Tammy Nguyen was born and raised in San Francisco, and received a B.F.A. from Cooper Union in 2007, and an M.F.A. from Yale in 2013. Her recent solo exhibitions include the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2023); Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, South Korea (2023); Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY (2022); Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (2022); François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Tropical Futures Institute, SEA Focus, Singapore (2022); Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY (2021) among others. Tammy has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Still Present!, 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2022); Past/Present/Future: Expanding Indigenous American, Latinx, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Perspectives in Thomas J. Watson Library, Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (2022); Greater New York 2021, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (2021); Nha, The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2021); Face of the Future, The Rubin Museum, New York, NY (2018); Bronx Calling: The Third AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (2015); and DRAW: Mapping Madness, Inside-Out Museum, Beijing, China (2014). Her artist books are in many notable public collections, including Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY; Clark Art Institute Library, Williamstown, MA; Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Mayer Library, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY; New York Public Library, New York, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art Library, Philadelphia, PA; Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Wesleyan University Library, Middletown, CT; and the Whitney Museum of American Art Library, New York, NY.