Tia-Thuy Nguyen
Visual Artist, Creative Director
Born 1981, Vietnam | Based in Ho Chi Minh City
Tia-Thuy Nguyen is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, site-specific installation, fashion, film, and cultural entrepreneurship. Her work explores light, transformation, memory, and the tension between tradition and change — expressed through rich material layering and contemporary reinterpretations of Vietnamese heritage.
Educated in Vietnam and Ukraine, she holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the National Academy of Arts and Architecture in Kyiv. Her works have been exhibited and collected internationally, with major presentations at Château La Coste (France), Almine Rech (Paris, Monaco), Art Basel Hong Kong, and the (RED) Auction at Sotheby’s Miami.
She is also the founder of The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre — the first purpose-built space for contemporary art in Vietnam — and Thuy Design House, a fashion brand rooted in Vietnamese craft and identity. Her contributions have been recognized by Forbes Vietnam (Top 50 Most Influential Women, 2019) and Tatler Asia (Asia’s Most Influential, 2024).
BIOGRAPHY
2014 PhD in Fine Arts, National Academy Of Fine Arts And Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine
2009 Master of Fine Arts, National Academy Of Fine Arts And Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Vietnam University of Fine Art, Hanoi, Vietnam
EDUCATION
2025 ‘Resurrection’ solo installation, Hanoi, Vietnam
Art Dubai 2025 group exhibition, Dubai, UAE
2024 'Burdening Dream' solo exhibition, Almine Rech, Monaco
'Drops of the Sun' solo installation, Mareterra, Monaco
Curator of ‘Cong Tu Bac Lieu’ - Art Exhibitions in Cinematic Films, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Armory 2024 group exhibition, New York, USA
'Lady Dior House' group exhibition, Singapore
'Nature’s Reflections' group exhibition, Almine Rech Monaco
'Gesture & Form: Women in Abstraction' group exhibition, Almine Rech, New York, USA
Art Basel 2024 group exhibition, Hong Kong
'Lady Dior House' group exhibition, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
‘Sparkle in the Vastness’ solo exhibition, Almine Rech, Paris, France
2023 ‘Flower of Life’ solo exhibition, Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France
2022 ‘Floating in the Nothingness’ solo exhibition, Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France
2019 ‘Silver Room’ solo installation, Château La Coste, Aix-en Provence, France
2018 The third (RED) Auction Exhibition, Sotheby’s Miami, Florida, USA
ARTS & EXHIBITIONS
2024 'Ru-Ho xu xang xe cong' collection
'En nhan hiep doi' collection
'To hong' collection
'La loi ang may troi' collection
2023 ‘Thuy Nguyen: An Everyday dream’ fashion exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam
‘Oi a oi a’ collection
2020 ‘Thuy Nguyen: An Everyday dream’ fashion exhibition, HCMC, Vietnam
‘Tim nguoi trong mong’ collection
2019 ‘My Chau’ collection
‘Tinh tang’ collection
2017 ‘Co Ba Sai Gon’ collection
‘Mong mi’ collection
2016 RMIT Vietnam’s Bachelor of Fashion’s Graduation Mentor
‘Gio mua ve’ collection
‘Coc cach’ collection
‘Vien man’ collection
2015 Director and Designer of Art Fashion Show for Vietnam Culture Day, Rome, Italy
‘Lung lieng’ collection
2011 Founder and Creative Director of Thuy Design House fashion brand
FASHION DESIGN
2024 Executive Producer, Production Designer and Character Concept Artist of film ‘Cong Tu Bac Lieu’, Vietnam
2022 Costume Designer of film ‘Em va Trinh’, Vietnam
2021 Costume Designer of film ‘Kieu’, Vietnam
Costume Designer of film ‘Trang Ti phieu luu ky’, Vietnam
2020 Producer and Costume Designer of film ‘Saigon in the Rain’, Vietnam
2019 Founder of Xuong Phim Mau Hong -Independent film production company
Producer of film ‘Kumanthong’, Vietnam
2018 Producer and Costume Designer of film ‘The cougar queen’, Vietnam
2017 Producer and Costume Designer of film ‘Co Ba Sai Gon’, Vietnam
Producer and Costume Designer of film ‘Me chong’, Vietnam
2016 Co-producer of film ‘Saigon, I love you’, Vietnam
Co-producer of film ‘Tam Cam: the untold story’, Vietnam
2015 Producer and Costume Designer of film ‘Ngay nay ngay nay’, Vietnam
FILM & CREATIVE DIRECTION
2024 'Best Bridal Brand', Vietnam Wedding Awards
'Asia’s Most Influential 2024’, Tatler Magazine
2021 Nominate ‘Ao Dai designer of the Year’, Style-Republik Fashion Awards
2020 ‘Designer of the Year’, Style-Republik Fashion Awards
2019 ‘Top 50 most influential women in Vietnam’, Forbes Vietnam
‘Vietnamese Pride Award’, Elle Style Awards
‘The most creative designer’, Vietnam International Fashion Awards
2018 Top 3 ‘Designer of the Year’, Elle Style Awards
‘Young and Rising Designer’, Global Sources Exhibitions, Hongkong
2017 ‘The most creative design’ for costume design in ‘The Tailor’, Ngoi Sao Xanh Awards
Nominate ‘The inspirational’, WeChoice Award
AWARDS & HONORS
2015 Founder and Director of ‘Save Our Rivers’ project, HCMC, Vietnam
