The Substation/​ Artist/​James Nguyen/

Born in 1982, Bao Loc, Vietnam James Nguyen currently lives and works in Melbourne. Nguyen works with documentary, installation and performance. He often collaborates with members of his family to examine the politics of art, self-representation and decolonising strategies in diasporic practice. Nguyen has also collaborated with Salote Tawale in the group BAD MUDDA, and has worked with Astute Art Investments International to find interventions to engage with artists and communities from China, Australia and the greater Asia-Pacific region. Nguyen was the recipient of the Clitheroe Foundation Scholarship and the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship. He is currently a PhD candidate at UNSW Art & Design, Sydney