Visual Artist
Thi My Lien Nguyen
Thi My Lien Nguyen (b. 1995) is a Swiss-Vietnamese photographer and artist based in Switzerland. She received her Bachelor's degree in Camera Arts from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2017.
In her artistic practice she deals with the feeling and understanding of belonging, participation and the sense of home, whereas she is strongly interested in diasporic and post-migrant realities and stories. Through participatory and inclusive methods, performative and culinary activations she seeks to establish more inclusive spaces to create more understanding and representations between communities. She works with traditions, rituals, folklore, photography and food.
Her work has been exhibited in multiple exhibitions including the 22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil in São Paulo (2023), Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zürich (2023), Plat(t)form, Fotomuseum Winterthur (2022), Photo Hanoi, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA) (2021). Nguyen is part of the curatorial team at Les Complices*, a self-organised community-based off-space in Zurich, committed to support the ideas and works of queer, trans, inter, non-binary, women* and BIPoC.
Interests
social engaged art
spaces
archives
practice of sharing
Vietnam and Switzerland
gatherings
zines
diaspora
rituals
traditions
folklore
love
postcolonialism
publishing
communal practices
spirituality
poetry
lists
clouds
collages
꧁ talented friends and collaborators ꧂
Kay Zhang
Engy Mohsen
tracy september
Raisa Durandi
Laura Gauch
Helene Leuzinger
Cédrine Scheidig
Janis Polar
Joël Hunn
Samuel Schalch
Dylan Wiedler
Olivier Samter
Anja Wicki
Lea Le
We Do Good
RAAW coffee
SŌNSŌN collective
Maison Faison
Gautschi Editions
Arnold Rahmenmanufaktur
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