VERONICA PHAM is an artist, educator, and designer. She received her MFA in Design Studies from UW-Madison and her BFA in Painting from UIUC. She was most recently a part of the Paper is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures group exhibition at the San Francisco Center for the Book which looks at paper within a global and decolonial framework. She has a published article titled Moments of Chây: Ecological Knowledge of Traditional Papermaking in Việt Nam, in the Winter 2023 issue of Ecology and Paper in the Hand Papermaking magazine. She is also published in Contributions of Ethnobiology in the collaborative interdisciplinary manuscript, Hand Papermaking Traditions in Việt Nam. Other recent exhibitions include Trúc Chỉ Gallery in Huế, Merwin and Wakeley Gallery, Center for Research, Lydon House Art Center, Center for Visual Research Gallery at Cedar Crest College, and The Morgan Conservatory. Pham has also taught papermaking and fiber arts workshops at the Minnesota Center for the Book, Chazen Arts Museum, Fresh Press Paper, and SEASSI, and will teach at Penland School of Craft in 2025.

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VERONICA Y PHAM works primarily in handmade paper and fiber arts in her studio practice. Her work focuses on traditional craft specific to Vietnamese and Chinese histories to spark conversation on process, labor, cultural identity, and memory. The materials in her work are often environmental investigations about local ecology and place. Pham continues to work with traditional and contemporary papermakers in Vietnam with a focus on collaborative projects and research. Pham currently lives in the Madison, WI and enjoys incorporating local hemp in her papermaking practice.