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RESUME
Nam Nguyen (b. 1982, Edmonton, Alberta) is a Vietnamese-Canadian artist based in Berlin, Germany, where he has lived and worked for the past 15 years. In 2008, he earned his MFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was thereafter awarded the Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award to travel and research painting in Europe. Through this research he discovered a deep interest with the painting craft of the Baroque era, which he then sought to integrate into his abstract painting practice. Subsequently, he undertook extensive research into the producing his own oil paint and gesso from pure pigments, including course instruction at the Kremers Pigment factory in Aichstetten, Germany. He has exhibited across Canada and Europe and is the recipient of numerous residencies and grants, such as the William and Isabel Pope Painting Residency at Nscad University and multiple Research and Creation Grants from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Curriculum Vitae
Nam Duc Nguyen
Born 1982 in Canada
Based in Berlin, Germany
Email: namso21@gmail.com
www.nampainting.com
@namnguyenpainting
Solo / Duo Exhibitions
2025 A Second Horizon, Duo Exhibition with Lionel Allingham, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie,
Grande Prairie, Canada.
2019 Out of the Cave and into the Garden (In honour of Robot the dog), La Datcha Projects,
Berlin
2017 A Cadence for Unremembered Shades, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
2015 What Billows on distant floors? Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
2014 Black Market Para-sight, Lehrter Siebzehn Project Space, Berlin
2008 ImageObjectIdeaMaterial, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Flickering Flames and the Radiant Sun, SAP space, Berlin
2023 A Ten Year Itch, Pictura Gallery, Drawing Society Pictura, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2022 The Alien Everyday, Spoiler Zone Project Space, Berlin
2022 Zagreb Salon, Zagreb Biennale of Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 Schaustellung, Schau Fenster Project Space, Berlin
2018 Casting the Rain Shadow, Hilbertraum Project Space, Berlin
2017 Invisible Bright Touch, Cork Street Project Space, Halifax
2016 The End, let's start again, Donau 83 Project Space, Berlin
2014 Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award Tenth Aniversary Exhibition, Equinox East Gallery,
Vancouver
2013 A Night at the Park, Moosdorf Project Space, Berlin
Anonyme Zeichen 2013, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
2012 Interior Two, 48 hour Neukolln Culture Festival, Berlin
2012 Murmurer, curated by Megan Hepburn, Studio-Baustelle, Berlin
2011 Nowheresville, curated by Matthew Carver, General Hardware Contemporary,Toronto
Artist in Residence / Art Fairs
2024 Positions Art Fair, Plato Gallery, Berlin
2019 La Datcha Artist in Residence, Berlin
2017 Bill and Isabel Pope Foundation Artist in Residence, Halifax
2015 Nscad Summer Artist in Residence Program, Halifax
Education
2006-2008 NSCAD University, Halifax, Master of Fine Arts
2003-2005 Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, Batchelor of Fine Arts
2001-2003 MacEwan University, Edmonton, Diploma Fine Arts
Awards/Grants
2024 Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2022 Travel Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts
2022 Research and Creation Grant to Visual Artists, The Canada Council for the Arts
2020 Atelierförderung Programm BBK, Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen. (Berlin
Subsidized Studio Program), Berlin
2018 Research and Creation Grant to Visual Artists, The Canada Council for the Arts
Professional Development Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2016 Vietnamese-Canadian Creative Persons Grant, Hoang Tri and Vi Nguyen Foundation,
Canada
2013 Project Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts
2011 Research and Creation Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts
2008 Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award, Joseph Plaskett Foundation, Canada
2007 Royal Bank of Canada Painting Competition Finalist
2005 Harrison McCain Scholarship in Memory of Marion McCain, Nscad University, Halifax,
Canada
Publications/ Media
2025 Groome, Jessica. Two Horizons, Lionel Allingham and Nam Duc Nguyen. Art Gallery of
Grande Prairie, 2025.
2025 Tooth, Stanzie. Nam Duc Nguyen, Painting Beyond Language, Interview. Format
Magazine, 2025. https://www.format.com/magazine/features/art/artist-nam-duc-nguyen