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About the Artwork:
Dear M, D, F and V, This is a story that began long before you. Your grandparents left Vietnam during the war. I was born in a refugee camp. On the other hand, you have grown up in Australia. Your lives have been shaped by opportunities and stability that we didn’t always have. I am so grateful for that. But sometimes I think about what gets lost along the way. In our culture, red is a very important colour. It represents luck, prosperity, and celebration. It’s what we wear at weddings, what we use during Lunar New Year, and what we associate with good fortune. These folded pieces hold that meaning. They are small, but they carry a history—one that has been passed down, even if it looks a little different now. I know your lives will not look the same as mine, and that’s okay. I don’t expect you to hold onto everything exactly as it was. But I do hope you keep some of it with you. Because even the smallest pieces can still carry where you came from. Love always, Mummy xo
About the Artist:
Catherine Nguyen-Hoang is a contemporary artist whose paintings begin with something real—a gesture, a shadow, a memory. She paints the familiar not to distort it, but to reveal the deeper stories they quietly hold.
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About the Artist
Catherine’s paintings begin with something real—a gesture, a shadow, an object, a memory. She paints the familiar not to distort it, but to reveal the deeper stories they quietly hold.
Catherine Nguyen-Hoang is a contemporary artist whose paintings begin with something real—a gesture, a shadow, a memory. She paints the familiar not to distort it, but to reveal the deeper stories they quietly hold.
Working primarily in oils, Catherine explores themes of memory, identity, and emotional weight through a lens that blends realism with subtle surrealism. Her compositions often feature everyday objects and spaces, transformed by context and metaphor to evoke inner tension, cultural complexity, and lived experience.
Catherine’s work has been recognised in several national art prizes, including the National Emerging Art Prize, the SALA Don Dunstan Foundation Awards, and the Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize. Her paintings have been acquired through private commissions and one is currently on display at the University of Adelaide, South Australia.
