Hà My Nguyễn

Hà My Nguyễn (b.1991) grew up in the mountainous regions of central Vietnam near the border with Laos, immersed in the freedom and rhythms of the natural landscape. She studied traditional lacquer at the Hue University of Arts, where she developed her practice before relocating to Paris in 2018.

Hà My’s artistic research delves into marginalized knowledge embedded in everyday life, such as the peculiar fruits, wild plants, and inherited cooking recipes that have long nurtured communities, particularly women, in her native region. By engaging with these practices, she explores the intersections of femininity, nature, and resilience, while critically examining the erasures and transmissions of these forms of knowledge across generations and geographies.

Working across ceramics, drawing, and installation, Hà My’s practice visualizes forms that inhabit the liminal space between the human, the vegetal, and the imaginary. She often evokes these forms as “bloomings” or “dream seeds,” subtle presences that carry both tenderness and quiet strength, rooted in her childhood memories while resonating with her current life in France.

A selection of her exhibitions includes:  Flesh and Leaf, Sap and Seed, Galerie Bao, Paris, France, 2025; Et… Vlan!, Galerie du Haut Pavé, Paris, France, 2024; +6 Affinités, Bureau d’art et de recherche, Roubaix, France, 2023, SALO X, Salon Dessin Erotique, Paris, France, 2022, Utopia Land, Heritage Space, Hanoï, Vietnam, 2017, Sindikat Campusari, The Japan Foundation Asia Center,Jakarta, Indonesia, 2016,  Giống-Không-Giống, Kebun Bibi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2015, Chòn-Chòn, Huế museum of Culture, Huế, Vietnam 2015, Tran8tate, Université d’Art de Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thaïlande, Hue Mong Hue Mo, New Space Arts Foundation, Huế, Vietnam, 2014.