Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn is an artist and filmmaker based in Saigon, Vietnam. His practice expands to multiple mediums and is fueled by research and a commitment to communities that have faced traumas caused by colonialism, war, and displacement. He currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, where he is a co-founder and former board member of Sàn Art.

Nguyen was a founding member of The Propeller Group in 2006, an entity that positions themselves between a fake advertising company and an art collective. Accolades for the group include the main prize at the 2015 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and a Creative Capital award among others.

Nguyen’s videos and films have been included in major international festivals, biennials, and exhibitions including Berlin Biennale, Manifesta 14, Prishtina, Kosovo (2022); Aichi Triennale (2022); Biennale de Dakar (2022); Asian Art Biennial, Taiwan (2021); Manifesta 13, Marseilles (2020); the 2019 Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE (2019); 2017 Whitney Biennial, New York, NY (2017); the 55th International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany (2009); 8th NHK Asian Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan (2007); 18th Singapore International Film Festival (2005). His work is included in the permanent collections of institutions including Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; San Francisco MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, NY; Smithsonian Art Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY.

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