Biografie
Trong Gia Nguyen (geboren 1971 in Vietnam) ist ein multidisziplinär arbeitender Künstler mit Werken im Bereich Installation, Malerei, Bildhauerei, Video und Performance, webbasierten Aktionen und iPhone-Anwendungen (metaphysisches GPS). 1975 immigrierte er nach Amerika, wo er an verschiedenen Universitäten in Floridas Bildende Kunst studierte. Seine Arbeit untersucht häufig Machtstrukturen kultureller und sozio-politischer Systeme.
Immer wieder beschäftigt sich Nguyen mit der Dynamik und der Machtstruktur zwischen Objekt und Betrachter. Durch zumeist passiven Objekte und Bilder in Ausstellungen liegt die Dominanz beim Betrachter: Welche Objekte schaue ich mir an, wie lange verweile ich, möchte ich hinschauen oder nicht?
Nguyens Ziel ist es, Objekte zu schaffen, die diese Machtstruktur durchbrechen und die Balance zwischen Betrachter und Kunstobjekt wieder herstellen, indem seine Objekte eine Interaktion mit dem Betrachter einfordern:
Mann kann nicht einfach vorbeigehen oder an ihnen vorbeischauen.
Derzeit lebt und arbeitet er in Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION
1998 Master of Fine Arts in Painting. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Minor in Art History. University of Central Florida, Orlando
SOLO/COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2015 Forthcoming: DONG, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2014 Forthcoming: Hotel Particulier, New York, NY
2013 Man Cave, Gallery Art Virus, Frankfurt, Germany
2012 Cracked haus, QF Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Trong Nguyen: Videos, CoWorker Projects, New York, NY
2011 Domestic God____, Coleman Burke Gallery, New York, NY
Objects of Your Affection, LegalArt at Lords South Beach, Miami Beach, FL
2010 Neo-Theo, Galerie ZK, Berlin, Germany
Signature Series. 7.9cm, Kingston-On-Thames, England
2009 Food for Thought, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2008 The Most Dangerous Show on Earth, Fruit & Flower Deli, New York, NY
2007 Ready, Set, Sail! Superbien Greenhouse for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
All You Need Is Love. Articule, Montreal, Canada
Art Hijack Inauguration. Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY
2006 All You Need Is Love. Paloma/New General Catalog, Brooklyn, NY
Humanitarians Not Heroes (Five-Alive). Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
2005 L’Agent des trois. Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL
The Art Collection of Rick Haatj. Art L.A., Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
2004 The Art Collection of Rick Haatj. The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY
Humanitarians Not Heroes: shäp. The Lab Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Fading Photograph. La Lunchonette, New York, NY
1998 Sighing Reveille. USF Teaching Gallery, Tampa, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Onward and Upward, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Flight, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami, FL
Public Private, Spring Break, New York, NY
2013 The Written Word, John A. Day Gallery, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
#PseudoReal, Charles Bank Gallery, New York, NY
Sharper Image II, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, Provincetown, MA
Sharper Image, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY
Eyes on the Storm, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT; Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Fort Meyers, FL
The Book Lovers, EFA Project Space, New York, NY
The book lovers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 Leisure Work, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
George Hearts Maria, Helium Cowboy, Hamburg, Germany
Art Stays, Asia Pavilion, Gallery Tenzor, Ptuj, Slovenia
Wherewithall, QF Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2011 This House Is Blessed, Fountainhead, Miami, FL
Telefone Sem Fio: Word-Things of Augusto de Campos Revisited, EFA Project Space, New York, NY
A Strange Attraction to the Beautiful and Dreadful. Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY
ViennaFair, Waterside Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Hong Kong Art Fair, Galerie Quynh
2010 Pulse Miami. Charlie James Gallery, Miami, FL
Murmur. Waterside Project Space, London, England
The Sixth Borough. Curated by Manon Slome/Julian Navarro, Governors Island, New York
Knock, Knock. Who’s There? That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore. Fred Torres Collaborations,
