Vân-Nhi Nguyễn

Vân-Nhi Nguyễn lives and works in Hà Nội, Việt Nam. Nguyễn's practice examines contemporary landscapes and how they are anchored in memories. Through staged, idealistic pictures and collages made from both stock images and her own photographs, Nguyễn uses photography to lay bare these connections-looking into ways she can create a parallel to the physical structures of the current world, and how it can become emblematic of unfulfilled aspirations and unrealized potentials due to unresolved historiography. Nguyễn draws from a range of disciplines, borrowing methodologies from documentary and performance, referencing popular culture alongside fine art. Her work has been presented at Objectif Centre for Photography & Film, Hong Kong International Photography Festival, Peckham Copeland, Fotomuseum Winterthur, and Matca Space for Photography, among others. She has received funding from the Aperture Foundation, Pro Helvetia, the V&A Museum, and PhMuseum. Her work has been published in Aperture, It's Nice That, Vogue Italia, the British Journal of Photography, and Le Monde Magazine, and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.