Phuong Nguyen (b.1992) is born and raised in Tkaronto (Toronto). She is a Tkaronto-based visual artist working in representational oil painting and experimental weaving. Nguyen uses these mediums to explore themes of Ornamentalism, Orientalism, and the relationship between exoticism and violence by referencing Orientalist scholarship, and the aesthetics and history of Chinoiserie in relationship to South East Asian/Vietnamese femininity. Nguyen holds a BFA from OCAD University (2014).