‘To survive you had to be a smuggler’: How James Nguyen turned seeds into art

Tuesday 11 May 2021
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‘To survive you had to be a smuggler’: How James Nguyen turned seeds into art

Tuesday 11 May 2021

Article by Nick Miller

NAS alumnus James Nguyen has won the biennial Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2021 announced last week at Montsalvat.  Nguyen, 38, is the first digital artist to be awarded the $20,000 Prize.

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Photo: Joe Armao

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