Nguyen Kim Duy
Nguyen Kim Duy (b. 1987, Vietnam) graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Art in 2008 and the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, Germany in 2014. As a multidisciplinary artist whose work questions the changing conditions of time and space in art and language, Kim Duy uses modest materials such as paper, ink and paint to explore ideas of minimalism, abstraction and repetition. Text appears regularly in his artworks as an allegory for the transmutation of information across individual subjectivities and temporalities. Kim Duy has participated in various solo and group exhibitions, artist residencies and other art events around Vietnam. In 2018, he was selected as a resident at A. Farm and has since become a member of MoT+++ collective.
Studio Visit with Nguyen Kim Duy
This interview features a 15-minute discussion with Nguyen Kim Duy on the influence of language and his German education on his artistic practice. Duy emphasizes his use of everyday materials and common media that privilege accessibility for a wider local audience. His creative process is exemplified by works like Abstraction (from the collection of Nguyễn Art Foundation), which incorporates 10,000 characters alongside an older generation TV screen. The interview concludes with Duy expressing his commitment to promoting Vietnamese culture and art through both education and publishing initiatives.
This video is part of a series of interviews by Nguyễn Art Foundation.