Thảo Nguyên Phan Explained

Thảo Nguyên Phan
Birth Date:1987
Education:University of Fine Arts (2008)
Lasalle College of the Arts (2009)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2014)
Occupation:Visual multimedia artist

Thảo Nguyên Phan (born 1987) is a Vietnamese visual multimedia artist whose practice encompasses painting, filmmaking, and installation. She currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City and has exhibited widely in Vietnam and abroad.[1] Drawing inspiration from both official and unofficial histories, Phan references her country's turbulent past while observing ambiguous issues in social convention, history, and tradition.[2] She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Vietnam and abroad, at many public institutions, including the Factory Contemporary Art Centre, Ho Chi Minh City; Nha San Collective, Hanoi; Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai; Times Art Center in Berlin, Timișoara; and the Mistake Room, Los Angeles.

She has won numerous awards throughout her career, and she is also a founding member of Art Labor (est. 2012) with artist Trương Công Tùng and curator Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần,[3] a cross-disciplinary collective that develops art projects with the aim of benefiting the local community. In collaboration with independent art space Sàn Art in Ho Chi Minh, Art Labor hosts educational workshops that explore visual arts and the life sciences, examining shared cultural histories in the region through guest lectures and an artist-in-residency program.[4]

Education

Thảo Nguyên Phan graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts in 2008. The following year, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class honors from Singapore's LASALLE College of the Arts and completed an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2014.[5]

Awards and residencies

Phan is a 2018 recipient of the Han Nefkens Foundation – LOOP Barcelona Video Art Production Award.[6] [7] [8] The Han Nefkens Foundation has supported the production and presentation of Becoming Alluvium (2019), an installation of video and painting, to be shown at the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (2019–20), WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels (2020), and Chisenhale Gallery, London (2020).[9] Phan was also one of four finalists for the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2019,[10] [11] alongside Eisa Jocson, Hao Jingban and Hsu Che-Yu, and was a 2016–2017 Rolex Protégé for Visual Arts, mentored by internationally acclaimed, New York-based performance and video artist Joan Jonas.[12] [13] [14]

Phan was one of four special mentions of the Sharjah Biennale 14 prize, Sharjah, UAE, in 2019.[15] [16] In 2018, she was awarded the Grand Prize, APB Foundation Signature Art Prize, National Museum of Singapore.[17] [18] Further awards and residencies include an NTU CCA Residency, NTU Center for Contemporary Art, Singapore, 2017; Visual Arts Workshop in Botín Foundation, led by Joan Jonas, Santander, Spain, 2016; CDEF Grant, 2014; San Art Laboratory Artist in Residency program, San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2013; Incentive Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a nomination for the Dedalus foundation grant, in 2012; Presidential Scholarship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012; Incentive Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and first place, general category, Union League Civic & Arts foundation, Chicago in 2011.

