Tam Van Tran

Tam Van Tran, born in Kon Tum, Vietnam in 1966, earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY in 1990. Later, he attended the Graduate Film and Television Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 1996. In 2004, Tran was chosen to showcase his work at the Whitney Biennial.

Tran has recently held solo exhibitions at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects in Culver City, CA; Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe in New York, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, CA; Long Beach City College Art Gallery in Long Beach, CA; Anthony Meier Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA; Brand New Gallery in Milan, Italy; and San Art in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His artwork has also been featured in group exhibitions at various international institutions, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY; Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, MI; 

Tran’s artwork can be found in collections such as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY; The Broad Art Museum in Los Angeles, CA; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.; Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX; Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY; Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN; the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY, and elsewhere.

Currently, the artist resides and works in Los Angeles, CA.