BIO

Thu-Nhi Nguyen-Petit is a French-born Vietnamese artist and non-profit leader based in New York. Her arts practice is shaped by questions of identity, migration, and the search for belonging.

Working in mixed media, Thu-Nhi creates richly textured works that depict Home as refuge and renaissance in liminal spaces. Her paintings evoke sanctuary: lush, complex, and quietly resilient.

Primarily self-taught in visual arts, Thu-Nhi has devoted her professional career to furthering the mission of non-profits in the arts & culture, education and health sectors. She holds a Master in Public Administration from Columbia University.

STATEMENT

Home is not a fixed address. My work explores what it means to belong.

Rooted in an immigrant journey spanning three continents - Asia, Europe, and the U.S. - and a lifelong navigation of the in-between, my practice explores Home as both a physical and emotional space. Working in collage and painting, I am drawn to organic forms and the generational tension between wilderness and shelter. I build layered surfaces where images and materials reflect post-displacement recovery and endurance.