Quoctrung Kenny Nguyen was born and raised in South Vietnam. Nguyen’s artwork often draws on the elements of personal experiences to explore identity and cultural displacement. His works has been exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, including Japan and South Korea. In 2017, he presented his painting along with other Vietnamese American artists at Rayburn Office House Building, at Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. Kenny Nguyen lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina.