Amira Nguyen-Hasoon
Amira Nguyen-Hasoon (b. 1991, Oxford, UK) is an British-Iraqi multidisciplinary artist whose work blends traditional drawing with explorations of found materials. Her practice examines the relationship between thought, perception, and the environment, influenced by John Berger’s belief that “the way we see things is affected by what we know or believe.” This perspective shapes her work, inviting dialogue on how perception shapes our understanding of the world.
Amira’s artwork was featured in ‘Through The Trees’, on view February 14-March 1, 2026.
“Nguyen-Hasoon’s practice moves between two interconnected ways of working. In Treeptych, she spends long periods observing and drawing the intricate patterns of tree bark with fine liner and graphite, creating slow, meditative triptychs that trace growth, structure and the hidden rhythms within trees.
In contrast, Nature Transitory is shaped by immediacy and direct engagement with the environment; Nguyen-Hasoon gathers mud, water, debris and discarded materials to make pigments, tools and handmade surfaces, allowing the landscape itself to influence each work before the finished pieces are returned to compost.
Together, these series show how she engages with nature through both close, detailed attention and instinctive, material-led responses to place, exploring permanence, transience and the many ways we experience the natural world over time.”
Amira’s artwork was featured in ‘Tout Le Monde’ on view August 9-31, 2025.
“Nguyen-Hasoon coined the name Treeptych by blending ‘tree’ and ‘triptych’ to reflect both the subject and the three-part structure rooted in the historic use of triptychs in visual storytelling. This submission presents a single panel as an intimate glimpse into the broader work. Through hand-drawn studies of tree bark textures, she explores growth, time, and transformation using layered perspectives.”
