Nguyên Cécile Thanh Ngô
Cécile Ngô is a mixed media artist whose work focuses on one’s relationship to the self in the aftermath of trauma. Using materials as a reflection of the body, they are interested in how we hold parts of ourselves together after fracture. They are exploring the extent to which something can be repaired. How can something rendered incapable of returning to its original state be mended, so that it can live on without its lost parts?
Untitled, 2019-2022. Silk, embroidery thread, ceramics, 36” x 48”
Altar II, 2022. Silk, steel, aluminum wire, cardboard, joss paper, silk, 54”x60”
Precious and Fraying, 2022. ink, graphite, embroidery thread, tracing paper, Vietnamese silk, mulberry paper, 20” x 30”
Precious and Fraying, 2022. ink, graphite, embroidery thread, tracing paper, Vietnamese silk, mulberry paper, 20” x 30”
Altar Works: I can’t pray to the ancestors, 2022. scrap metal, cardboard, yarn, Tyvek, embroidery thread, glass beads, aluminum wire, 54”x 96”