Vũ

Khánh Nguyên Hoàng Vũ (Vũ) (b. Vietnam) is a queer/trans multidisciplinary artist who currently lives and works in South Florida. Through their work, Vũ explores the role that community and spirituality play in helping trans/queer individuals navigate societal challenges. Their practice is a manifestation of their belief in the freedom of movement—a luxury, so it seems, under the structures that form our reality. Vũ’s points of departure are migration, grief, spirituality and, in particular, the bridge between the material and the unseen world.

Vũ draws influences from minds such as Thích Nhất Hạnh and his teachings on mindfulness, and Trinh T. Minh-ha and her studies on postcolonial feminism. With an oeuvre that spans from painting to installation, their work opens a unique poetic vein that reflects upon the intensity and constant shifts in contemporary existence. They develop forms that do not follow binary systems; rather, their works serve as a safe space for some soft, deep-seated and honest self-reflection.

Learn more about Vũ’ on their website here.

Commissioned Work

Filmed by Jorge Gonzalez Graupera