Contemporary Project 16: Tammy Nguyen

Multidisciplinary artist Tammy Nguyen is known internationally for her paintings, prints, and unique artist books. In her richly layered and captivating artworks, Nguyen brings together global histories, literary traditions, and evolving visual traditions. For the sixteenth Contemporary Project in the Blanton Museum of Art's series showcasing innovative work by contemporary artists, multidisciplinary artist Tammy Nguyen is creating brand-new work, including paintings, prints, and a handmade artist book. Drawing on literary references, Cold War–era science, and intricate ecological imagery, her richly layered compositions interweave figures, flora, fauna, and symbolic forms to explore how ambition, belief, and invention intersect, and how the drive to transcend human limits can slip into instability. FREE for Members. Not yet a member? Join and learn more at blantonmuseum.org/membership Enjoy 15% off through December 31, 2025. Image credit: Tammy Nguyen, If Ignorance is Good, Madness is Better (detail), 2025 Watercolor, vinyl paint, pastel, silkscreen printing, rubber stamping, hot stamping, glitter and metal leaf on paper stretched over wood and gator board panel, 40 x 60 inches / 101.6 x 152.4 cm, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London. Photo by Studio Kukla