Jeremiah Johnson

All of these works are envisioned and constructed by the Nguyen-Johnson Company. The Nguyen-Johnson Company is an on-going collaboration between the visual artists Jeremiah Johnson and Duyen Nguyen. 

My wife and I started collaborating on work together 3 years ago in Vietnam.  What has resulted from this collaboration is an ambitious collection of over 135 works that reflect upon both of our personal visions infused with a subtle Vietnamese sensibility.  Duyen Nguyen adds a powerful sense of spontaneity to my own committed sense of detail to a unique contemporary vision.  We worked primarily with primitive materials (poster paints, watercolors, and copy paper) sourced from the local market and on the floor of her bedroom in front of a fan. 

Duyen would make immediate drawings relating to folklore, beauty, dreams and personal interests. I continued with my own visions related to pop culture and the struggle towards enlightenment. I witnessed her work gradually become influenced by mine, while simultaneously my work was influenced by her visions.  Oftentimes Duyen would hand her unfinished work over to me to apply color and finish for her. There’s no end to our collaborations now. Distance cannot keep us apart. Together we form a diligent bond, and refer to our combined efforts as The Nguyen-Johnson Company.