Born in 1979 in Pleiku, Vietnam, Nguyen Duc Dat studied Fine Art at the University of Florida. He is a member of Sao La collective and a co-founder of the art bar Cu Ru in Ho Chi Minh City and Dalat. He has curated for Nha San Collective and served as art director of Nha San in Hanoi. 

His works have been shown in a number of exhibitions including documenta 15, Kassel, Germany; NGUCHONOBAY #2: 2,99999 REALMS, 20/20 Gallery, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA; Salt of the Jungle, Korea Foundation Gallery, Seoul, South Korea and CUC Gallery, Vietnamese Women's Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam; No Cai Bum: The Dreaming Dalat, Dalat; No Cai Bum, Hue; Skylines With Flying People 4, Nha San Collective, Hanoi; and Out of Nowhere, Sao La, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Nguyen has also curated and organized many community art projects such as March: Art Walk and Art Walk II, numerous venues, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; dia/phuong ~ local-liti, Sao La, Dia Projects, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; NGUCHONOBAY, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and the zine Art and Law.