born : 1971 in Saigon, Vietnam
lives : Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1998, MFA
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 1995, BFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Signature Series, 7.9cm, Kingston-On-Thames, UK
2009
Food for Thought, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2008
The Most Dangerous Show on Earth, Fruit and Flower Deli, New York, NY
2007
Ready, Set, Sail! + 3 new projects, Super Bien!, Berlin, Germany
All You Need is Love, Articule, Montreal, Canada
Art Hijack Inauguration, Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY
2006
All You Need is Love, Paloma/New General Catalog, Brooklyn, NY
Humanitarians Not Heroes (Five-Alive), Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
2005
L'Agent des trois, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL
The Art Collection of Rick Haatj, Art LA, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
2004
The Art Collection of Rick Haatj, The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY
Humanitarians Not Heroes, The Lab Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Fading Photograph, La Lunchonette, New York, NY
1998
Sighing Reveille, USF Teaching Gallery, Tampa, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Sixth Borough, Governors Island, NY
Knock, Knock. Who's There? That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Fred Torres Collaborations, New York, NY
Satellites in the Night, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Power to the Brand, Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic Srpska, Banja Luka, Republic Srpska
2009
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess, Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York, NY
Vietnam mon amour, MC2 Gallery, Milan, Italy
Dis / Believer, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
PTA Bake Sale and Spaghetti Dinner, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Broken Tales, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China
No Title, EXHIBITION, New York, NY
Responding to Cuba, Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
Volta NY, New York, NY
Paper Exhibition, Artists Space, New York, NY
2008
Once Upon a Time, ISE Foundation, New York, NY
openhouseNewYork, Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY
Sequences Real Time Festival, Dwarf Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
I'll Be Your Mirror..., Heist Gallery, New York, NY
From Brooklyn with Love, Parker's Box, Brooklyn, NY
Skipping the Page, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Bridge New York, Greene Contemporary, New York, NY
2007
Scope Hamptons, Greene Contemporary, New York, NY
In Pursuit: Art on Dating, ISE Foundation, New York, NY
CONFLUX Festival, New General Catalog, Brooklyn, NY
The Dotted Line, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Show Your I.D., HQ, Brooklyn, NY
DUMBO Arts Festival, Hungarian Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY
Secret Clubhouse, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
From Our Living Room to Yours, Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany
2006
Sequences Real Time Festival, Safn Foundation, Reyjavik, Iceland
9th Havana Bienniel, Fortress of the Three Kings, Havana, Cuba
Detained, Asian American Arts Center, New York, NY
2005
Performa 05: The Performance Biennial, Artists Space, New York, NY
Frisbee Fair, Miami, FL
Float, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
US/UK, Three Colts Gallery, London, UK
Waterways, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Style Sessions, MILK Gallery, New York, NY
2004
The Holiday Shopping Show III, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Night of a Thousand Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
NOW: Contemporary Asian American Artists, Empire State Ballroom Grand Hyatt, New York, NY
Bush-Whack!, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
The Peekskill Project, Peekskill, NY
Doing Business: Dysfunctional Corporate Culture, University of Connecticut Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs, CT
2003
Objects for Joseph Cornell, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY
The Holiday Shopping Show II, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
The Affordable Art Fair, Mai's Gallery, New York, NY
AIM 23: Artists in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
150 Artists Make 150 Shirts, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
100 $mack$, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL
Iron On!, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002
The Brewster Project: New York Stories, Brewster, NY
1998
7 x 7, Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL
1997
Three Deep, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
AWARDS
2007
Harvestworks Digital Media Artist Residency, New York, NY
2006
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency, New York, NY
2005
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Artist Grant, New York, NY
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant, New York, NY
2004
Change Inc. Artist Grant, New York, NY
2003
Bronx Museum Artists in the Marketplace Fellowship, Bronx, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Photo Gallery: Art That Makes You Laugh, Paul Laster, Flavorpill, April 2
2009
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess, Holland Cotter, New York Times, October 23
Get Smart, Dan Avery, New York Post, March 5
Paper Exhibitions, Anna Gritz, Frieze, February 13
2008
Classified Report from "The Secret Club House," Morgan Meis, Believer Magazine, November/December
Treasure Troves, Ernest Beck, Worth Magazine, April/May
Fruit and Flower Deli, Snofried, BLEND Magazine, March
Relaxing at Pool, Bustling at Bridge, Jacquelyn Lewis, artinfo.com, March 28
2007
Art Collective Makes Shakespeare More Like the Bachelor, Rachel Wolff, New York Magazine Online, December 13
Creative Collectives, Sgteven Psyllos, Trace Magazine, September
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Christine Redfern, Montreal Mirror, August 16-22
From Our Living Room to Yours, We Make Money Not Art, Regine Debatty, March 5
Rebellion in the Living Room, Timothy Ackermann, Artnet, March 7
2006
Trong Nguyen's Signature, Daria Brit Shapiro, NY Arts Magazine, May/June
Bottle Talk, Carrie Mackin, NY Arts Magazine, March/April
Humanitarians Not Heroes, Ken Johnson, New York Times, January 27
Humanitarians Not Heroes, Jerry Mannerheim, Nuke Magazine, December/January
2005
Daily News, November 20
Booty Call, Quinn Asteak, Paper Magazine, November
Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty Year Loss at PH Gallery, Sarah Murkett, NY Arts Magazine, September/October
Float, Time Out New York, August 25-31
Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty Year Loss, Ken Johnson, New York Times, July 8
2004
Drawing Conclusions, Gail Levin, Gallery HD
Theatrical Openings, Catherine Krudy, NY Arts Magazine, December
Art Hijack, Mary Hrbacek, M: The New York Art World Magazine, December
2003
Biting the Hand That Feeds Them, Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, December 7
Market Share, Karen Rosenberg, Village Voice, August 27-September 2
AIM23, Paul Laster, Flavorpill, July 15-21
2002
The Brewster Project Wires the Zeitgeist, L.P. Streitfeld, The Advocate and Greenwich Time, July 21
The Scene - Williamsburg, Yuko Nii, NY Arts Magazine, March
2001
Possessions on the Web, Shannon Tan, Northwest Arkansas News, September 16
The Sell-Out Artists, Tilman Baumgartel, Eyestorm, April 30
Try Purging the Boom Years and Start the New Age Clean, Simon Doonan, The New York Observer, March 26
The New Canvas, Matthew Mirapaul, The New York Times, February 5
ARTIST WEBSITE
Trong G. Nguyen