Thao Nguyen Phan: Reincarnations of Shadows

Thao Nguyen Phan
Reincarnations of Shadows
13 Mar – 11 Aug 2024

Through more than 100 works from the past ten years, the first solo exhibition in Scandinavia with Thao Nguyen Phan will present the artist's delicate and captivating oeuvre to the visitors including poetic film installations, meticulously executed silk and lacquer paintings, light sculptures, delicate watercolours and architectural interventions.

In her videos, painting comes alive, creating a dreamlike imagery in which folk traditions, fairytale narratives, literature, philosophy, and everyday life merge. The artist traces Vietnam's turbulent historical events, reflecting on environmental and social changes related to human impact, such as the exploitation of natural resources and the destruction and colonization of the landscape.

Thao Nguyen Phan (b. 1987, Ho Chi Minh City; lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City) studied painting at Ho Chi Minh University of Fine Arts, Lasalle College of Arts in Singapore and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Latest, she has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in international institutions including Pirelli HangarBicocca (2023), 59. Venice Art Biennale (2022), Tate St Ives (2022). In 2016-17, she was included among the Protegée Rolex, accompanied by Joan Jonas as a mentor, among the most recognized living artists and performers, and won the Han Nefkens Foundation - LOOP Barcelona Video Art Award 2018. In addition, she is co-founder of the Art Labor collective in Ho Chi Minh City, which explores interdisciplinary practices and develops art projects to benefit the local Vietnamese community.

Reincarnations of Shadows is organized by Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, where the exhibition was presented in the autumn of 2023, in collaboration with Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The solo exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg is curated by Henriette Bretton-Meyer and supported by supported by The Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen's Foundation, The Augustinus Foundation, The Beckett Foundation, The Danish Arts Foundation, The Obel Family Foundation, The William Demant Foundation

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