
Trung Bao
Trung Bao Nguyen is a Vietnamese multidisciplinary artist and creative director whose practice began with the human voice. Emerging from beatboxing and hip-hop culture, he developed a deep understanding of rhythm, improvisation, and expression beyond language. This foundation gradually evolved into an interdisciplinary practice spanning sound, performance, generative art, interactive installations, and emerging technologies.
As co-founder and Creative Director of Fustic., Trung Bao shapes the studio's creative philosophy, strategic direction, and artistic vision. His strength lies in connecting seemingly unrelated disciplines, translating abstract ideas into compelling experiences, bridging cultural narratives with technological possibilities, and bringing artists, designers, and engineers together around a shared creative ambition.
His approach is rooted in the belief that meaningful innovation begins with human curiosity rather than technology itself. Through projects such as Voice Gems, co-created with artist Harry Yeff, he explores how something as intangible and personal as the human voice can be transformed into new visual, physical, and emotional forms. This way of thinking extends into his leadership at Fustic., where experimentation is guided by both conceptual depth and sensitivity to human experience.
For Bao, Fustic. is more than a creative studio. It is a platform for new ideas, original artistic languages, and interdisciplinary exploration. His vision is to build a practice that moves beyond conventional creative production, developing its own intellectual and artistic identity, challenging established boundaries, and creating work that contributes meaningfully to contemporary culture.
At the heart of his work is a continuous exploration of how art and technology can expand human expression, reveal new perspectives, and reshape the way we experience the world.
Press & news
- AI for Good Global Summit speaker: Trung BảoITU – United Nations ↗
- Your Voice Is Your IdentityExpanded.art ↗
- Messages of Hope: Voice GemsWorld Economic Forum ↗
- Voice of Hiroshima Survivor Trees: Generative Voice GemLumen Prize ↗
- Forget engagement rings: turn your voice into a one-of-a-kind gemstoneFast Company ↗
- W1 Curates Presents 'Voice Gems: 1000 Year Archive'Hypebeast ↗
- Listen Your Way Through the Voice Gems Meta-MuseumHypebeast ↗
- Large-scale gemstone artworks made by human & animal voices debut in London showDesignboom ↗
- Voices are converted into gemstones in these unique works of artWallpaper* ↗
- Your Next Engagement Ring Could Be a Voice-Driven Digital SculptureSurface Magazine ↗
- Harry Yeff & Trung BaoMETAL Magazine ↗
- Dazed 100 Asia 2024Dazed ↗
- Classical concert redefines music through technology, AI and emotionVietnam News ↗
- Nghệ sĩ đa phương tiện Trung Bảo: "AI trong nghệ thuật không còn là câu chuyện mới"L'Officiel Vietnam ↗
- Exploring Sustainable New Media: Workshop 3 of the project 'EU-Vietnam Sustainable Design Awards'European Union ↗
- Trung Bảo “của hiếm” beatbox và ước mơ “điên rồ”Tiền Phong ↗
- New media art pioneers aim to create digital archiveVietNamNet ↗
- Nghệ sĩ Trung Bảo: Dáng hình thanh âmEsquire Vietnam ↗
- Trung Bảo – Làm nhạc điện tử bằng miệng và hành trình 10 năm đi tìm “giọng nói” của riêng mìnhVietcetera ↗

