Lê Thuận Uyên is a curator based in Hanoi. She is currently the Artistic Director of The Outpost – a private organisation committed to the collection, presentation, and discussion of contemporary art in Vietnam. Informed by her former training in politicial science, Uyen is interested in alternative histories, personal narratives that are rendered absent, sidelined or undesirable by the official record. Her practice is also concerned with the investigations of forms and ideas within the social context and aesthetic traditions of Vietnam. She often works with artists in close collaboration, seeking to unpack artistic articulations and stimulate critical, creative enquiries.
Some of her past curatorial projects include: Fractured Times (The Outpost, Hanoi, 2022); And they die another death (Nguyen Trinh Thi for Documenta fiffteen, 2022); Domestic Bliss (Ilham Gallery, KL, 2019); Gang of Five Chancing Modern (Hanoi, 2017); Sindikat Campursari (Jakarta, 2016); Embedded South(s) (co-curator, Sàn Art, online, 2016); Skylines With Flying People 3 (co-curator, Hanoi, 2015-17); Miền Méo Miệng (assistant curator, Bildmuseet Umea, 2015). She was a resident curator at Art in General (NYC) from April–August 2017 through a fellowship with the Asian Cultural Council. Over time, Uyên has worked with numerous artists and orgranisations, providing administrative and programming support for spaces including Nhà Sàn Collective, Sàn Art, The Factory Centre for Contemporary Art, APD (Centre for Art Patronage and Development), The Nguyen Art Foundation.
