Anh Duong is known for her self-portraits, which she has compared to a visual diary, as well as portraits of significant art collectors and influencers.
23 Facts About Anh Duong
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Anh Duong studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.
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In 1988, Anh Duong moved to New York City and began a career as an artist and an actress.
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Anh Duong launched her career as a fashion model by featuring her with Tina Chow in the Yves Saint Laurent campaign for Vogue.
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Anh Duong then was featured in numerous editorials including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle.
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Anh Duong was introduced to Christian Lacroix, who was launching his couture house in Paris.
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Anh Duong quickly became one of his favorite muses for his campaign and runway fashion shows.
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Anh Duong consistently walked for the world's top fashion designers for fashion weeks in New York, Milan, London, and Paris.
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In 1988, Anh Duong began to re-focus her acting and art career.
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Anh Duong was featured in the famous first Gap Inc campaign shot by Herb Ritts and featured other artists and actors, all in black and white.
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Anh Duong has been shot by Steven Meisel, Michel Comte, and Peter Lindbergh for Donna Karan and has been featured in the J Crew and Banana Republic campaigns.
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In 2013, Anh Duong was photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Bottega Veneta.
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Anh Duong has graced many best dressed lists, most notably the International Best Dressed List by Eleanor Lambert.
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In 1992, Anh Duong was cast in The Mambo Kings as her debut feature film role.
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Anh Duong's career includes roles in such films as I Shot Andy Warhol and Lisa Cholodenko's High Art, which was presented in Cannes and at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Anh Duong acted in two films by French director Laetitia Masson, For Sale and Love Me, the latter of which was screened at the Berlin Film Festival.
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In 2013, Anh Duong worked on Desiree Akhavan's first feature film, Appropriate Behavior, in which she played Nasrin, the lead character's mother.
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Anh Duong has since become a recognized painter in New York City.
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The National Portrait Gallery acquired an 8 x 6-foot portrait Anh Duong painted of Diane von Furstenberg, which was part of the touring exhibition Journey of a Dress.
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Anh Duong has worked on a number of portraits commissioned by collectors such as Bruno Bischofberger, Aby Rosen, Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis, Simon de Pury and figures such as Natalia Vodianova, Domenico Dolce, and Diane von Furstenberg.
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Anh Duong created a 9-foot-tall sculpture of Diane von Furstenberg for Barry Diller, used as the figurehead of his yacht, Eos.
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Anh Duong has been involved in relationships with artist Julian Schnabel and auction house owner Simon de Pury.
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In June 2006, Anh Duong married Barton Hubbard Quillen, an architect whose maternal grandmother was the third wife of financier Thomas Mellon Evans Jr.