MỸ PEOPLE: VIỆT H. NGUYỄN AND NIC ANNETTE MILLER
February 6 - 28 2026
At Tulsa Artist Fellowship Studios, experience Mỹ People by Việt H. Nguyễn and Nic Annette Miller, a photographic and community-based project tracing Vietnamese cultural life across Oklahoma and Missouri through festivals, rituals, and everyday acts of remembrance, on view from February 6 through February 28, 2026.
Traveling through Oklahoma and Missouri during 2025, Việt H. Nguyễn and Nic Annette Miller document community events that sustain Vietnamese culture, history, faith, and a sense of belonging. Together, the artists offer an intimate portrait of Mid-America as a vital site of diasporic life, where identity is continuously shaped through collective presence and shared tradition. The work honors the resilience of Vietnamese communities in the heartland, revealing how cultural memory is practiced, adapted, and renewed.
In English, “My” means being associated with or belonging to. In Vietnamese, “Mỹ” represents America. Mỹ People (Vietnamese English for ‘American’) traces everyday acts of remembrance—festivals, rituals, gatherings, and quiet moments of care—that connect generations across distance and time.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Việt H. Nguyễn is an Emmy award-winning Vietnamese-American filmmaker and documentary photographer. He began his career in the visual arts as a multimedia specialist for the United States Army Special Operations Command. He served 7 years documenting international coalition operations and producing multimedia content in Iraq, Qatar, South Korea, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Upon his discharge from the military, he attended the University of North Carolina – Wilmington and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Film Studies and Photography. In 2019, he returned to Tulsa, OK, and has worked on over 40 documentary and narrative films nationwide. His work explores truth and authenticity through informal yet vivid photography and sincere storytelling. He is also the co-founder of NAM common, a community project exploring Vietnamese culture, history, and diaspora through curated art and media programming.
Nic Annette Miller is an interdisciplinary contemporary artist whose installations use woodcut relief prints, sculpture, and mixed media to explore environmental themes and relationships that push the boundaries of printmaking and paper. Incorporating video and poetry that reflect Miller’s multilingualism, the overall use of craft becomes a platform for storytelling and nostalgia that centers on flora, fauna, food, and fondness. As a visual artist specializing in printmaking, design, and heritage language advocacy, she is the recipient of the Artist Creative Fund, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s Grants for Artists, and TYPROS Foundation Grant. Miller has exhibited work at Philbrook Museum of Art, 108 Contemporary, Artspace Untitled, Print Center of New York, Abrons Art Center, and MoMA PS1. She is expected to show at Oklahoma Contemporary’s biennial group show ArtNow 2025 - Materials and Boundaries in the fall. Miller’s community project, NAM common, expands on Vietnamese culture and diaspora through art and media-curated programming. She is a frequent contributor to An Việt Archives, the largest known archive of the Vietnamese migration in the U.K. In addition to her studio and freelance work, Nic is an active teaching artist at The Drawing Center and co-founder of LoLoLook, a non-profit organization dedicated to elevating Sign Language programming at cultural institutions. She is currently based in Tulsa, OK.
