Mr. Nguyễn Minh Tiến is pursuing a master's degree in Theatre and Dance (concentration in Performance Studies) at the  University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and History at the University of Edinburgh. He previously earned his bachelor’s degrees in art and media studies and literature at Fulbright University Viet Nam and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, respectively. Tiến aims to become a research-based artist and creates critically engaged art projects that best represent his current interdisciplinary research interests in modern and contemporary art, post-colonial and globalized youth identities, modern and folk Vietnamese music, and fashion studies.