Chau Nguyen (b. Hanoi, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American conceptual artist based in Philadelphia. She navigates the intersection of art, technology, memory, trauma, and Vietnamese histories in her creation of transnational art objects. Nguyen received her BA in Fine Arts and History of Art from Bryn Mawr College and her MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Her work has been in group and solo exhibitions at the National Liberty Museum, Delaware Contemporary, Woodmere Art Museum, Pentimenti Gallery, Temple Contemporary, Automat Collective, Studio Montclair, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (Vietnam), Gallery Steinsland Berliner (Sweden), and others. She has been awarded residencies including Ragdale Foundation (Lake Forest, IL), Millay Arts (Austerlitz, NY), Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY), Byrdcliffe Artist Residency (Woodstock, NY), and others.
Nguyen has received fellowships, grants, and awards from The Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio at Temple University Libraries, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Woodmere Art Museum, Joseph Robert Foundation, Ragdale Foundation, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, and others. Her work has been featured on WHYY, Artforum, Artblog, and Hanoi TV. She has held teaching positions at Moore College of Art and Design, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, and Fleisher Art Memorial. She is on the Board of Directors at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and part of the Curatorial Council at Ragdale Foundation.
Nguyen has received fellowships, grants, and awards from The Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio at Temple University Libraries, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Woodmere Art Museum, Joseph Robert Foundation, Ragdale Foundation, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, and others. Her work has been featured on WHYY, Artforum, Artblog, and Hanoi TV. She has held teaching positions at Moore College of Art and Design, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, and Fleisher Art Memorial. She is on the Board of Directors at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and part of the Curatorial Council at Ragdale Foundation.