Thao Nguyen Phan

Trained as a painter, Thao Nguyen is a multimedia artist whose practice encompasses video, painting and installation. Drawing from literature, philosophy and daily life, she observes ambiguous issues in social conventions and history. She started working in film when she began her MFA in Chicago.

Thao Nguyen Phan exhibits internationally, with solo and group exhibitions including The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Venice, 2022); Kunstverein (Hamburg, 2021); New Orleans Museum of Art (New Orleans, 2020); Chisenhale gallery (London, 2020); WIELS (Brussels, 2020); Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai, 2019); Lyon Biennale (Lyon, 2019); Sharjah Biennial (Sharjah Art Foundation, 2019); Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, 2018); Dhaka Art Summit (2018); Para Site (Hong Kong, 2018); Factory Contemporary Art Centre (Ho Chi Minh City, 2017) ; Nha San Collective (Hanoi, 2017) ; and Bétonsalon (Paris, 2016), among others. She was shortlisted for the 2019 Hugo Boss Asia Art Award. In addition to her work as a multimedia artist, she is co-founder of the collective Art Labor, which explores cross disciplinary practices and develops art projects that benefit the local community. Thao Nguyen is expanding her “theatrical fields”, including what she calls performance gesture and moving images. She is a 2016-2017 Rolex Protégée, mentored by internationally acclaimed, New York-based, performance and video artist, Joan Jonas.

She lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

artworks selection

exhibitions

OGMT Affordable Art Weekend – November, 15 – 17. 2024

The OGMT Affordable Art Weekend presented more than 30 established and emerging artists´ works within a price range that encouraged new collectors and admirers of art to engage with contemporary practices.

This exhibition showcased original works as well as prints, artists´ books and postcards.

 

1 . 21/10/2022 – 22/01/2023

1” is a group exhibition featuring works by André Almeida e SousaLuís AlmeidaConstança Arouca & Madalena Parreira, Francisca Carvalho, Nina Fraser Run Jiang Le Phi LongFlorian Song NguyenBertrand PeretThao Nguyen PhanPedro Proença, Quentin SpohnTruc-Anh and Mai-Loan Tu and celebrating the 1st anniversary of our gallery. 

(Flyer picture: Thao Nguyen Phan, “Alphabet in Containers 03” (detail), watercolor on paper, 2017)

“Bien vindo bạn” – 12/07 – 27/11/2021

An exhibition by Thao Nguyen PhanQuentin SpohnHoang Duong CamConstanca AroucaFlorian Song NguyenBertrand PeretHoang Nam VietNadège DavidMai Loan Tu and Sandrine Llouquet.

O GABINETE DE MADAME THAO’s first exhibition is an introduction of the artists who have joined in to collaborate with OGMT´s founder Sandrine Llouquet – aka Madame Thao, to launch her new initiative in Lisbon.