ANGELA ANH NGUYEN

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M.A, California State University Los Angeles

B.A, University of California Los Angeles

“AT THE INTERSECTION OF HANDCRAFTED LABOR AND AESTHETICS, IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT TUFTED RUGS FACED AN ATTEMPTED COUP BY HOBBY-HAPPY MILLENNIALS. ONE TUTORIAL VIDEO AND A COUPLE OF ETSY PURCHASES ARE ALL IT TAKES TO START TUFTING, AND SO, THE RENAISSANCE OF SUCH RUGS TOOK HOLD, BUT JUST BECAUSE THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED, DOES NOT MEAN IT CAN’T BE SMARTLY, AND APPROPRIATELY. FOR ANGELA ANH NGUYEN, THE HISTORY AND CONTEXT OF RUG MAKING IN THIS FORM ARE HELD IN THE SAME REGARD AS--AND OFTEN BLEED INTO-- CONCEPTS FOR THE PIECES THEMSELVES“

Megan Hullander for Re-Edition Magazine

GROUP
2023, IZ-US curated by Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., John Doe LA
2023, Heaven is a Basement curated by Eddie Salinas, Soho Warehouse LA
2023, Fritto Misto, IRL NYC
2023, Do You See Me? Albertzbenda LA
2022, Superchief 10 Year Anniversary Show, Superchief Gallery LA
2022, Endless Summer, Albertzbenda LA
2020, Public Access, HVW8 Gallery LA

FAIRS

2022, Albertzbenda @ The Armory Show NY
2022, Albertzbenda @ Dallas Art Fair
2021, High Beams #4 - Road Test, MOTOR @ High Beams, Torrance Art Museum LA
2021, Beyond the Streets Art Fair, Beyond the Streets and NTWRK
2020, Beyond the Streets Art Fair, Beyond the Streets and NTWRK
COLLABORATIONS
2022, Goodfight Capsule Collection

PRESS
Juxtapoz Magazine, “Angela Anh Nguyen Tufts Us Through the Process of How We Hegemony”
Hypebae, “Rugs and Rock & Roll, Meet the Unapologetic Tufting Artist Angela Anh Nguyen”
Office Magazine, “Tufting with Angela”
Re-edition Magazine, “Angela Anh Nguyen joins Re-edition to discuss her tufting practice”

Juxtapoz Magazine, “Angela Anh Nguyen Slays Softly: Are You Tuft Enough?”