PRESS and PUBLICATIONS
Reuters: 'Purple Rain' turns 40, meet the artist making tiny Prince sets, July, 2024
Funkatopia Interview, April 30, 2024
Video Studio Visit with Michael Dean of the Prince Podcast
Audio Interview with Michael Dean of the Prince Podcast
Vanguard Seattle: 'Prince from Minneapolis at MoPop is Not The Prince You Know', by T.s. Flock, May 1, 2019
Crosscut: 'Seattle’s biggest Prince fan makes a pocket-size replica', by Brangien Davis, April 19, 2019
Arkteknologies: 'Painting the Vision: Interview with Troy Gua', September 2018
City Arts Magazine: 'Visual Art Picks: June 2018'
The Stranger: 'The 62 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: May 29-June 3, 2018'
Geekwire: 'Art meets tech: 5 Seattle companies showcase amazing paintings, sculptures and work spaces', by Aegea Barclay, February 2018
Minneapolis Star Tribune: 'How did Prince shape his image? Photo show at Weisman Art Museum provides a view', January 2018
Minnesota Daily: 'Purple rain, purple art, purple everything at the Weisman’s Prince from Minneapolis Party', December 2017
CityArts Magazine: 'Islands', September 2017
Tacoma Weekly: 'Troy Gua offers smorgasbord of art at Feast Arts Center', by Dave R. Davison, August 25, 2017
The Seattle Times: 'Review: Kirkland exhibit asks, Is connectivity really bringing us closer together?', by Michael Upchurch, April 6, 2017
The Stranger: July 13, 2016
Dangerous Minds: ‘SEXY M*THERF*CKER: AMAZING LIFELIKE PRINCE DOLL WITH CUSTOM-MADE CLOTHING FROM ‘PURPLE RAIN’ & MORE!', by Cherrybomb, May 6, 2016
The Seattle Globalist: ‘Nothing Compares 2 U: Artist Troy Gua’s complicated relationship with Prince', by Cynthia Brothers, May 2, 2016
The Seattle Times: ‘Shoot the moon: Exhibit at King Street Station imagines art in space', by Michael Upchurch, March 8, 2016
Seattle Weekly: ‘Artwork Orange Mashes Up Egypt and Marge Simpson', by T.S. Flock, January 6, 2016
The Seattle Times: ‘Artist Troy Gua Builds a Crypt for America', by Michael Upchurch, December 13, 2015
Work Design Magazine: ‘Check Out PicMonkey's New Seattle HQ', August 21, 2015
Popdose.com: ‘Artist vs. The Artist — Le Petit Prince Rides Again', by Keith Creighton, June 8, 2015
KOMO News/Seattle Refined: ‘See Me’ Opens At SAM Gallery, by Angelica Sta. Teresa, March 14, 2015
OC Weekly: Troy Gua: The Artist Formally Stifled by Prince, by Jena Ardell, February 3, 2014
Cleveland Scene: Celebs! Celebs!, by Joseph Clark, June 12, 2013
Gray Magazine: Pop, by Rachel Gallaher, Summer 2013, Issue 10
SoulTrain.com: Artist to Artist: Troy Gua–Art of Soul, by Rhonda Nicole, December 5, 2012
Spin.com: Unfunky Prince Shuts Down 'Le Petit Prince' Miniatures Artist, by Chris Martins, November 14, 2012
Los Angeles Times: Food Art at Far 4, September 18, 2012
Jeremyriad: Le Petit Prince by Troy Gua, January 19, 2012
REDEFINE Magazine: Troy Gua Artist Interview : Le Petit Prince
Soulbounce: Morning Soul, March 14, 2012
Complex.com: Le Petit Prince, March 16, 2012
Canadian Broadcasting Company Music: Prince Becomes Art Doll
this isn't happiness™: le petit Prince
Minneapolis City Pages: Troy Gua's 'Le Petit Prince' doll pays tribute to The Artist
MetaFilter: Let's Pretend We're Marionettes, March 22, 2012
Making it Lovely: Honor Roll for March 23, 2012
Vulture.com, March 28, 2012
NPR Music, March 29, 2012
MTV Tumblr, March 29, 2012
Gala Darling: Things I Love Thursday & Carousel: Heart Heart Heart!, March 30, 2012
Muphoric Sounds: Interview With Visual Artist Troy Gua on His “Le Petit Prince”, March 31, 2012
The Guardian: Shorter Cuts: Little Prince, April 3, 2012
Burn So Bright: Pop Culture Remixed, April 6, 2012
NewBlackMan: From the Artist Currently Known as Troy Gua: "Le Petit Prince", April 8, 2012
Charles Oakley on HubPages: "Prince and the Art of Troy Gua", April 10, 2012
CraftFoxes: "Troy Gua — Turning Pop Culture into Acrylic Paintings and Polymer Clay", April 11, 2012
HLN TV: "‘Le Petit Prince’ wows The Purple One's fans", by Craig Johnson, April 12, 2012
Cocoa Popps: "'Le Petit Prince' An Amazing and Whimsical Tribute to Prince, by Artist Troy Gua!", by Wendy Todd, April 23, 2012
The Stranger: Worn Out: "Troy Gua's Prince: Hooker Panties and Grain Elevators", by Marti Jonjak, April 25, 2012
Smoke & Mirrors: "le.petit.prince", by Marcus Holmlund, June 8, 2012
Artist Mike Leavitt talks about LPP and Troy on his site: Intuition Kitchen Productions, June 22, 2012
