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Sep–Dec 2026
Recherchestipendium Bildende Kunst, Berlin Senatsverwaltung für Kultur.
Research grant for “Broadcast Bodies.”
Fall–Winter 2026
Kiều Lesen – Reading Kiều. 4-event discursive and performance series in German, English and Vietnamese at parallelgesellschaft x Galerie Nord, Berlin, in dialogue with the Tale
of Kiều (Truyện Kiều). → tracingkieu.net/kieu-lesen
2025–present
Tracing Kiều / The Kiều Complex. Curatorial initiative, international
exhibition (in fundraising phase), and anthology project activating creative exchange across the Vietnamese diaspora through the Tale of Kiều (Truyện Kiều) by Nguyễn Du.
→ tracingkieu.net
2002–2010
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf,” Babelsberg: Diplom, Montage
1997
Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City: Intensive language course as part of a 2-month study trip
1995–1997
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: European Ethnology, Vietnamese
1990–1991
Universität Tübingen & Universität Rostock: One semester each as part of a year-long exchange
1988–1992
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island: Bachelor of Arts, German Studies. Additional focus on Russian language and literature, comparative literature
2014
Kunst als Ort der Selbstermächtigung und des Widerstands. Perspektiven Schwarzer Frauen*, Frauen* of Color und Frauen* mit Migrationsgeschichte. Screening and exhibition. Frauenkreise, Berlin
2012
Gedenkbilder. Auf den Spuren der vietnamesischen Diaspora in Berlin. Photos and interviews, in Asiatische Deutsche. Vietnamesische Diaspora and Beyond. Ed. Kien Nhi Ha (Berlin: Assoziation A, 2012), also published in the 2013 Heinrich-Böll Dossier “Asian Germany (2013)
2011
Sunday Menu (Drama. Written, Directed under the name Liesl Nguyen, Edited as Alisa Kotmair), 24 min. Premiere at Berlinale International Film Festival, Berlin, Culinary Cinema
2006
Trip to Asia | Stadion X. Group exhibition. Warsaw
2005
Video Viet Nam. Solo exhibition. GEDOK Künstlerinnenforum, Karlsruhe
2004
Fremde Heimat Vietnam. Group exhibition. Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
Fremde Psyche Offline, Academy for Film and Television Konrad Wolf, Babelsberg
2003
Berlin Open End. Group Exhibition. Tsatsis Projects, Thessaloniki
Just Passing Through, bgf_mitte & Rocket Shop, berlin
2002
City-Info-Boogie-Woogie, Info Offspring Kiosk. Installation in public space. Dresden
Here and Now, Group exhibition. BüroFriedrich, Berlin
layered histories, Group exhibition. plattform in der staatsbank, Berlin
Vagina Monologues. Performed as a reader. Directed by Nadia Cusimano. Schaubühne, Berlin
2000
radio temporaire archives sonores. Featured work. Ècole Superieure d’Art Visuel, Geneva
1999
Used to Be Was. Group exhibition. Neurotitan / Haus Schwarzenberg, Berlin
Gap Viet Nam. Group exhibition. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
1998
Ceterum Censeo. Group exhibition. Galerie am Marstall, Berlin
Pavillon der Volksbühne / loop raum für aktuelle kunst. Solo installation, Berlin
1996
Môt Cây, Une Arbre. One of three dancers. Choreography: Thierry Thieû Niang. Theatre Contemporain de la Dance, Paris
Christina Schwenkel, “Vietnamese in Central Europe: An Unintended Diaspora,” Journal of Vietnamese Studies 12(1) pp. 1–9, 2017 (Discussion of Sunday Menu)
Pipo Bui, Envisioning Vietnamese Migrants in Germany: Ethnic stigma, immigrant origin narratives and partial masking, LIT Verlag, Münster, 2003. Cover image and discussion of, pp. 78–80.
Susanne Altmann, “Wiegenlied des reisenden Containers,” die Tageszeitung, 22 October 2002, p. 15.
Blake Gopnik, “Deutschland of Opportunity,” The Washington Post, 14 July 2002, pp. G1 & G4.
Laura Schleussner, “Swimming in Berlin,” Link: A Critical Journal on the Arts in Baltimore & the World, 4/2000: pp. 47–57.
Birgit Hussfeld, “Gap Viet Nam,” Art Asia Pacific, issue 25 (2000), pp. 28–30.
Birgit Hussfeld, “Wo liegt Viet Nam?” Springerin, Band V Heft 3/99 (September–November 1999), pp. 24–27.
Harald Fricke, “Ausgelagerter Schmelztiegel,” die Tageszeitung, 31 March 1999.
Constanze Suhr, “Mehr zu bieten als Zigarettenschmuggel,” Der Tagesspiegel, 5 April 1999, p. W4.
2011
Sunday Menu (Drama. Written, Directed under the name Liesl Nguyen, Edited as Alisa Kotmair). 24 min.
2010
Home Affairs (Documentary. Dir. Rita Bakacs, Masayo Kajimura, Graziella Tomasi). 60 min. Editor
2008
Pink Taxi (Documentary. Flying Moon/ Zorro, Dir. Uli Gauke). Additional Editing
2007
Verflucht (Drama/Horror. Dir. Markus Adrian). 13 min. Editor
2006
O Mo U Ga Ma Ma Ni (Documentation-Imagefilm, Hoshi Coupe). 20 min. Director, Editor
2005
A Father’s Prayer (Drama. Dir. Döndü Kilik). 6 min. Editor
All Music (Music Video, Artist: Ann Shakes). 3 min. Co-director, Editor
2004
Genau wie Du (Music Video to the film *Status Yo!*, Gute Filme, Dir. Till Hastreiter). 3 min. Co-editor
Samagon (Documentary. Dir. Sebastian Heinzel, Eugen Schlegel). 12 min. Editor
Rockstars (Drama. Dir. Juan Pablo Felix). 25 min. Editor
2003
Lajos (Documentary. Dir. Ciril Braem). 16 min. Editor
Actively performing from 1996–1999, e.g. in Dock 11; Pfefferberg, Akademie der Künste, Schaubühne, Berlin; Theatre Contemporain de la Dance, Paris. Studied and worked with Howard Katz, Thierry Niang, Felix Ruckert, among others. Ongoing movement studies.