I was born in Melbourne, Australia and now live and paint from the NSW South Coast, with my partner and four children; nestled between the escarpment and the sea in Thirroul, after living in Canberra, Scotland, Finland and Sydney.
Drawing and painting has been a core part of my life for the past 20 years (since girlhood!) This culminated in some form in 2015 whilst on maternity leave with my second child and I started to take portrait commissions and opened an Etsy Shop (www.etsy.com/shop/msanhpaints), offering other original artworks and giclee fine art prints. I have no formal Fine Arts education and emotionally, it was a large step for me to do this and share my work. But no regrets!
Typically I use acrylics on paper or canvas, but I also enjoy oil and watercolour; drawing, of course, with oil stick and soft pastels; monoprints & painting on ceramics.
If you are interested in sharing my artistic journey, please connect with me via Instagram (www.instagram.com/msanhpaints) or my Contacts page.
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Anh Nguyen (b. 1984, Melbourne, Australia). Currently residing NSW South Coast.
Awards and Prizes
2023
Finalist; Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW
2022
Finalist; M16 Drawing Prize, M16 ArtSpace, ACT
Finalist; Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
Finalist; Rick Amor Self-Portrait Prize, Montsalvat, VIC
Finalist; Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW
2021
Finalist; Grace Cossington Smith Art Award, GCS Gallery, Wahroonga NSW
Finalist; Georges River Art Prize, Hurstville Museum & Gallery, NSW
Finalist; Rick Amor Drawing Award, McClelland Sculpture Park & Gallery, VIC
Finalist; Dobell Drawing Prize #22, National Art School, Sydney NSW
Finalist; A.M.E Bale Art Prize (Acrylic/Oil Painting Category), Glen Eira City Council, VIC
2020
Finalist; Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore NSW
Winner; Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa QLD
Finalist (honourable mention); The Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle NSW
Finalist; John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale VIC
Finalist; The Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Woollahra NSW
Finalist; The Percivals, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD
2019
Finalist; Rick Amor Self-Portrait Prize, The Barn Gallery, Monsalvat, VIC
Finalist; Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Project Contemporary ArtSpace, Wollongong NSW
Finalist (Commended); Hawkesbury Art Prize, Purple Noon Gallery, Freeman’s Reach NSW
Finalist; Kennedy Prize, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide
Finalist; Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine VIC
2018
Winner; Basil Sellers Art Prize, Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre, Moruya NSW (awarded in 2019)
2017
Finalist; Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA), Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong NSW
2016
Finalist, St George Art Awards, Hurstville Museum and Gallery, Hurstville NSW
Finalist, Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
Exhibitions
2022
- Sep 2022- “Between Brick & Crimson”, solo show Part II, Michael Reid Northern Beaches, NSW (link to catalogue)
- Sep 2022 – “Low Light” duo with Lucy Roleff, Michael Reid Southern Highlands NSW (link to catalogue)
- Aug 2022 – “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World”, international group show curated by A Millis, University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art & Design, USA
- April 2022 – “Between Brick & Crimson”, solo show Part I, Michael Reid Southern Highlands NSW (link to catalogue)
- February 2022 – “Still Life” group show, Michael Reid Northern Beaches NSW
2021
- September 2021 – “Magic Stillness”, Distance Gallery, curated by A Millis & L Vahlberg
- June 2021 – The Basil Sellers Retrospective, the BAS, Moruya NSW
- May 2021 – mini release in association with Amber Creswell Bell’s “Still Life” book launch (Thames & Hudson), Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Newport NSW
- February 2021 – “Glimpses”, mini release, Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Newport NSW
2020
- August 2020 – “Suburban Daydreams”, online exhibition, Gallery 139, Newcastle, NSW
- March 2020 – “The Country Interior”, Michael Reid Studio Direct in collaboration with Country Style magazine, Michael Reid Murrurundi, NSW
2019
- October 2019 – “Get Your Motif On”, group show with Maureen Nathan (UK) and Nancy Gruskin (USA), curated by Anh Nguyen at Clifton School of Arts, NSW
- July 2019 – “These Days”, 2 person show with James Needham, Michael Reid Studio Direct (link to catalogue), Michael Reid Sydney
- March 2019 – “The Rose is the Look of the Garden” (link to catalogue), group exhibition at Special Group Studios (formerly The Ray Hughes Gallery) in Surrey Hills, NSW – curated by Amber Creswell Bell
2018
- October 2018 – Scarborough Art Show, Scarborough NSW
- August 2018 – Group Exhibition, Walcha Gallery, Walcha NSW
- March 2018 – “This Life Just Once” (link to catalogue); 2 person exhibition alongside Dee Smart at Walcha Gallery, Walcha NSW
2017
- Nov 2017 -“Christmas Exhibition”; group exhibition at AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell NSW
- Oct 2017 – Scarborough Art Show, Scarborough NSW
- Aug 2017 – “A Certain Slant of Light” (link to catalogue); group exhibition at Saint Cloche Gallery in Paddington NSW – curated by Amber Creswell Bell
2016
- Oct 2016 – Scarborough Art Show, Scarborough NSW
- April 2016 – Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival, Thirroul NSW
Other areas of interest
2022 – “Sunday Painter” workshops (March and September) at Ngununggula, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, NSW
2021 – Inclusion in Amber Creswell Bell’s book “Still Life” (Thames & Hudson) (link)
2021 – Inside/Out Magazine and The Design Files emerging artist feature (link)
2018 – Painting & textile collaboration with Ginny & Jude, a Sydney based label, for their 10th year anniversary AW18 collection “Little Girl Blue” (link )
2017 – The Lifestyle Edit – Interview with Kate Swinson
2016 – Winner, IWD Power Voice Poetry competition for “My Kind” (link)
2011 – “Odes to Oddity”, self-published collaboration of poems & selected drawings