Partial list of exhibitions

Solo

Group

Publications

Thảo Nguyên Phan's first monograph, Monsoon Melody, was co-published by exhibition partners Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, WIELS, Brussels, and the Chisenhale Gallery, London; the Han Nefkens Foundation; and Mousse Publishing.[25] The publication was edited with the support of Galerie Zink Waldkirchen, with texts by Zoë Gray, Sam I-Shan, Lila Matsumoto, Han Nefkens, Pamela Nguyen Corey, Thảo Nguyên Phan, Hilde Teerlinck, and Thomas D. Trummer. The book mirrors Phan's interest in philosophy and literature, featuring stills from her films and texts that provide insight into her latest work.[26] Phan has also released an artist book, Thảo Nguyên Phan: Voyages de Rhodes,[27] [28] which replicates the watercolors she painted directly onto the pages of Jesuit Missionary Alexandre de Rhodes' book, which chronicles his initial discoveries in Vietnam (1591–1660), and produced an exhibition catalogue for her exhibition Poetic Amnesia.[29]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thảo-Nguyên Phan Profile Rockbund Art Museum. www.rockbundartmuseum.org. 8 March 2020.
  2. Web site: About. Thao Nguyen Phan. en-US. 8 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Rolex protégé Thao-Nguyen Phan on exploring new mediums and her Pittsburgh project. Magazine. Wallpaper*. 30 January 2018. Wallpaper*. 8 March 2020.
  4. Web site: ArtAsiaPacific: Ho Chi Minh City. artasiapacific.com. 9 March 2020.
  5. Web site: About. Thao Nguyen Phan. en-US. 8 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Thao Nguyen Phan – Loop Barcelona. loop-barcelona.com. 8 March 2020.
  7. Web site: ArtAsiaPacific: Thao Nguyen Phan Wins The Han Nefkens Foundation Loop Barcelona Video Art Award2018. artasiapacific.com. 10 March 2020.
  8. Web site: Thao Nguyen Phan wins 2018 Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona Video Art Award / ArtReview. artreview.com. 10 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Thao Nguyen Phan: Becoming Alluvium - Announcements - e-flux. www.e-flux.com. en. 8 March 2020.
  10. Web site: HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award for Emerging Asian Artists. hugobossasiaart.org. 8 March 2020.
  11. Web site: Hugo Boss Asia Art Award Names 2019 Finalists. Chiaverina. John. 27 March 2019. ARTnews.com. en-US. 10 March 2020.
  12. Web site: Joan Jonas & Thao-Nguyen Phan - Rolex Mentor and Protégé. 8 March 2020. rolex.org. en.
  13. Web site: Magazine. Wallpaper*. 30 January 2018. Rolex protégé Thao-Nguyen Phan on exploring new mediums and her Pittsburgh project. 8 March 2020. Wallpaper*.
  14. Web site: Sulcas. Roslyn. Rolex Names the Protégés in Its Arts Program. 6 June 2016. The New York Times. 10 March 2020. en-US. 0362-4331.
  15. Web site: Sharjah Art Foundation Announces Winners of Sharjah Biennial 14 Prize. Sharjah Art Foundation. 10 March 2020.
  16. Web site: ArtAsiaPacific: Otobong Nkanga And Emeka Ogboh Win2019 Sharjah Biennial Prize. artasiapacific.com. 10 March 2020.
  17. Web site: Vietnamese artist Phan Thao Nguyen wins $60,000 Signature Art Prize. hermesauto. 29 June 2018. The Straits Times. en. 10 March 2020.
  18. Web site: Vietnamese artist Phan Thao Nguyen Won the Signature Art Prize. 10 July 2018. COBO Social. en-US. 10 March 2020.
  19. Web site: Mobile Library: Vietnam. Archive. Asia Art. aaa.org.hk. en. 10 March 2020.
  20. Web site: Exhibition "Vietnam Now: Changing Society" in the Netherlands. 4 June 2014. Hanoi Grapevine. en-US. 10 March 2020.
  21. Web site: A beast, a god, and a line. Para Site. en-US. 10 March 2020.
  22. Web site: A God, A Beast, and A Line: A Story of Dignity. 2 May 2018. COBO Social. en-US. 10 March 2020.
  23. Web site: A Beast, a god, and a line - Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. artmuseum.pl. 20 July 2018 . en. 10 March 2020.
  24. Web site: ArtAsiaPacific: Zoe Butt Omar Kholeif And Claire Tancons Appointed As Curators Of Sharjah Biennial14. artasiapacific.com. 10 March 2020.
  25. Web site: Hans Nefkens Foundation: Thao Nguyen Phan "Monsoon Melody". 1 February 2020. World Art Foundations. en-US. 8 March 2020.
  26. Web site: Thao Nguyen Phan: Monsoon Melody. Mousse Publishing. en-US. 8 March 2020.
  27. Web site: Thảo Nguyên Phan: Voyages de Rhodes —Publications NTU CCA Singapore. ntu.ccasingapore.org. 8 March 2020.
  28. Web site: Thảo-Nguyên Phan: Voyages de Rhodes. Archive. Asia Art. aaa.org.hk. en. 8 March 2020.
  29. Web site: Thao Nguyen Phan. Thao Nguyen Phan. en-US. 8 March 2020.

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