Thanh-Truc Nguyen

Germany, b.1983

Thanh-Truc Nguyen is a Berlin-based artist who graduated from the HAWK Hildesheim Institution in Germany in 2009 and was a finalist in the ‘BKV-Preis’ in both 2009 and 2011. Her work is characterised by an exacting attention to detail and a fascination with the shifting surfaces created when layers of steel mesh are overlayed atop one another. Her sense of colour and form also reveal a sensitive and keen eye for design.

 

“An essential part of my work is to search for the potential beauty of a surface. Currently I use fine meshed steel fabric that is particularly lightweight and translucent, yet at the same time surprisingly solid. Through the interference of the fine grid structures an interesting effect arises, called Moiré Effect. A fascinating flickering and sparkling that create an impression of a gleaming and precious stone, as if it wouldn’t be merely steel. I use these properties to create voluminous and lightweight jewellery objects, with a seemingly delicate but solid surface. This ambiguity of the material is what i like to transport in my jewellery.” Thanh-truc Nguyen

 



Kites brooch, 2017, blackened 935 silver, steel mesh, paint

More work by Thanh-Truc Nguyen

Kites brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Kites brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Kites brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Kites brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Kites brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Kites brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Kites brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Kites brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Kites brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Kites brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Bracelet by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Bracelet , 2015, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Neon brooches by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Neon brooches , ongoing edition, blackened silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Stones brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Stones brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Stones brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Stones brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Stones brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Stones brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Stones brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Stones brooch , 2017, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Double round brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Double round brooch , 2013, blackened silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Neon brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Neon brooch , ongoing edition, blackened silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Round brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Round brooch , ongoing edition, blackened silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Clouds brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Clouds brooch , 2012, blackened silver, steel mesh, paint ,
Necklace, earrings & brooch by Thanh-Truc Nguyen Necklace, earrings & brooch , 2012, 935 silver, steel mesh, paint ,

Exhibitions

New Edition

April 23 to May 18, 2013

To launch Gallery Funaki’s new interior, we’re pleased to present New Edition; a curated exhibition that explores the multiple/edition in contemporary jewellery.

INTERFERENZ

June 6 - July 1, 2017

INTERFERENZ presents the recent work of Berlin based jeweller Thanh-Truc Nguyen, and is her first solo exhibition in Australia.