Kvet Nguyen (Hoa Nguyen Thi) (Slovakia) focuses on untold stories of migration and otherness in the post-socialist context. An important aspect of her work is coming back to history, to the memory of the family, nation, or world history, as a source of evidence for something that has happened. Central to Kvet’s practice are the historical events that shaped her, beginning with the migration of her parents to Slovakia.
During her residency at Delfina Foundation, Kvet will continue exploring her current interest in archives; the analysis of which has helped her understand the formation of the relationship between social majorities and minorities, as well as potential origins of racism, and the emergence of the concept of race in Czechoslovakia. Kvet also hopes to initiate discussions around migration, the post-socialist experience, postcoloniality, and otherness.
Kvet is a visual artist and a photographer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Photography and New Media (Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava). She regularly exhibits in Europe, and also beyond, having shown work in Canada and Vietnam. Kvet is also actively engaged in the themes of otherness and identity outside of her artistic projects. For example, in 2018, together with reporters from Denník N, she prepared a report about the Vietnamese in Slovakia, which was awarded the Journalism Award. She is the author of the book Everything That Connects Us (Všetko, čo nás spája, 2024) depicting the story of her family’s migration and her growing up as a Slovak-Vietnamese.
Kvet was born, and is based in Slovakia.
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