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
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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

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