THE PROPELLER GROUP is an art collective based in Saigon and Los Angeles, comprised of Phunam, Matt Lucero and Tuan Andrew Nguyen. Drawn to television, film, video and the Internet in its ability to make information attractive and desired on a mass scale, ‘The Propeller Group’ are manipulators of media language keen to reach a larger audience that takes the presentation of art beyond the world of gallery spaces and museums. Working with local and international film, television, music and artistic producers, ‘The Propeller Group’ helps to realize collaborative statements that re-define the social and political understanding of contemporary sub-cultures and popular cultures. Their work has been shown on mainstream television, international film festivals and major museums and galleries abroad. One videowork entitled “The Farmers and the Helicopters’ 2006, made in collaboration with Vietnamese-American artist, Dinh Q. Le, is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Of ‘Flooded McDonald’s’, a short experimental film produced in collaboration with Superflex and directed by The Propeller Group, acclaimed filmmaker Chris Marker has commented: “Remarkable work, specially striking by the profound coherence of its drive.”

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PHUNAM

1974 - Born Sai Gon, Viet Nam
1997 - Ecole des Beaux Art, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
1995 - Bronze casting, Chiang Mai, Thailand
1988 - Khmer arts, Kun Ya, Bangkok, Thailand

phunam@the-propeller-group.com www.phunam.me

MATT LUCERO

1976 - Born Upland, CA, U.S.A.
2000 - BFA, University of California Riverside
2003 - MFA, California Institute of the Arts

matt@the-propeller-group.com www.mattlucero.com

TUAN ANDREW NGUYEN

1976 - Born Sai Gon, Viet Nam
1999 - BFA, University of California, Irvine
2004 - MFA, California Institute of the Arts

tuan@the-propeller-group.com www.tuanandrewnguyen.com