Cẩm-Anh Lương (she/they/Cẩm-Anh) is a Vietnamese multimedia artist and designer currently based in Berlin. Prior to moving to Germany in 2017 for educational purposes, she studied Law in Hanoi (VN), worked as a creative designer in Saigon (VN), and as a social worker in New Delhi and Vadodara (IN).
Cẩm-Anh's work revolves around personal narratives, migration, and the politics of memory, often using mixed media and VR to create immersive and interactive experiences that challenge viewers' perceptions of reality. She creates immersive installation that use experimental collective storytelling to investigate forgotten memories shaped by Western colonization, propaganda of the regimes, and stereotypes imposed on South East Asian bodies.
They have collaborated with collectives and initiatives such as neue nachbarschaft/Moabit, menseer_projekt (which they initiated), and *foundationClass*Collective to examine the intersection of new media art, technology, and social justice. In addition to their artistic practice, they work as an educator for outreach projects, advocating for alternative voices that empower marginalized communities.
Cẩm-Anh's work has been exhibitied in Berlin Biennale 10, feldfünf Projekträume Berlin, nGbK, Vorspiel Berlin, Carnival of Algorithmic Culture Toronto and documenta-fifteen.
Cẩm-Anh's work revolves around personal narratives, migration, and the politics of memory, often using mixed media and VR to create immersive and interactive experiences that challenge viewers' perceptions of reality. She creates immersive installation that use experimental collective storytelling to investigate forgotten memories shaped by Western colonization, propaganda of the regimes, and stereotypes imposed on South East Asian bodies.
They have collaborated with collectives and initiatives such as neue nachbarschaft/Moabit, menseer_projekt (which they initiated), and *foundationClass*Collective to examine the intersection of new media art, technology, and social justice. In addition to their artistic practice, they work as an educator for outreach projects, advocating for alternative voices that empower marginalized communities.
For a complete CV (exhibitions, grants, working experiences); to collaborate or anything else, feel free to get in touch.︎ camanh at proton dot me
EXHIBITIONS
2023 – Carnival of Algorithmic Culture
- Toronto, CA
2023 – Vorspiel / transmediale & CTM 2023
- Berlin, DE
2022 – documenta fifteen
Fridericianum & Hafenstrasse 76 - Kassel, DE
2022 – Vorspiel / transmediale & CTM 2022
Silent Green – Berlin, DE
2021 – Wo sind die Grenzen?
Neue Nachbarschaft Moabit - Berlin, DE
2021 – This is (not) the end
with Design Students of HTW Berlin
Alter St. Matthäus Kirchhof - Berlin, DE
2021 – Werkschau HTW Berlin
– Berlin, DE
2021 – Die Balkone 2- Scratching the Surface – Berlin, DE
2020 – *foundationClass - from within the cracks, Hub for collective learningneue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) - Berlin, DE
2019 – Palmification - feldfünf Projekträume - Berlin, DE
2019 – Sommerfest The Garden BridgeBrücke-Museum - Berlin, DE
2019 – Rungang weißensee with Grundlagen: Mobile Kitchen
weißensee Kunsthochschule - Berlin, DE
2018 – Rungang weißensee with *foundation Class
weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin - Berlin, DE
2018– Berlin Biennale 10 / I’m Not Who You Think I’m Not #13, The *foundationClass’ non-Cafeteria of the Academy of Misery Akademie der Künste - Berlin, DE
EDUCATION
2019 – current
Communication Design
HTW Berlin – Berlin, DE
2018 – 2019
*foundationClass
weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
– Berlin, DE
2019
Artist Training : Fine Arts
UDK Berlin Weiterbildung College– Berlin, DE
2006 – 2010
Business of Law Vietnam National University
– Hanoi, VN
GRANTS & AWARDS
2022 – Musikfonds
Issued by Musikfonds e.V. (Music fund), DE
2022 – Outreach GrantsIssued by The Palaeontological Association, UK
2022 – Outreach & Education AwardIssued by Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, USA
2020 – Durchstarten
Issued by Berlin Projektfonds Kulturelle Bildung (Berlin Cultural Education Project Fund), DE
WORKSHOP/TEACHING
2023 – Paläéo for all
– Evolution of a community
Art/Science workshop for children (8-12), Co-Leading
– Berlin, DE & Liège, BE
2021 – 23
neue nachbarschaft Moabit Berlin e.V.Art workshop facilitator for children (5-14) and women* with diverse background
– Berlin, DE
2020 – 21
WAS GEHT?! Magazin Design workshop outreach for group of young people (20-27) with diverse background
– Berlin, DE
2019 - Mobile Kitchen
- weißensee Art academyPerformance workshops on cultural appropriation for foundation year students with Dachil Sado.
– Berlin, DE
OPEN STUDIO
2023 – ZK/U Openhaus MAY Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik
Center for Art and Urbanistics/ with Jukai Collective
– Berlin, DE
2023 – Berlin Design Week
Open Studio Night
HTW Berlin
– Berlin, DE
TALKS
2023 – “Curating through Conflicts & Care” Symposium Curating Conflict – with Lama el Khatib, Fogha Mc Cornelius Refem – Mod. Maithu Bùi
– Berlin, DE
2023 – Jardin d(’h)iver / Vorspiel Eocene, Virtual Reality, and the Gardens - Round table with Edoardo Micheli, Lucien Danzeisen & Dr. Roland Sookias– Berlin, DE
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