Linh Nguyen (b. 1994) is a nurse and artist living and practicing in Brooklyn, New York. She studied nursing at the University of Virginia ('16) and CUNY Hunter College ('23). She has practiced primarily in Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant in clinical and research settings at New York Presbyterian Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She trained in Palliative Care and Hospice at Bellevue Hospital. She has worked in community health settings at the Bowery Mission, One Police Plaza, and Occupy City Hall. She is currently practicing as a Lymphoma Nurse Practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
BINNIE PLANET draws inspiration from multiple sources and references, spanning the artist's diverse areas of interests and professional endeavors. These works are organized by themes explored during the creation of this project.
Living Ancestry & The Divine Feminine
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bùi, Nonfiction graphic memoir, 2017
Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham, Anthology, 2020
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Nonfiction, 1992
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong, Nonfiction, 2020
The Black Unicorn: Poems by Audre Lorde, Poetry, 1978
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde, Nonfiction, 1984
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur, Nonfiction, 1987
The Dragon Prince: Stories and Legends from Vietnam by Thích Nhất Hạnh, Anthology, 2007
Time is a Mother by Ocean Vương, Poetry, 2022
How to build a world
Parable of the Sower, Earthseed #1 by Octavia E. Butler, Fiction, 1993
Parable of the Talents, Earthseed #2 by Octavia E. Butler, Fiction, 1998
Severance by Ling Ma, Fiction, 2018
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Marquez, Fiction, 1985
The Medium is the Message: An Inventory of Effects by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore, Nonfiction, 1967
WE TRUST WHAT YOU ARE TELLING US by Rachel Nguyen, Video, 2022
Alter by Andrea Smith, Painting, 2021
Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith, Poetry, 2011
The body is an entire universe
The Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth by Peter Kelder, Nonfiction, 1998
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee, Nonfiction, 2010
My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon by Amy Silverstein, Essay, The New York Times, 2023
Who is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind by Fariha Róisín, Nonfiction, 2022
Vietnamese Traditional Medicine, Fourth Edition compiled by Thế Giới Publishers, 2018
Want to Love Your Body? Try Swimming Naked by Jenna Wortham, Essay, The New York Times Magazine, 2023
Ashtanga vinyasa yoga tradition as taught by Yoga Tribe Brooklyn
Loving and sensuality as a creative act
Going Places by Bertrand Blier, Fiction, 1974
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown, Nonfiction, 2019
Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux, Nonfiction, 2001
The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm, Nonfiction, 1958
Scenes from an Open Marriage by Jean Garnett, Essay, The Paris Review, 2022
American Symphony by Matthew Heineman, Documentary film, 2023
All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks, Nonfiction, 1999
Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy by Larissa Pham, Nonfiction, 2021
Casting Spells & Process
Notes on Shapeshifting by Gabi Abrão, Poetry, 2022
The ring, the great dark, and proximity to god by Ethel Cain, Video, 2023
Gunshot Landscape by Margaret Evangeline, Sculpture, 2003
The Vortex: Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships by Esther and Jerry Hicks, Nonfiction, 2009
Studio Visit: Hospital Edition by Suleika Jaouad, Video, 2022
The Visitors by Ragnar Kjartansson, Nine-channel HD video projection, 2012
Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren, Nonfiction, 1994
Painting on White Background for the Cell of a Recluse by Joan Miró, Triptych painting, 1968
April Hottie Challenge by Linh Nguyen, as told by Rachel Nguyen, Community, 2021
Why we need rituals, not routines by Terry Nguyen, Essay, Vox, 2022
Meet Maria Gonzales by Clémence Poles, Interview, Passerby, 2023
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin, Nonfiction, 2023
Yoko Ono’s approximately infinite universe by Kenneth Womack, Salon, 2023
What Cargo Cult Rituals Reveal About Human Nature by Dimitris Xygalatas, Essay, Sapiens, 2022