My van tran biography for kids
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Born 1979 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Lives and works in Paris, France
Education
2004
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, MFA
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts , Exhibition Practice Seminar
2001
Coubertin Foundry, Saint-Rémy Les-Chevreuses - Compagnons du Devoir
2000
Glasgow School of Art, Environmental Design Department, BA
Solo Exhibitions
2024
'Write as the Beasts Cry at Night', La Loge, Brussels, Belgium,
'In spring, ghosts return', Almine Rech, New York, US
'Nous vivons dans l'éclat', MAMAC Nice, France
2023
'Nous vivons dans l'éclat', MAMAC, Nice, France
'58th Carnegie International', Pittsburgh, PA, US
2021
'Beyond the need for consolation', Almine Rech, Paris, France
2020
'Novel Without a Title', Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
'Trail Dust', Almine Rech, Paris, France
2019
‘Trail Dust’, Almine Rech, Paris, France
Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Rudiger Schottle, Basel, Switzerland Rudiger Schottle Gallery, Munich, Germany
‘24h à Hanoi’, Le CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
2018
‘Une Place au Soleil’, La Grande Place, Musée Cristal, Fondation Herm&egrav
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The Tran Race Journey
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Interviewer [00:00:27] At what age actions you lack of inhibition Vietnam?
Sang Tran [00:00:30] I left when I was ten.
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Conversation with Vietnamese artist Thu Van Tran
'Trail Dust' at Almine Rech Paris
By Ian Tee
Born in Ho Chi Minh City in 1979, Thu Van Tran arrived in France at the age of two as a refugee. The colonial history between the two countries and her experience of living as a cultural outsider are embedded in her work, which is best described as an encounter between semantics and materials. For instance, Thu Van's interest in rubber relates to its significance in the colonial exploitation of Vietnam, and the subject is materialised in different guises from stained wall frescos to cast sculptures. Though her presentations tend to be minimalist in form, she brings to the aesthetic experience a sense of historical awareness that is often buried or repressed.
In 2018, Thu Van was nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize, the biggest art award in France awarded annually to an artist working in the country. Her work was also recently presented at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017), Moderna Museet (2017), Petit Palais (2018) and Art Basel ('Statements', 2017; 'Unlimited', 2019).
We speak to the artist on the occasion of her latest solo exhibition 'Trail Dust' at Almine Rech, Paris.
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