Thuy Tien Nguyen is an artist based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Hanoi, Vietnam. Nguyen's artistic practice revolves around the transformation of personal and collective memories, examining how they are distorted, translated, and reconstructed over time. Her recent works explore the concept of home and disciplines, often portraying fragmented and ambiguous impressions of domestic objects and how their relationships manifest within and beyond ordinary daily life. Whether through the use of objects, installations, photography, or situations, her practice often takes on the appearance of accidental occurrences or their remnants, leaving behind hints and a sense of disorientation in the spaces she engages with.

Nguyen earned a BA from the Hanoi Academy of Theater and Cinema in 2015 and studied with Haegue Yang at Städelschule from 2018 to 2024. Her works have been shown in numerous international institutions, festivals, and off-spaces, including Stiftung BINZ39, Zurich (CH), Hanoi Creative Festival Weekend 2024, Hanoi (VN), RAY Triennale at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (DE), Nova Contemporary, Bangkok (TH), Delfina Foundation, London (GB), Documenta 15 at the Stadtmuseum Kassel (DE), and Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden (DE). She has been nominated for several prestigious awards and has won numerous prizes, including the Young Generation Art Award by Monopol Magazine x Degussa (2025), the Städelschule – Portikus e.V. Graduate Prize (2024), the McKinsey Award (2023), the Deutschlandstipendium (2021), the DAAD Prize (2020), and the Ernst & Young Rundgang Prize (2020). Her residencies include the V.A.C. Residency Program in Hanoi, VN (2025), Salonul de proiecte in Bucharest, RO (2024), Koganecho Bazzar in Yokohama, JP (2018), and Mutual Unknow by CuratorsLab in Jakarta, ID (2017).