Finest Artist Nominees: Đặng Thùy Anh

ĐẶNG THÙY ANH
Year of birth: 1996
Field: Visual arts
About the artists: Đặng Thùy Anh currently lives and works in Hanoi. She graduated from Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 2019, majoring in Graphic Design. Since 2017, Thuỳ Anh has engaged more frequently in experimental artistic practice through various performance art events and exploring different mediums such as installation, photography and conceptual approaches to art making. Her interest revolves around the connection between human and nature, visual motifs that are stereotypically understood and the impact of social prejudice towards the conceptualization of gender. Thuỳ Anh often uses living organisms, her own body and her personal archives as materials in her art. Notable exhibitions and art activities she participated in include: Month of Art Practice (Heritage Space, Hanoi, 2018); Open Studio I, II & III (Á Space, Hanoi, 2018); Emerging Artists 6 (Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi, 2018); NIPAF Festival/IN:ACT (Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi, 2017 and 2019).
Remarkable activities/projects in 2020 – 2022: In 2022, Đặng Thùy Anh participated in “Nổ Cái Bùm 2022” in Đà Lạt, “Solo Marathon 2022” – the art residency programme by Á Space with her solo exhibition ‘Chợt Mộng Tan’ – which was co-curated by curator Linh Lê, the mini performance art festival “SÁNG-TRƯA-CHIỀU-TỐI” at Á Space, IN:ACT 2022 by Nhà Sàn Collective and Á Space, as well as the performance “Tái Nạm” within the framework of the project “Don’t Call It Art” at Mơ Art Space.


HANOI GRAPEVINE’s FINEST is an annual event that honors contemporary art projects in Vietnam. The event is organized and nominated by Hanoi Grapevine and the general audience.
The event aims to honor individuals, organizations, creative art projects & activities as well as artists who are 35 or younger who have made impacts on the community in order to encourage the development of local creative arts, to promote greater communication and to further spread the influence of art and culture in the community.
In an effort to give the most comprehensive and objective view, HANOI GRAPEVINE’s FINEST always offers different formats in each edition. This year, Hanoi Grapevine’s Finest 2023 is divided into two major categories: Honouring and Recognition.
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