New York, NY
Satellites in the Night. Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Power to the Brand, curated by Bosko Boskovic, Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic Srpska, Banja Luka, Republic Srpska
Volta NY. New York, NY
2009 Being Between, Dvorak Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess. Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York, NY
Vietnam mon amour. MC2 Gallery, Milan, Italy
Dis/Believer. Columbia College, Chicago, IL
PTA Bake Sale and Spaghetti Dinner, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Broken Tales, curated by Rainer Ganahl, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China
No Title, EXHIBITION 211, curated by Nathalie Angles, New York, NY
Responding to Cuba, Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJVolta NY. New York, NY
Paper Exhibition, curated by Raimundas Malasauskas. Artists Space, New York, NY
2008 Once Upon a Time, curated by Chen Tamir and Jean Barberis. ISE Foundation, New York
NY openhouse NewYork, curated by Chen Tamir. Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY
Sequences Real Time Festival, Dwarf Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
I'll Be Your Mirror... Heist Gallery, New York, NY
From Brooklyn with Love. Parker's Box, Brooklyn, NY
Skipping the Page, curated by Graham Parker. Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2007 In Pursuit: Art on Dating. Curated by Emma Brasó. ISE Foundation, New York, NY
CONFLUX Festival, New General Catalog, Brooklyn, NY
The Dotted Line. Curated by Colby Chamberlain. Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Show Your I.D. HQ, Brooklyn, NY
DUMBO Arts Festival. Curated by Aniko Erdosi. Hungarian Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY
Secret Clubhouse. Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
From Our Living Room to Yours. Curated by Daria Brit-Shapiro, Goff + Rosenthal Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006 Sequences Real Time Festival. Safn Foundation, Reykjavik, Iceland
9th Havana Biennial. Fortress of the Three Kings, Havana, Cuba
Detained. Asian American Arts Center, New York, NY
2005 Performa 05: The Performance Biennial. Artists Space, New York, NY
Frisbee Fair. Miami, FL
Float. Curated by Sara Resiman. Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
US/UK. Three Colts Gallery, London, England
Waterways, collateral project for the 2005 Istanbul Biennial. Curated by Renee Vara. Istanbul, Turkey
Style Sessions, curated by William Quigley. MILK Gallery, New York, NY
2004 The Holiday Shopping Show III. Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Night of a Thousand Drawings. Artists Space, New York, NY
NOW: Contemporary Asian American Artists. Curated by Katherine Chan for the Asian Americans for Equality 30th Anniversary Gala. Empire State Ballroom Grand Hyatt, New York, NY
Bush-Whack! George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
The Peekskill Project. Curated by Alison Levy. Peekskill, NY
Doing Business: Dysfunctional Corporate Culture. Curated by Barry Rosenberg. University of Connecticut Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs/Stamford, CT
2003 Objects for Joseph Cornell. ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY
The Holiday Shopping Show II. Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
The Affordable Art Fair. Mai’s Gallery, New York, NY
AIM 23: Artists in the Marketplace. Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
150 Artists Make 150 Shirts, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
100 $mack$ Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL
Iron On! Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 The Brewster Project: New York Stories, curated by Paul Laster. Brewster, NY
2001 Ebay Inventory Project on DriveDrive.Com.
1998 7 x7. Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL
1997 Three Deep. Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2012 Forthcoming: Artist in Residence in the Everglades, Everglades National Park, FL
Museum of Arts and Design Artist residency, New York, NY
2011 LegalArt Residency, Miami, FL
2007 Harvestworks Digital Media Artist Residency, New York, NY
2006 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency, New York, NY
2005 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Artist Grant, New York, NY
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant, New York, NY
2004 Change Inc. Artist Grant, New York, NY
2003 Bronx Museum Artists in the Marketplace Fellowship, Bronx, NY