present
I am a Vietnamese-German artist based in Leipzig, Germany.
I am currently back again to Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle, where I started studying in the department for plastic/ceramic art in 2018, to finish my diploma.
In 2023, I was a guest student at UMPRUM Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic in the applied art department for ceramics and porcelain until February 2024. This time was particularly significant for me as I embarked on a journey to explore my roots, inspired by the history of my parents who came from Vietnam to the EU over Czechoslovakia as guest workers.
I mainly work with materials such as porcelain, build sculptures out of stoneware, design tableware and often employing the airbrush technique. My cultural background and my experiences as a Vietnamese living and growing up in Germany have a huge influence on my works. Through my installations, I strive to capture many memories and reconstruct my own utopian world by bringing together the differences and similarities of my entcounters.
In addition to my studies, I work as a freelancer in our shared workshop in Leipzig.
My dog Moku has been accompanying me since 2020.
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“Leaving the layer of somatic meanings, Trami Nguyen seeks for "roots" within herself. Born and raised between two distinct cultures, she experiences „being Vietnamese" through the Vietnamese diaspora. For Trami, the homeland is something always close yet seemingly distant. When pottery becomes her artistic language, Trami gradually creates works that reconstruct faded images in her memory of Vietnam. The images and colours linger from the last visit to family when she was just a child. However, small everyday objects, once overlooked, are now moulded into shapes, fired, and then overlaid and compressed together. Ordinary, scattered objects, like a cup or a less noticed arrow, seem to find a familiar place in her mind.” - Curator Nam Nguyen
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past
Before I started studying, I received a training (2015 - 2018) at the ceramic school in Landshut to become a potter. From throwing, structural ceramics, building models, to theories and manual skills, everything was part of the training. I’m so grateful for the experiences during this time, the knowledge I got and still get from my masters and ceramic friends.
From 2012 to 2015 I attended an artistic technical college in Munich (Fachoberschule für Gestaltung München). At a school-internship I’ve had my first encounter with ceramics and soon after I applied for the apprenticeship in Landshut.
I was born in 1994 in Dachau close to Munich, Germany.
exhibitions
“At the roots, the mirage is clear | 𝐃𝐮̛𝐨̛́𝐢 𝐠𝐨̂́𝐜, 𝐦𝐨̛̀ 𝐚̉𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐞̣̂𝐧“, Gate Gate Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam /Group exhibition
“Feste Luft”, 4transfer, Pop Up Science, Dresden /Group exhibition
“Notes from Home“, Tiff, Leipzig /Group exhibition
“Al2O3 2SiO2 2H2O“, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle /Group exhibition
“Untitled“, Diessener Töpfermarkt am Ammersee /Group exhibition
2023
“Cast away”, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle /Group exhibition + curation
“Untitled”, Diessener Töpfermarkt am Ammersee /Group exhibition
“ARTSEMESTR Zima 2024”, UMPRUM, Prague /Group exhibition
2024
2022
“Jahresausstellung“, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle /Group exhibition
“Kodierte Signale“, KVD Galerie, Dachau /Solo exhibition
“After dinner“, Diessener Töpfermarkt am Ammersee /Group exhibition
“Mimimi!“, Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig /Collection of Tobias Wachter
“The daily dose“, Alte Westend-Apotheke, Munich /Group exhibition
“Tischkultur“, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle /Group exhibition
2021
“Stockschwamm“, Galerie Handwerk, Munich /Group exhibition
2020
“Jahresausstellung“, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle /Group exhibition
“Schwarz – Weiss“, Freiraum Dachau /Group exhibition
2019
“Abschlussausstellung 2018“, Keramikschule Landshut /Group exhibition
2018