Author Ocean Vuong is presenting his photographs for the first time in a solo exhibition at CPW in Kingston, New York. The show, titled Ocean Vuong: Sống, runs until May 10, 2026, and features around 40 images spanning 2009 to 2025.
The exhibition grew out of Vuong’s June 2025 New York Times opinion piece about reconnecting with his brother Nicky after their mother’s death. It pairs those personal images with a series Vuong shot in one day at his mother’s former nail salon. Co-curators Marina Chao and Adam Ryan organized the display to highlight the connection between Vuong’s writing and his visual work.
