BIO & ARTIST STATEMENT
HANH NGUYEN
contact - hhnguyen113@gmail.com
Instagram - dreamofwires
BIO
Hanh Nguyen is a multidisciplinary artist from Sarasota, Florida, working in painting, found-object sculpture, and collage. Growing up as an only child in the suburbs, Nguyen experienced the loneliness of isolation along with cultural and language barriers at home. Being Asian in a predominantly white community created a sense of in-betweenness, visible yet unseen. Without a clear place to belong, Nguyen turned to the Internet, where identity could be both a refuge and a cage, shaped by constant surveillance and the pressure to perform. These early experiences formed a lasting awareness of how perception defines selfhood. Nguyen’s work explores how digital systems sculpt and distort the body and mind. A graduate of New College of Florida, Nguyen roots their practice in sustainability, experimentation, and the belief that art can recover voice from silence.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Hanh Nguyen’s work engages intersections of posthumanism, technology, and the human condition. They investigates how digital systems and technological landscapes reshape our identities and relationships, often drawing parallels between human and machine. Nguyen portrays the theme of desensitization through careful, sterile aesthetics. The use of vivid yet limited color palettes and precise compositions evoke a sense of emotional detachment, reflecting how overstimulation in modern life numbs our sensitivity, intertwining beauty with chaos, sterility and eroticism.
Ultimately, Nguyen’s work is a meditation on the fragility of the human condition in an era dominated by technology. It is an invitation to reflect on how we navigate this new world, where our sense of self is continually challenged, deconstructed, and redefined.
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EDUCATION
2025 New College of Florida
Sarasota — Bachelor of Art in Art
2021 Ringling College of Art & Design
Sarasota - Pre-College Program
2021 Riverview High School
Sarasota — High School
EXHIBITION / APPEARANCES2025 Art to Hearts Magazine
101 Art Book: Collage Edition
Swamp Hearts
Emerald Bar’s Pride
Exhibition
St. Petersburg, FL
New College Videofest
Mildred Sainer Art & Music Pavilion
Sarasota, FL
Maid to Order
Thesis Exhibition
Isermann Gallery
Sarasota, FL
2024 Transpire
Filthyglo Zine
Online Exhibition
Living in the Past
Florida Emerging Art
April Online Gallery
“Vitality in Harmony”
dust jacket cover
“Finding Vitality” Thesis
Exhibition Catalogue, Sarasota, FL
SCF Semester Highlight
State College of Florida
Bradenton, FL
2023 College's New Visions: Semester Highlight
Isermann Gallery
Sarasota, FL
Artist Studio: Artist in Residence
Art Ovation Hotel
Sarasota, FL
2022 Cross College Alliance Exhibition
Art Ovation Hotel
Sarasota, FL
2021 Sarasota County Schools Spring Art Show
Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2023-2025 Sculpture Lab’s TA
New College of Florida
Sarasota, FL
Ensure the safety of students, operate power tools, assist students with projects, maintain a clean, organized environment.
2023-2024 Assistant
The Children’s Garden and Art Center Sarasota, FL
Engage with visitors, care for plants, provide POS service, supervise children, create graphics for upcoming art and craft events.
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
Barancik Scholarship
Beeler Passport Scholarship
EXTRACURICULARS
NCF Arts Club — Treasurer, Secretary
Design budget plan, meet with allocation committee to get funding for the club.
RHS Film Crew — Cameraperson, TA
Filmed and edited school events, sport practices and games for news and school archive.
CERTIFICATIONS
Word & Excel
Adobe Illustrator
Efficient in Procreate, Photoshop, Premiere, & After Effect