Art Basel’s Meet the artists series presents contemporary creatives shaping today’s cultural landscape
In her Houston studio, the Vietnamese-American artist reflects on displacement, memory, and the ways in which mapping can give form to lived experience
Working with drawing, installation, and archives, Tiffany Chung examines the human consequences of war and migration. ‘I’m not a cartographer by trade, so I borrow from the medium,’ explains the Vietnam-born, US-based artist. ‘It opens the door for me to learn about history and global affairs. I’m interested in the entanglements between political, social, economic, and environmental processes.’
In her studio, Chung translates complex historical records, satellite imagery, and demographic statistics into carefully composed visual forms that hold both analytical precision and emotional resonance. Chung’s artworks do not simply chart territories; they trace the movement of people, the persistence of memory, and the lasting imprint of displacement. ‘A map is a way to control a place from above; it is a way to erase what is in the landscape,’ she explains. ‘How do we reclaim that power, so that maps can also tell stories that have been erased?’
Tiffany Chung is represented by Kiang Malingue (Hong Kong, New York), Max Estrella (Madrid), and Ryan Lee (New York).
Meet the artists | Tiffany Chung was produced in collaboration with Nowness.
Production Company: Baby Birds Films
Director: Garrett Creamer
Director of Photography: Javier Fernandez
Editor: Patrick Hayes
Nowness
Managing Director: Gavin Humphries
Commissioning Director: Katie Metcalfe
Director, Arts & Editorial: Ananda Pellerin
Producer: Vanessa Lewis Jones
Junior Video Editor: Cayetano Garcia
Art Basel
Senior Editor, France: Patrick Steffen
Creative Producer: Akiel Gallina
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