BIO & ARTIST STATEMENT





HANH NGUYEN
contact - hhnguyen113@gmail.com
Instagram - h3liosremina

BIO

Hanh Nguyen is a multidisciplinary artist from Sarasota, Florida, working in painting, found-object sculpture, and collage. Growing up as an only child in the suburbs, Nguyen experienced the loneliness of isolation along with cultural and language barriers at home. Being Asian in a predominantly white community created a sense of in-betweenness, visible yet unseen. Without a clear place to belong, Nguyen turned to the Internet, where identity could be both a refuge and a cage, shaped by constant surveillance and the pressure to perform. These early experiences formed a lasting awareness of how perception defines selfhood. Nguyen’s work explores how digital systems sculpt and distort the body and mind. A graduate of New College of Florida, Nguyen roots their practice in sustainability, experimentation, and the belief that art can recover voice from silence.



ARTIST STATEMENT

Hanh Nguyen’s work engages intersections of posthumanism, technology, and the human condition. They investigates how digital systems and technological landscapes reshape our identities and relationships, often drawing  parallels between human and machine. Nguyen portrays the theme of desensitization through careful, sterile aesthetics. The use of vivid yet limited color palettes and precise compositions evoke a sense of emotional detachment, reflecting how overstimulation in modern life numbs our sensitivity, intertwining beauty with chaos, sterility and eroticism. 

Ultimately, Nguyen’s work is a meditation on the fragility of the human condition in an era dominated by technology. It is an invitation to reflect on how we navigate this new world, where our sense of self is continually challenged, deconstructed, and redefined. 






































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EDUCATION

2025   New College of Florida
       Sarasota — Bachelor of Art

2021   Ringling College of Art & Design
       Sarasota - Pre-College Program

2021   Riverview High School
       Sarasota — High School




EXHIBITION / APPEARANCES2025   Swamp Hearts
       Emerald Bar’s Pride        
       Exhibition
       St. Petersburg, FL

       Maid to Order
       Thesis Exhibition
       Isermann Gallery
       Sarasota, FL

2024   Transpire
       Filthyglo Zine
       Online Exhibition

       Living in the Past
       Florida Emerging Art
       April Online Gallery

       “Vitality in Harmony”
       dust jacket cover
       “Finding Vitality” Thesis
       Exhibition Catalogue, Sarasota, FL

       SCF Semester Highlight  
       State College of Florida  
       Bradenton, FL

2023   College's New Visions: Semester Highlight
       Isermann Gallery
       Sarasota, FL

       Artist Studio: Artist in Residence
       Art Ovation Hotel
       Sarasota, FL

2022   Cross College Alliance Exhibition
       Art Ovation Hotel
       Sarasota, FL

2021   Sarasota County Schools Spring Art Show  
       Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL




PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2023-2025   Sculpture Lab’s TA
            New College of Florida
            Sarasota, FL 

Ensure the safety of students, operate power tools,  assist students with projects, maintain a clean, organized environment.


2023-2024   Assistant
            The Children’s Garden and Art Center                                 Sarasota, FL

Engage with visitors, care for plants, provide POS service, supervise children, create graphics for upcoming art and craft events.




AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

Barancik Scholarship

Beeler Passport Scholarship





EXTRACURICULARS

NCF Arts Club
— Treasurer, Secretary

Design budget plan, meet with allocation committee to get funding for the club.


RHS Film Crew — Cameraperson, TA

Filmed and edited school events, sport practices and games for news and school archive.




CERTIFICATIONS

Word & Excel

Adobe Illustrator

Efficient in Procreate, Photoshop, Premiere,  & After Effect