I'm a sentimental mixed media artist, collaging and painting illustrated series and artist books based on memoir.
Guided by grief, I’m interested in crafting heirloom imagery that passes down generational experiences of everyday care-taking and placemaking. I’m also curious about how we bridge gaps in knowledge created by absence, distance, ephemerality, and translation.
My storytelling and visual styles are rooted in my Polish-American upbringing in New York and travels to Poland. Polish folk art traditions, especially paper cuts from the Łowicz region, play an important role in my art practice.
Paging through a book about folk art from the Łowicz region of Poland. Photograph by Mary Nguyen
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EDUCATION
I studied History of Art and Architecture at Yale University (2014) and the Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2013), earning a dean’s distinction for my thesis on expressive construction in men’s dress shirts.
I regularly enroll in seasonal art coursework at the Center for Book Arts, the Royal Drawing School, and the Essential School of Painting.
RESIDENCIES
During Winter/Spring 2025, I was a Guest Resident at Woodward Residency in Ridgewood, Queens, New York.
SYMPOSIUMS
In November 2024, I presented “Lifelines from Polish Folk Art: Reconnecting with home, making, and community after loss” at CraftNOW’s symposium on Connectivity.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
With an appreciation for how things are made, I have over 10 years of project management experience across a range of design disciplines including publishing, industrial design, retail, media production, and web design.
Most recently, I worked as a digital content manager and UX content designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, dedicated to making the collection and its stories discoverable online.