Nguyen Phuong Linh
Nguyen Phuong Linh (b. 1985, Vietnam) is a conceptual artist with multidisciplinary practice spanning installation, sculpture and video. Her art is sensual, poetic, fragmented, humble and exalted. She travels and collects artefacts, transforming materials to create new forms to offer an alternative interpretation on ambiguous and fragmented histories and memories. Phuong Linh was born and raised at Nha San, the first alternative artist-run space for experimental art in North Vietnam that was co-founded by her father Nguyen Manh Duc. She has been absorbed in an artistic environment by living and working here alongside generations of respected contemporary artists of Vietnam. Phuong Linh has demonstrated a deep understanding and involvement in the local art community both as an artist and art organizer. Her most notable curatorial projects include the international performance art festival IN:ACT and the exhibition series Skylines With Flying People. She has participated in various exhibitions, art projects and residencies around the world, and has received awards and support from the Pollock-Kasner Foundation (US), Hans Nefkens Foundation – BACC Award for Contemporary Art (Thailand), Prince Claus Fund (The Netherlands), Asian Cultural Council (US) and Mondriaan Foundation (The Netherlands). In 2013, she co-founded Nha San Collective.
Studio Visit with Nguyen Phuong Linh
In this video interview, Nguyen Phuong Linh reflects on her unusual path of pursuing art. Growing up in Nha San, one of the very first art collectives in Vietnam, along with the influence of established artists, her practice fuses strong visual appeal with materials from her travels across the country and Southeast Asia region. Although eager to delve into history, the artist offers a glimpse into basic plasticity like forms and shapes rather than documentary aesthetics in her works. Phuong Linh also discusses family, simple yet fundamental subject as her new area of interests.
This video is part of a series of interviews by Nguyễn Art Foundation.