Nguyen Duc Phuong
Nguyen Duc Phuong (b. 1982, Vietnam) graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 2007. He spent the next decade transcribing his observations of contemporary Vietnam into visual objects, ceramic, sculptures and painting, often employing natural materials such as soil, plant pigments and traditional papers. Phuong’s interest is deeply rooted in vernacular culture and local arts, demonstrated through his free-spirited and seemingly simplified approach to figurative painting; Eastern single-line composition; and his nostalgic yet humorous sensibility towards contemporary life. He has participated in several notable exhibitions, including Rhyming Gestures, Nguyen Art Foundation, HCMC, Vietnam, 2023; Home: Looking inward to the outer World, The Factory Contemporary Arts Center, HCMC, Vietnam, 2021; The Foliage 2, VCCA, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2018; and Look for the Divine Beings, Nha San Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2017. In 2018, he was an artist in residence at A. Farm, HCMC, Vietnam.