About The Artist

Tran Dan studied architecture in university, but turned his artistic career into lacquer, and self learned painting and sculpture. His primal media is lacquer yet he works widely from painting to installation, video, photography, and performance. One of Tran’s interests is to find a broader possibility of lacquer medium. TRAN DAN _ EDUCATION 2003 – 2006 Architecture University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2005 – 2007 Phu Thanh Nguyen Studio (lacquer painting), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam EXPERIENCE March 2009 – Present Freelance artist / Art dealer for paintings June 2012 – October 2012 Co-organizer and Art director at Tokyo x Hanoi x Art (a collaborative contemporary art project between young and emerging Japanese and Vietnamese artists) - Supported by The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam Grant - / Hanoi, Vietnam January 2012 – June 2012 Founder and Art director at NameArtSpace / Hanoi, Vietnam March 2008 – February 2009 Founder and Director at Dan Viet Art Studio / HCMC, Vietnam -Setting and designing for opening the lacquer studio -Art dealer for lacquer paintings -Building and developing the “Open Residence Artist Studio” project April 2007 – November 2007 Reporter, Designer, and Editor at Vietnam Digital Television at HCMC Center / HCMC, Vietnam -Worked for TV commercials and shows October 2006 – March 2007 Studio designer at BHD Film Studio / HCMC, Vietnam April 2006 – September 2006 Wood sculpture designer at Truong Thanh Furniture Company / HCMC, Vietnam April 2003 – March 2006 Seller at Phuc An Fashion Company / HCMC, Vietnam SOLO EXHIBITIONS June 2012 – "Women and Flowers" / Lacquer pantings and Installation / Solo exhibition at 87 Ma May (the Antique House) / Hanoi, Vietnam January 2008 – “The Blue Sleeping City” / Video and Installation / Solo exhibition at Institut Français de Hanoï – L'Espace - Centre Culturel Français (L'espace:French Cultural Center) / Hanoi, Vietnam December 2006 – “Sleep Walking City” / Painting and Video / Solo exhibition at Mai’s Gallery / HCMC, Vietnam January 2006 – “Pink Color Space” / Video Installation / Solo exhibition / HCMC, Vietnam SOLO PERFORMANCE November 2007 – “Dream” / Dance Performance / Contemporary Dance Competition at Youth Opera House sponsored by Culture Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) of the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam / Hanoi, Vietnam GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCE September 2013 – “ Góc Nhìn”/ Video Art / Art Exhibition Project at New Space Arts Foundation/ Hue city.Vietnam July 2013 – The first exhibition by Vietnamese “Son Ta” Artist Group/ Lacquer Paintings/ Group Exhibition at Vietnam Fine Art Museum/ Hanoi,Vietnam November 2012 –”Mot, Hai, Ba (1,2,3)” / Lacquer Paintings / Group exhibition at Mai Gallery (Art Talk Cafe) / Hanoi, Vietnam October 2012 – “Tokyo x Hanoi x Art” (a collaborative contemporary art project between young and emerging Japanese and Vietnamese artists) / Project result presentation exhibition at La 4uatrieme&ete bar / Hanoi, Vietnam November 2011 – "Open Academy Project"/ Photography / Collaborative exhibition after Open Academy Panorama workshop organized by British Council Vietnam/ Hue, Vietnam October 2007 – “The Picture Month”/ Video / Group exhibition at Fine Art Museum sponsored by The Consulate of France / HCMC, Vietnam December 2006 – “Masturbation in Mind” / Performance and Video / Group exhibition at Himiko Café / HCMC, Vietnam October 2006 – “The Past & Present” / Video / “Pace on the Peace, Xin Chao My Darling” project group exhibition at Supplement Space: Stone and Water Festival/ Anyang, Korea June 2006 – “I am a Somnambulist” “Having a conversation”/ Video / Opening ceremony at Culture Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) of the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam / HCMC, Vietnam April 2006 – “Sexual Desire and Zen Space” / Mix material Installation / Group exhibition at Van Thanh Park / HCMC, Vietnam 3 ARTIST IN RESIDENCY October 2013 – February 2014 Artist Residence in The Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai/ China May 2013 - July 2013 – “2013 Asia Artist Residence in ARTinNATURE & Asia Art space Network” / The Space for Creating Culture&Art “ARTinNATURE” / Busan, Korea ARTIST TALK December 2012 – MAC Hanoi, Skylines with Flying People at The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam / Hanoi, Vietnam July 2012 – Arena Multimedia / Hanoi, Vietnam SCREENING March 2013 – “Screening of previous video works” / Single channel videos / Screening at Meta house / Phnom Penh, Cambodia WORKSHOP November 2012 - January 2013 – “Juxtaposition - old and new, back-to-back” / Collaborative video art project with Australian, French, Vietnamese and Korean artists / DOCLAB, Goethe Institute Hanoi / Hanoi, Vietnam November 2011 – "Open Academy Project" / Photography / Hue, Vietnam Awards GRANT October 2012 – The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam Grant Program / For supporting the project “Tokyo x Hanoi x Art” (Emerging Japanese-Vietnamese contemporary artists collaborative project) / Hanoi, Vietnam