CFGNY is an artist collective whose research-based practice takes the form of image making, installation, sculpture, garment making, and performance to expand ideas of racialization and subjectivity. Founded in 2016, the collective continually returns to the term “vaguely Asian”: an understanding of racial identity as a specific cultural experience combined with the experience of being perceived as other. Recent and upcoming exhibitions, performances and projects include Amant, Brooklyn (2026); The 82nd Whitney Biennial, New York (2026); Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2025); Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (2024); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2024); SculptureCenter, New York (2023); PIN-UP/Marséll, Milan (2023); Japan Society, New York (2022); X Museum, Beijing (2021); RISD Museum, Providence (2019); and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2018). In October 2024, CFGNY was named Frieze London’s Focus Stand Prize winner for its presentation with Hot Wheels, Athens and London. CFGNY is currently composed of Daniel Chew, Ten Izu, and Tin Nguyen.
CFGNY will speak about their practice and how they approach making exhibitions and artworks in relation to their thinking around the "vaguely Asian" as a collective of artists.
