Axis Lab

Patricia is co-founder and executive director of Axis Lab, a community-centered arts, food, and design studio based in Argyle, the historic Southeast Asian corridor of Chicago, Illinois.

www.axislab.org


Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Project

Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM) an artist and activist-led collective started in 2010 to fight for justice on behalf of the Burge torture survivors, is one step closer to fulfilling all planks of the unprecedented reparations legislation passed by the City of Chicago in 2015. The final component of the legislation is the creation of a public memorial to the Burge torture survivors. Chicago artists Patricia Nguyen and architectural designer John Lee have been selected by CTJM jury members based on the design they presented at ‘Still Here: Torture, Resiliency and the Art of Memorializing’, a public exhibition hosted by Arts & Public Life in Washington Park. The exhibition served to bring further awareness to the struggle for justice for the over 125 Black and Latinx men, women and youth systematically tortured by former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and the men under his command at Chicago Police Headquarters from 1972 to 1991.”

Memory vs. Memory : 
Ly Hoang Ly + Patricia Nguyen

A lifetime durational performance collaboration between Patricia Nguyen and Ly Hoang Ly shaped by seemingly divergent histories of communist revolution and U.S. imperial war in Vietnam. memory vs. memory delves into the materiality of memory and embodied gestures of freedom and surveillance through performance installations and interactive workshops to offer possibilities for new worlds to emerge. 

www.memoryvsmemory.com


PRISM - lAn[g] kInh lAn[g] trU - 

An ongoing investigation and collaborative project between Patricia Nguyen, Ly Hoang Ly, and John Lee that investigates postwar neoliberal development and cultural memory in Vietnam through explorations in sound, architecture, and performance.  

www.prism-langkinhlangtru.com


96 Acres 

96 Acres Project is a series of community-engaged, site-responsive art projects that address the impact of the Cook County Jail on Chicago’s West Side. Patricia is a steering committee member and guest artist educator for 96 Acres.

www.96acres.org