AP Nguyen

Anh-Phương Nguyễn (b. 1999, known to most as ap) is a multidisciplinary artist currently living in London and actively working in both the United Kingdom and Vietnam. Her artistic practice encompasses various disciplines, with a particular focus on installations involving sculpture and video. Nguyễn's practice is characterised by the meticulous assembly of landscapes that interrogate prevailing clichés associated with the contemporary globalised experience of travel, tourism, and movement. In her exploration, she sheds light on the intricate narratives of desire interwoven within these societal phenomena.

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Excavation Site

In march 2020, visual artist AP Nguyen came back home to Hanoi, Vietnam, in order to avoid the virus in the UK. Having little means of production and context for making conceptual art, she turned to clay and decided to learn a completely new craft. At first, she struggled to navigate the world of Vietnamese pottery- with all of its mystery and village secrecy. But over the months, she came to befriend and gain the trust of a Bát Tràng family who lets her use their family kiln and even their safely-guarded glaze recipes.