Nguyễn Trinh Thi is an independent filmmaker, video artist born in Hanoi. She holds Bachelor degree of Arts in Russian and English, Hanoi Foreign Studies College, Hanoi (1994), Master’s Degree in Professional Journalism, University of Iowa (1999), and Master of Pacific International Affairs, University of California (UCSD), San Diego (2005).

Her moving image work – including documentary and experimental films, single-channels and video installations – consistently engage with memory and history, and reflect on the roles and positions of art and artists in society and the environment. Her materials are diverse – from video and photographs shot by herself to those appropriated from various sources including press photos, corporate videos, and classic films; her practice traverses boundaries between film and video art, installation and performance.

In 2009 Nguyễn Trinh Thi founded Hanoi DOCLAB, an independent art space for documentary film and moving image.

Text by VCAD based on information from 10 Chancer Gallery and Sàn Art.