Michael Nguyen Finch

Michael Nguyen Finch earned his Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts, Summa Cum Laude, from Hamline University in 2024. As a sculptor and interdisciplinary artist, his work explores heritage—specifically, his Vietnamese ancestry—through a contemporary lens shaped by the intersections of Eastern and Western traditions. By reimagining ancient motifs and classical themes, he examines cultural abstraction, immigration, and identity.

Finch’s practice incorporates steel, stucco, and upcycled cardboard, materials that reflect shelter, transience, and cultural hybridity. 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.