Trong Gia Nguyen

Trong Gia Nguyen

BornNationalityBased In
1971VietnameseHo Chi Minh City
Biography

“My work examines structures of power in their myriad forms, making attempt to scrutinize the soft foundation upon which contemporary life plays out, often behind the façade of fairness, sincerity, security, tradition, and civility.” Often employing humor while at other times engaging sober reflection, Trong Gia Nguyen’s work elevates the condition of doubt and reveals the power structures behind our most trusted institutions and beliefs as they relate to the dynamics of domesticity, culture, politics, and economy. Self-reflexive by nature, Nguyen’s methods question the status quo through subtle modes of subversion and interruption. On the flipside, it is an aesthetically pessimistic vantage point, one of retreat that espouses a dimension of decadence, at the expense of charlatanism. Whether taking the form of sculpture, painting, iPhone applications, film, or web-based performance actions, Nguyen’s conceptual approach walks the fine line between joy and sorrow, subtlety and blatancy, night and light, and beauty and beast. ...

Selected Artworks
St Sebastian (after Antonello da Messina)
Trong Gia Nguyen
St Sebastian (after Antonello da Messina), 2013
193 x 52 x 4cm
Family, Enid, circa 1982
Trong Gia Nguyen
Family, Enid, circa 1982, 2014
145 x 208cm
Enid, Meadowlake Park, circa 1981
Trong Gia Nguyen
Enid, Meadowlake Park, circa 1981, 2019
75.1 x 100.5cm
Enid, circa 1982
Trong Gia Nguyen
Enid, circa 1982, 2019
100 x 140cm
Saigon, 1973
Trong Gia Nguyen
Saigon, 1973, 2014
119.5 x 163cm
The Leavers
Trong Gia Nguyen
The Leavers, 2014
183 x 437cm
Bruno
Trong Gia Nguyen
Bruno, 2016
135 x 118 x 1.8cm
Wilhelm: Quel ennui, mes amis! (What a Nuisance, My Friends! - French, complete)
Trong Gia Nguyen
Wilhelm: Quel ennui, mes amis! (What a Nuisance, My Friends! - French, complete), 2016
13.4 x 9.4 x 1.2cm
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood - French, complete)
Trong Gia Nguyen
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood - French, complete), 2016
13.4 x 9.3 x 1.2cm
Kaepernicking > Tebowing
Trong Gia Nguyen
Kaepernicking > Tebowing, 2018
267 x 165 x 13cm
Seuss: The Cat in the Hat (complete)
Trong Gia Nguyen
Seuss: The Cat in the Hat (complete), 2018
13.9 x 9.4 x 1.2cm
Family, Enid, circa
Trong Gia Nguyen
Family, Enid, circa, 1980
90 x 71cm
Kerouac: On the Road (first chapter)
Trong Gia Nguyen
Kerouac: On the Road (first chapter), 2021
14.9 x 9.9 x 1.2cm
The Thousand and One Nights (Story of the merchant)
Trong Gia Nguyen
The Thousand and One Nights (Story of the merchant), 2022
16.9 x 9.9 x 2cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Bienal de La Habana2006 - Havana
Istanbul Biennial2005 - Istanbul
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