Nguyen’s work is concerned with the dark matter — the untranslatable, the ambiguous, the feelings of loss and absence — in between documented accounts of the past. In her work, quiet gestures reveal the pivoting functions of objects which simultaneously obscure and uncover illegible histories.
She examines the malleability of collective and personal memory surrounding orientalism, colonialism, the family, and incarceration, through objects which range from explicitly to ambiguously culturally coded.
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Felisa Nguyen.
felisanguyenwork@gmail.com
Education
2025 | MFA Fine Art. Parsons School of Design at The New School, New York, New York, USA.
2023 | BFA New Media. RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Selected Exhibitions
2025 | On Refuge, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California, USA. (Upcoming).
2025 | Love, ModA Curations, New York, New York, USA. (Upcoming).
2025 | Open Kitchen 002: Fusion, theBlanc and Li Tang Gallery, New York, New York, USA.
2025 | Re: Turning, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, New York, New York, USA.
2023 | Odyssey, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Press
2025 | Hot Coffee, Conversation between New York-based curator and writer Phil Zheng Cai and emerging artists Anh Nguyen, Felisa Nguyen, and Huyen Tran
Felisa Nguyen.
felisanguyenwork@gmail.com
Education
2025 | MFA Fine Art. Parsons School of Design at The New School, New York, New York, USA.
2023 | BFA New Media. RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Selected Exhibitions
2025 | On Refuge, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California, USA. (Upcoming).
2025 | Love, ModA Curations, New York, New York, USA. (Upcoming).
2025 | Open Kitchen 002: Fusion, theBlanc and Li Tang Gallery, New York, New York, USA.
2025 | Re: Turning, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, New York, New York, USA.
2023 | Odyssey, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Press
2025 | Hot Coffee, Conversation between New York-based curator and writer Phil Zheng Cai and emerging artists Anh Nguyen, Felisa Nguyen, and Huyen Tran
2025 | Hyperallergic, Parsons Fine Arts MFA Students Help Us Navigate 2025, by Daniel Larkin
2023 | Toronto Metroplitan University, New Scholarship funds students on the cutting edge, where art meets technology
Awards & Grants
2023 | TD FCCP Education Foundation New Horizon Scholarship, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2023 | Design + Technology Lab and Design Fabrication Zone Grant, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2022 | Karen Miller-Tait Memorial Award, Toronto, ON, Canada.