Michael Nguyen Finch

Michael Nguyen Finch is a sculptor and interdisciplinary artist who examines cultural effigies as both promise and constraint. He interrogates the violence embedded in the conditions under which a body is permitted to appear. His work considers assimilation and belonging as parallel structures that grant visibility through alignment and reduction. Rooted in his Vietnamese immigrant history, Finch understands adaptation as both expansion and thinning. Working with steel, salvaged cardboard, and plaster, he makes structural pressure tangible, revealing how power organizes space, posture, and presence while demanding compliance in exchange for recognition.

Finch will earn his MFA in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2027. His work has been exhibited in Temple at Gallery 120, Dragon in The West at Soeffker Gallery, and American Tragedy at The Carlander Family Gallery. His public sculptures have been featured in the Springfield Sculpture Walk, Price Sculpture Forest, and Hamline Midway Park.