 2025)
  • JAYU Toronto  (Dec, 2024 – Feb, 2025)
  • Intersections Exhibition Series (Thread), Arts Etobicoke (Nov – Dec, 2024)
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto (Jul, 2024)
  • Arts Connect through Virtual Reality painting, Centennial College (2024)
  • Time4Change, YWS, Toronto (Feb, 2024)
  • The Brush Off, The Museum, Kitchener, Canada (Jan, 2024) 
  • Into The Garden, Virtual Reality painting, Conestoga College (2023)

Awards & Artist Residency

  • Projection Mapping Mentorship, City of Mississauga (2025)
  • Artist Residency at The Laboratory of Artistic Intelligence (2025)
  • Artist Residency at Residency at The Culture of Cities Studio(2025)
  • Mentorship Grant Recipient at Toronto Arts Council (Toronto Arts Council Mentorship Grant Recipient (2024)
  • Residency at CreateSpace Public Art Forum, STEPS, Toronto (2024)
  • Dean’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award, Centennial College (2024)

Community Art Engagement:

  • Facilitator, Scadding Court Community Center (2025)
  • Facilitator, LA Centre For Active Seniors (2024)
  • Facilitator, Spring Season, Chuvalo Community Center (2024)
  • Artist Educator, Arts in the Park, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (2023)
  • Artist Educator, Arts Connect, CCSAI, Centennial College (2023 – 2024)
  • Artist Educator, The Creative & Arts Club, Conestoga College (2023)
  • Curator, ArtFest in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (2019)
  • Artist Educator, Art Exchange for Fulbright-Hay (2019)
  • Founder/ Artist Facilitator, 10AM Studio, Viet Nam (2017 – 2021)

Administrative Experience:

  • Program Manager, Arts Etobicoke (2025)
  • Project Coordinator, Arts Etobicoke (2024)
  • Student Researcher/Illustrator, WIMTACH, Centennial College (2024)
  • Artist-Educator, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (2023)

Artistic Trainings

  • Graduate Certificate in Arts Education and Community Engagement, Centennial College, Canada (2024)
  • Graduate Certificate in Broadcasting Performance and Digital Media, Conestoga College, Canada (2023)
  • Self-Initiated Research & Artistic Experimentation: Phan has extensively researched the cultural symbolism of Vietnam and the role of women in society, applying these findings in visual arts and multimedia projects.
  • Workshops & Training: Participated in numerous workshops, including Leadership, silk painting techniques, Virtual Reality art, and mixed media, learning from various local artists and community leaders in Vietnam and Canada.