Van Tran
b. 2000, Hanoi, Vietnam
Van Tran (b. 2000, Hanoi, Vietnam) is a visual artist working between Vietnam and Ireland. His practice centres on traditional Vietnamese lacquer, engaging themes of migration, ecological interdependence, and material memory.
Through layered surfaces incorporating silver leaf, eggshell, and shell fragments, Tran constructs paintings that function as temporal archives. His work reflects lived experience across geographies, drawing parallels between avian migration and diasporic identity.
He has exhibited in Ireland, Vietnam, China, and France, including exhibitions at the National Museum of Fine Art (Vietnam) and The Lab Gallery (Dublin).
Education
- 2023–25 MA Art & Research Collaboration, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design + Technology, Dublin
- 2018–22 BA (Hons) Art, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design + Technology, Dublin
Selected Exhibitions
- 2025 National Museum of Fine Art, Vietnam — Những Người Bạn (Friend), Group Exhibition
- 2025 Flux Gallery, Dublin — Auspicious Eight: Wood Snake, Group Exhibition
- 2024 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin — Build Again Test Again, Student Exhibition
- 2024 Adam's Auctioneer — Veneration: Fine Asian and African Art
- 2024 The Lab Gallery, Dublin — Water Has No Enemy, Group Exhibition
- 2024 Tán Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin — Auspicious Eight: Wood Dragon, Group Exhibition
- 2023 Huang Contemporary Exhibition, Wuhan, China — Sun and Moon
- 2023 BABEENI Art Centre, Vietnam — Dòng Chảy Sơn Mài Truyền Thống
- 2022 DIVA Exhibition, Dún Laoghaire
- 2022 New Generation Gallery Exhibition, Irish Art Review