Cedric Vu "Cool Story Breaux" Acrylic Yarn Tufted Portrait, Selfie Figure, Teal Ground, Contemporary California Textile Art, Pop Art, 2025

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A figure in a black and gold athletic kit raises a phone overhead for a selfie, the body caught mid-gesture … Read more A figure in a black and gold athletic kit raises a phone overhead for a selfie, the body caught mid-gesture against a hum of electric teal. The face is never shown. What Cedric Vu renders instead is the choreography of self-documentation itself, the angle of the arm, the tilt of the shoulders, the practiced ease of a generation accustomed to constructing its own image in real time. The title lands with the same light, knowing touch as the picture.

Scaled at 72 by 49 inches, this piece reads as a bold, graphic anchor for a media room, loft, or contemporary collection built around pop-inflected portraiture. Its playful subject and saturated palette make it equally suited to a space that wants color and wit without sacrificing conceptual weight, a hallmark of Vu's sharp, of-the-moment approach to the self-portrait.

Cedric Vu (b. 1996) is a French-Vietnamese contemporary visual artist born and raised in San Jose, California. He spent nearly a decade in Los Angeles, where he studied filmmaking, worked as a dancer, and held a range of production roles in film and television before returning to his hometown in 2024 to establish a physical art practice rooted in creative authorship and independence.

Teaching himself to tuft yarn, Vu creates striking human portraits defined by vibrant color, bold composition, and tactile depth. Working primarily in hand-tufted textiles, he transforms yarn into expressive, dimensional surfaces that feel both contemporary and visually compelling, often using his own image as he developed his technique in the medium. The physicality of the medium gives each subject weight and presence: up close, the surface is soft and richly textured, while stepped back, the composition resolves with graphic clarity.

Vu has exhibited at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, where he also serves as an Art Preparator, and his work will be featured in the 2027 group exhibition Echoes of Being at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. His work has captured the attention of collectors and stylists alike, including image architect Law Roach, known for his collaborations with Zendaya and Celine Dion. See less