Bio
Elaine Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American interdisciplinary artist exploring identity, displacement, and the search for home. She uses ephemeral materials, cyanotypes, and long exposures to capture the fluidity of memory and the passage of time, incorporating poetic and linguistic text to navigate vulnerability. Through her work, she seeks to reconnect with her heritage, reclaim symbols, and create community.
Elaine Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American artist exploring identity, displacement, and the search for home alongside the discovery of new dreams. She uses cyanotypes to capture the fluidity of memory and the passage of time through light. Interested in the emotive aspect of immersion in water and sky, she utilizes blue to convey a sense of wandering and seeking. Her works take on the shapes of clouds, reminiscent of cultural symbols that become sleeping dreams waiting to be discovered, or light filtering through spaces longing to be remembered.
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