Breaking Boundaries

Tackling complex concepts of identity and displacement, Kenny Nguyen’s work is painting, textile, and sculpture all at once, achieved through a process honed by years of experimentation and exploration. In the studio, strips of silk are cut, pressed into paint, and resolutely collaged onto canvas to create a dynamic mosaic of texture and color. Works in this collection are rife with seeming contradiction - painting/sculpture, structured/pliable, permanent/transient - yet undeniably balanced. This push and pull that is at the heart of Nguyen’s practice, a direct reflection of the ideas with which he is grappling: Vietnamese/American, resident/immigrant, home/land.