BODY (Negative Space)
Sterling Silver, Gold Plated, Brass, Cotton
2019, 2018

A major theme of Charlize Nhung’s works examined the journey of The Vietnamese Boat People, an Asian diasporic, experienced and seen through an Artist’s perspective. The research takes on an experimental process paired with secondary resources from academic literature, archive, journal, reports, and multimedia. All to compose a cohesive story that speaks to the complexity of displacement and adaptation a Vietnamese refugee often faced through a fragmented view. This is an ongoing theme in many projects for the artist.201

2018, On-Any-Given-Day, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON.
2018, EXODUS: The Boat and I, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.