Nhu Xuan Hua, New Chapter, Archive from the year ’85, 2026
A poignant meditation on memory’s instability, by acclaimed artist Nhu Xuan Hua
Edition of 20
10 × 14 × 3.5cm
Giclée print face-mounted onto Plexiglass, framed
Release date 15 April 2026
Product Description
In this luminous, dreamlike work, Nhu Xuan Hua reflects on the fragility of how stories are communicated – or withheld – across generations. Emerging from inadequacy of language to fully articulate complex family histories, New Chapter, Archive from the year ’85 considers how memory can splinter, blur and slip from view.
Born and raised in Paris to immigrant parents who fled to Europe after the war in Vietnam (1955-1975), Hua grew up feeling a palpable distance from her Vietnamese heritage. Drawing on her personal archive, she reimagines and digitally alters a rare family photograph taken in Belgium in 1985 – the only known image of her grandparents together, captured on the day her parents became engaged to be married,
Part of the artist’s acclaimed series Tropism: Consequences of a Displaced Memory, this work reflects on how the past continues to reverberate into the present, shaped by absence, silence and acts of remembering.
Mounted on Plexiglass and framed to stand or hang, this edition is intimate in scale, recalling a family photograph: a quiet, poignant meditation on memory’s instability.
Autograph is a UK charity, and this exclusive edition has been generously donated by Hua to raise funds for our work. All profits support Autograph’s mission to champion photography that explores race, representation, human rights and social justice – shaping a more inclusive future in the arts and beyond.
About the Artist
Nhu Xuan Hua (b.1989) is a French artist and photographer of Vietnamese heritage. Known for her distinctive visual language, she collaborates with international fashion houses such as Dior, Maison Margiela, Kenzo and Gucci, while contributing to leading publications such as Vogue, Time Magazine and Dazed Beauty. Originally trained in fashion photography, Hua has gradually shifted towards a multidisciplinary and introspective practice that explores memory, identity and displacement.
Hua published her first book, Tropism: Consequences of a Displaced Memory (2022), and has presented solo exhibitions at Huis Marseille (NL) and Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (DE). Her work is held in public collections including Huis Marseille (NL), the JP Morgan Collection and the Centre national des arts plastiques (FR). She lives and works between Paris and London.
Product Specification
Released for Autograph's exhibition Nhu Xuan Hua: Of Walking on Fire
Edition of 20 (+3 Artist Proofs)
Giclée print face-mounted onto Plexiglass
Framed, 10 × 14 × 3.5cm
Commissioned by Autograph
With certificate of authenticity issued by Autograph stamped and signed by Autograph and Nhu Xuan Hua
©️ Nhu Xuan Hua
Delivery
This edition will be released on 15 April 2026, and your order will be condition checked, packed and shipped from that date.
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