Multi-disciplinary artist Tia-Thuy Nguyen lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Informed by her Vietnamese heritage, she draws on a wide range of cultural references to create artworks in mediums spanning installation, painting, drawing, film and fashion design.

Lady Cloud

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Works

In addition to her excellent painting techniques, Tia also loves experimenting on a variety of materials, inspired by the locality where she was born and raised, to create her outstanding artworks in order to bring a part of Vietnamese culture and spirit to the rest of the world.

Sparkle in the Vastness

Flower of Life

Floating in the Nothingness

The Silver Room

‘Feeling cloud-like is to feel free and flexible. A cloud travels to nowhere but goes everywhere. It is not a conqueror, but it flows above everything else. You cannot fight it; you cannot own it. You cannot touch it and you’ll never know what lies beyond it.’

- Tia-Thuy Nguyen

Tia-Thuy Nguyen (b. 1981, Ho Chi Minh City) was born and raised in Hanoi. After graduating from the Vietnam University of Fine Arts (2006), she moved to Ukraine, where she achieved her PhD in Fine Arts at the National Academy of Fine Art and Architect, Kiev (2014). For almost 20 years of spanning diverse practices including painting, art installation, fashion design and film production, Tia-Thuy’s multi-disciplinary career has always showed an ardent admiration for the local Vietnamese traditions, folklores, rituals and beliefs. Tia-Thuy Nguyen is also one of the pioneers in Vietnam to embed traditions into modern life through contemporary arts.

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Being conscious about the difficulties of the Vietnamese art scene, in 2016, Tia Thuy founded The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, the first purpose-built space for contemporary art in Vietnam, that aims to be a dynamic destination for art and design display and education, demonstrating the creative criticality of Vietnam today. She challenges women’s roles in today’s society, with her own experience as a mother, a fashion designer and an artist. Tia-Thuy Nguyen’s artworks have been exhibited, auctioned and collected widely in prestigious collections in Vietnam, the UK, US and France. In 2019, Tia-Thuy Nguyen was recognized as one of the ‘Top 50 most influential women in Vietnam 2019’ by Forbes Vietnam.