Seattle Magazine: "Pop Life: Seattle Artist Troy Gua Builds an Icon", by Bond Huberman, June 26, 2012
soulhead.com: "Le Petit Prince and The Evolution: Introducing the Art of Troy Gua", by Ron Worthy, July 11, 2012
Ecosalon: 20 CONSCIOUS ARTISTS WHO GO BEYOND THE CANVAS - April 2012, by K. Emily Bond and Dominique Pacheco
Evening Magazine - KING5 TV - February 2012, Troy Gua: Colorbandz™, by Jim Dever
The Mark Magazine - February 2012, Markart: A hybrid of pop and contemporary, Brazilian publication
The Stranger - January 2012, Cover art: 'Venus/Mars (Saturn)'
Seattle Weekly - January 2012, Weekly Wire by Brian Miller
Arcade Magazine - 30.1, Winter 2011, The Inverted Stage, collaboration with Michael Hebb
Translinguistic Other - November 2011, Troy Gua’s Untitled Madonna: The Opening at the Beginning and the End of Being by Emily Pothast
Weekly Volcano - November 2011, Hybrids and Colorbandz™: The artist currently known as Troy Gua by Alec Clayton
Laughing Squid - August 2011, Chrysalis, A House Wrapped in Shrink Wrap by EDW Lynch
KPLU / NPR News - Artscape - September 2011, On Beacon Hill, a house is both home and public art gallery by Florangela Davila
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award Winner - September 2011, Pop Eye by Bond Huberman
Boing!Boing! - Artists alter paint-by-numbers for exhibit, David Pescovitz, August 2011
Hyperallergic - August 2011, Seattle Injects Some Excitement into Public Installation Art by Howard Hurst
KOMO4 TV News - July 2011, 'Mad Homes'
Evening Magazine - KING5 TV - July 2011, 'Mad Homes'
KING5 TV News - July 2011, 'Mad Homes'
KPLU / NPR News - Artscape - July 2011, 'Mad Art' Houses Blossom on Seattle's Capitol Hill by Jennifer Wing
Seattle Times - July 2011, Capitol Hill Houses Turned Into Giant Art Installations by Michael Upchurch
The Stranger - July 2011, Visceral, Violent, Charming by Jen Graves
The Stranger - July 2011, SLOG Visual Arts Blog: The Show of the Summer Is In Rooms That Are About to Disappear: Mad Homes (Rightly Titled) by Jen Graves
Seattle Weekly - July 2011, feature Pattern Recognition by Brian Miller
The Monarch Review - February 2011, Featured Artist Todd Jannausch, visual arts editor>/a>
The Stranger - January 2011, SLOG Visual Arts Blog: Currently Hanging by Jen Graves
Weekly Volcano - January 2011, 2010 In Review: The Best South Sound Art Shows of 2010 by Alec Clayton
Port Townsend Leader - September 2010, feature Pop This, Kathie Meyer
City Arts Magazine - August 2010, Ampersand, Erin Shafkind
Weekly Volcano - January 2011, Best of Tacoma 2010 Editors' Picks: Arts and Entertainment by Alec Clayton
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 10 - Spring 2010 - Front Cover Art, Juror Dina Deitsch, Assistant Curator at the deCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, Lincoln, MA
Seattle Weekly - April 2010, feature The Fussy Eye by Brian Miller
City Arts Magazine - April 2010, Joey Veltkamp's Guide to First Thursday Artwalk: Show of the Evening Pick: Meet Greet Rinse Repeat
The Stranger - January 2010, feature The New Guard by Jen Graves
The News Tribune - January 2010, feature by Rosemary Ponnekanti
Weekly Volcano - January 2010, feature by Alec Clayton
Tacoma Weekly - January 2010, feature by Dawn Quinn
City Arts Magazine - January 2010, Ryan Molenkamp
My Heroes Died of Syphilis - January 2010, Amanda Manitach
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 8 - Winter 2009, Juror Steven Zevitas, Editor and Publisher of The Open Studios Press
Visual Overture Magazine - Winter 2009
Daily Candy - September 2009, New Plate Special: The New Guard Dinners
Dimensions Variable - July 2009, Sharon Arnold
Another Bouncing Ball - July 2009, Regina Hackett
ArtZone with Nancy Guppy, Seattle Channel, 2009
Juxtapoz.com - January 30, 2009
Seattle Weekly - January 7, 2009, Weekly Wire, Erika Hobart
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - January 20, 2009, Visual Arts Best Bet, Regina Hackett
City Arts Magazine - January 2009, feature Curator’s Eye by Greg Lundgren
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 4 - Fall 2008, Juror Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University
Best Of - October 2008, Say Hello to Troy Gua, artist profile by Joey Veltkamp
Artist Talk - August 2008, interview by Brian Sherwin for MYARTSPACE.com
Dimensions Variable - May 2009, interview by Sharon Arnold