Z.T. Nguyễn Vietnamese‑American, b. 1997
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Z.T. NguyễnJeans, 2024Graphite Acrylic On Paper74.295 x 101.6 cm -
Z.T. NguyễnCat and Mosquitoes, 2024Graphite and acrylic on letter-sized sheets of paper glued together81.28 x 102.87 cm
Z.T. Nguyễn (they/he, b. 1997) is a Vietnamese‑American artist based between Baltimore and New York. Primarily working in drawing, they probe the psychological space between stasis and change, where transformation is imminent but never fully ruptures. Their debut solo exhibition, Facts Are Bigger in the Dark, was held at island, New York, in 2025, and their work has appeared in group exhibitions at Perrotin (New York), Asia Art Archive in America (Brooklyn), Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (Hà Nội), PTT Space (Taipei), A‑Lounge Contemporary (Seoul), and other venues. Nguyễn holds a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design (2019) and an MFA in Painting & Printmaking from Yale School of Art (2025).
Z.T. Nguyễn (they/he, b. 1997, Vietnamese-American) is based between Maryland/New York and New Haven. They received a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (2019) and an MFA in Painting & Printmaking from the Yale School of Art (2025). Primarily rooted in drawing (extending into installation and text-based work), Nguyễn probes the psychological space between stasis and change—the charged interval where desire, transformation, and rupture hover but never fully arrive. Often nocturnal, pseudo-mythological, and bodily, the works employ monochromatic washes of bright, alarming colors and unsettling imagery. Many are constructed from lightly creased 8.5 × 11” sheets of paper designed to be folded, packed, and carried, meditating on refugee, queer, and migratory thresholds. Their debut solo exhibition Facts Are Bigger in the Dark was held at island, New York (2025). Group exhibitions include Perrotin (New York), Asia Art Archive in America (Brooklyn), Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (Hà Nội), and Klaus von Nichtssagend (New York). Residencies include Textile Arts Center and Asia Art Archive in America. (they/he, b. 1997, Vietnamese-American) is based between Maryland/New York and New Haven. They received a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (2019) and an MFA in Painting & Printmaking from the Yale School of Art (2025). Primarily rooted in drawing (extending into installation and text-based work), Nguyễn probes the psychological space between stasis and change—the charged interval where desire, transformation, and rupture hover but never fully arrive. Often nocturnal, pseudo-mythological, and bodily, the works employ monochromatic washes of bright, alarming colors and unsettling imagery. Many are constructed from lightly creased 8.5 × 11” sheets of paper designed to be folded, packed, and carried, meditating on refugee, queer, and migratory thresholds. Their debut solo exhibition Facts Are Bigger in the Dark was held at island, New York (2025). Group exhibitions include Perrotin (New York), Asia Art Archive in America (Brooklyn), Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (Hà Nội), and Klaus von Nichtssagend (New York). Residencies include Textile Arts Center and Asia Art Archive in America.
