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About the Artwork:
Dear M, D, F and V, Watching you make origami reminds me that children rarely worry about getting it perfect. If the fold isn't quite straight, you simply smooth it out and keep going. Sometimes the paper tears, and you turn it into something else instead. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we become afraid of wasting paper, making mistakes or starting again. Maybe that's why I enjoy painting these folded forms so much. They remind me that making something with your hands was never meant to be perfect—it was always meant to be joyful. 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.
