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Episode Synopsis
Z.T. Nguyen (b. 1997, United States) is an artist currently based in New Haven, CT.
He has exhibited at Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York; Asia Art Archive in America, Brooklyn; the RISD Museum, Providence; NARS Foundation, Brooklyn; and the Vincom Center for Contemporary Art, Hà Nội, among others. He has participated in residencies and fellowships at the Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn; The Alternative Art School & MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, online; and Asia Art Archive in America. Nguyen received his BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (2019) and is currently on the cusp of receiving an MFA in Painting & Printmaking at the Yale School of Art (2025).
Facts Are Bigger in the Dark Year: 2025 23.5 x 36 x 6 Squid ink, graphite, colored pencil, and acrylic on letter-sized sheet of paper; found chair
Hold Me 2024 Acrylic and graphite on letter-sized sheets of paper 32.125 x 40 inches
Infinity 2024 16 x 10.4 inches Acrylic and graphite on letter-sized sheets of paper
Obey 2025 Acrylic and graphite on paper 10.9 x 8.5 inches
He has exhibited at Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York; Asia Art Archive in America, Brooklyn; the RISD Museum, Providence; NARS Foundation, Brooklyn; and the Vincom Center for Contemporary Art, Hà Nội, among others. He has participated in residencies and fellowships at the Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn; The Alternative Art School & MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, online; and Asia Art Archive in America. Nguyen received his BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (2019) and is currently on the cusp of receiving an MFA in Painting & Printmaking at the Yale School of Art (2025).
Facts Are Bigger in the Dark Year: 2025 23.5 x 36 x 6 Squid ink, graphite, colored pencil, and acrylic on letter-sized sheet of paper; found chair
Hold Me 2024 Acrylic and graphite on letter-sized sheets of paper 32.125 x 40 inches
Infinity 2024 16 x 10.4 inches Acrylic and graphite on letter-sized sheets of paper
Obey 2025 Acrylic and graphite on paper 10.9 x 8.5 inches
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