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Hà My Nguyễn

Under my skin (the scars) pavé n°2, 2026

ceramic

30 x 30 x 10 cm

Inv: HMN_2026-002

[FR] Dans "Under my skin (the scars) pavé n°2" (2026), Hà My Nguyễn explore la frontière fragile entre la surface du corps et les souvenirs qui y sont enfouis. La céramique, aux teintes pâles et aux contours adoucis, s’apparente à une membrane délicate ; ses plis subtils et son léger creux central évoquent une blessure, une cicatrice, ou la trace d’une douleur intériorisée. Loin de se manifester de manière explosive, la tension demeure ici largement dissimulée, invitant à une observation plus attentive, presque intime, de ce qui se trouve sous la peau. L’œuvre témoigne de l’accumulation lente du temps, des traumatismes et de la nostalgie au sein du corps, où la vulnérabilité devient indissociable du quotidien. À travers la matérialité silencieuse de la céramique, Hà My donne forme aux paysages invisibles de la mémoire, permettant à ce qui reste caché de s’inscrire à la surface.

[EN]In "Under my skin (the scars) pavé n°2 (2026)", Hà My Nguyễn explores the fragile boundary between the body’s surface and the memories concealed beneath it. The pale, softly contoured ceramic resembles a delicate membrane, its subtle creases and small central indentation suggesting a wound, a scar, or a trace of pain held within. Rather than erupting outward, the tension here remains largely concealed, inviting a closer, almost intimate examination of what lies beneath the skin. The work evokes the slow accumulation of time, trauma, and nostalgia within the body, where vulnerability becomes inseparable from everyday life. Through the quiet materiality of ceramic, Hà My gives form to the invisible landscapes of memory, allowing what remains hidden to register on the surface.

About the artist

Hà My Nguyễn

French - Vietnamese

b. 1991

Hà My Nguyễn (b.1991) grew up in the mountainous regions of central Vietnam near the border with Laos, immersed in the freedom and rhythms of the natural landscape. She studied traditional lacquer at the Hue University of Arts, where she developed her practice before relocating to Paris in 2018.

Hà My’s artistic research delves into marginalized knowledge embedded in everyday life, such as the peculiar fruits, wild plants, and inherited cooking recipes that have long nurtured communities, particularly women, in her native region. By engaging with these practices, she explores the intersections of femininity, nature, and resilience, while critically examining the erasures and transmissions of these forms of knowledge across generations and geographies.

Working across ceramics, drawing, and installation, Hà My’s practice visualizes forms that inhabit the liminal space between the human, the vegetal, and the imaginary. She often evokes these forms as “bloomings” or “dream seeds,” subtle presences that carry both tenderness and quiet strength, rooted in her childhood memories while resonating with her current life in France.

A selection of her exhibitions includes: Flesh and Leaf, Sap and Seed, Galerie Bao, Paris, France, 2026; Flesh and Leaf, Sap and Seed, Asia Now Galerie Bao, Paris, France, 2025; Et… Vlan!, Galerie du Haut Pavé, Paris, France, 2024; +6 Affinités, Bureau d’art et de recherche, Roubaix, France, 2023, SALO X, Salon Dessin Erotique, Paris, France, 2022, Utopia Land, Heritage Space, Hanoï, Vietnam, 2017, Sindikat Campusari, The Japan Foundation Asia Center,Jakarta, Indonesia, 2016, Giống-Không-Giống, Kebun Bibi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2015, Chòn-Chòn, Huế museum of Culture, Huế, Vietnam 2015, Tran8tate, Université d’Art de Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thaïlande, Hue Mong Hue Mo, New Space Arts Foundation, Huế, Vietnam, 2014.

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