Trong Gia Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American artist currently based in Brussels, Belgium. He has exhibited internationally in numerous exhibitions including recent solo shows at Galerie Quynh (Songs of Singularity, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2023) and La Patinoire Royale (In Perpetuity, Brussels, Belgium, 2022). Trong’s wide array of works examines structures of power in their myriad forms, scrutinizing the soft foundation upon which contemporary life plays out, often behind the façade of fairness, sincerity, security, tradition, and civility. 

At Walden, he will be working on the playscript for a theatrical performance called DONG, a semi-autobiographical exploration of the refugee experience through the lens of surrealism that he is seeking to complete for 2025, the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-American War.