Born 1987, Vinh, Vietnam
BFA from Hue University of Fine Arts (2011)
Master’s in Visual Arts from Mahasarakham University, Thailand (2014)
She works at the intersection of found objects and fired earth, integrating culturally significant materials with terracotta to explore transformation and temporality. Her practice, which she describes as “soft-elastic collisions,” is grounded in the discovery of earth as a “prehistoric hard drive,” a silent witness to the passage and transformation of matter across time.
A recent project focused on the Sa Huỳnh culture, an ancient civilization in southern Vietnam whose origins are dated by scholars between 1000 BCE and 200 CE, existing in parallel with the Đông Sơn culture in the north. Her firing and mounting processes allow found objects to retain their integrity while engaging in new material conversations.
In tandem with her sculptural practice, she initiated a project of 1,000 coffee drawings on Dó paper, a series begun alongside the opening of her coffee shop and studio space. Each work, rendered in coffee and ink, explores the relationship between language and art through juxtapositions of letters, poems, and repeated texts with portraits and figures drawn from life.
Biography adapted from the artist’s statement and VAC Residency materials.