Working through an improvisational and additive process, Nguyen draws subject matter and inspiration from an expansive cache that includes the Cocteau Twins’ indecipherable song lyrics, contemporary tourism research journals, the architecture of faux neoclassical Vietnamese shopping malls, and assemblages of objects found on the streets of Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
These seemingly unrelated elements collide within her practice in an act akin to miniature landscaping, articulating a deeply personal sensitivity to the material world and the materiality of things. Through acts of tampering, reproduction, and juxtaposition, Nguyen oscillates between the authentic and the manufactured—probing the boundaries between the prosaic and the poetic, the real and the fake, the desirable and the distasteful—allowing space for the weird and the strange to emerge.
Chelsea College of Arts
2022
Manzi Art Space, Hanoi VN
2021
Vietnam Art Collection (End of Residency Exhibition)
Hanoi, VN
2026
Murmurs: a Gathering of Modern & Contemporary Arts from Vietnam
Vietnam Art Collection
Westbund Art Fair, Shanghai CN
2025
Womb of Fire
Mơ Art Gallery & Gallery Medium
Hanoi & Saigon, VN
2025
Tươi Sống
Harlesden High Street
London, UK
2024
APT Introduces: Anh-Phuong Nguyen & Stanley Tilyard French
APT Gallery
London, UK
2024
Landscape of Chance
SLQS Gallery
London, UK
2024
Means of Production
Shisanwu with Lunch Hour Collective
New York City, USA
2024
Beauty Tech Art Spa
Cornershop with Minor Attractions
London, UK
2023
Dentro
Somers Gallery
London, UK
2023
No Place like Home
Museum of the Home
London, UK
2023
Baggage Claim
Staffordshire St
London, UK
2023
Cursed Images
Take Courage Gallery with Kawaii Agency
London, UK
2023
BA Fine Art Degree Show
Chelsea College of Arts
London, UK
2022
Home Sweet House
Site-specific location
Hanoi, VN
2021
Just for You
Sit-specific location
London, UK
2021
2025
Art in Perpetuity x Fenton Arts Trust
Mentoring Award
2023
Manzi Art Space Residency, Hanoi
funded by the Goethe Institute
2020
Ba-Bau AIR Residency, Hanoi
2020
2025
‘Womb of Fire and 100 Vietnamese Female Artists’, Vietcetera
2025
‘Taking Stock: A massive group show takes over a Queens pantyhose warehouse’, Artnet, Andrew Russeth
2024
‘Means of Production’, Office Magazine, Sofia Thieu D’Amico
2024
‘Means of Production exposes the seams of art and commerce, The AMP, Jenny Wu
2024
‘A new exhibition spotlights the unique world of nail salons’,
Dazed Digital
2023
‘No Place Like Home Review’, FAD Magazine, Jordan Chan
2023
‘Degrees Hot’, No Exits Magazine, Cường Minh Bá Phạm
2023
‘Interview with AP Nguyễn’, Creased Magazine, by Rebecka Öhrström Kann
2023
‘Kitsch of art? Art installation pays homage to Vietnamese’s campy way of living’, Tuổi Trẻ News, Xuân Tùng
2021
‘Art installation displays objects of artist’s dreams’, Vietnam News
2021
Last Updated 22/12/2025
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