Hats of Ferocious Lions, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#28791
Sky Foundation I, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#28790
Sky Foundation, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#28789
Hats of Ferocious Lions I, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#28793
Roaming Lions, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#28788
Good Governance, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#28792
Kiss the Sky II, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#28567
Kiss the Sky I, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#28566
Heart Sutra, 2013, Copper foil, palm leaf, and cardboard on panel and chrome laminate on wood panel, diptych at a 90 degree angle, 27 x 39 inches each, 68.6 x 99.1 cm each, MMG#20813
Matrix Flowers 7, 2013, Aluminum foil, palm leaf, and cardboard on canvas, 27.25 x 22.25 inches, 69.2 x 56.5 cm, MMG#20871
Alphabet Shore 1, 2012-13, Copper, palm leaf, cardboard, and ceramic on canvas, 95 x 47 inches, 241.3 x 119.4 cm, MMG#20897
Alphabet Shore 3, 2012-13, Copper, palm leaf, cardboard, and ceramic on canvas, 95 x 47 inches, 241.3 x 119.4 cm, MMG#20899
Lost in Saigon, 2012-2013, Glazed porcelain and paperclay with glass mounted on panel, 91 x 38 inches, 231.1 x 96.5 cm, MMG#20815
Lost in Da Nang, 2012-2013, Glazed porcelain and paperclay with glass mounted on panel, 91 x 38 inches, 231.1 x 96.5 cm, MMG#20814
Shoreline, 2012-2013, Glazed porcelain and paperclay with glass mounted on panel, 47.75 x 37.75 inches, 121.3 x 95.9 cm, MMG#20872
Soldier 2, 2012-13, Low-fired glazed ceramic and glass, 17 x 20 x 6 inches, 43.2 x 50.8 x 15.2 cm, MMG#20912
Untitled 12, 2012-2013, Glazed porcelain, 18.5 x 12 inches, 47 x 30.5 cm, MMG#20862
Soldier 3, 2012-13, Low-fired glazed ceramic and glass, 17 3/4 x 18 x 6 1/4 inches, 45.1 x 45.7 x 15.9 cm, MMG#20913
The Radiance of Awareness III, 2012, Acrylic, chlorophyll, spirulina, and staples on paper and canvas, 82 x 91 x 18 inches, 208.3 x 231.1 x 45.7 cm, MMG#21450
The Radiance of Awareness I, 2012, Acrylic, color pencil, spirulina, and staples on paper and canvas, 82 x 99 x 23 inches, 208.3 x 251.5 x 58.4 cm, MMG#21449
Copper Reef, 2012, Copper foil, palm leaf, and cardboard on canvas, 79 1/2 x 67 1/2 inches, 201.9 x 171.5 cm, MMG#20736
Untitled 3, 2012, Glazed porcelain, 18 x 12 inches, 45.7 x 30.5 cm, MMG#20831
Untitled 10, 2012, Glazed porcelain, 18.5 x 11.5 inches, 47 x 29.2 cm, MMG#20848
Untitled 17, 2012, Glazed porcelain, 18.5 x 12 inches, 47 x 30.5 cm, MMG#20867
Untitled, 2011, Acrylic, staples on paper, linen and canvas, 29 3/4 x 28 x 6 1/2 inches, 75.6 x 71.1 x 16.5 cm, MMG#20441
Untitled, 2011, Acrylic, chlorophyll, spirulina, staples on paper and canvas, 52 x 61 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, 132.1 x 156.2 x 26.7 cm, MMG#20415
Untitled, 2011, Acrylic, staples on paper, linen and canvas, 29 3/4 x 28 x 6 1/2 inches, 75.6 x 71.1 x 16.5 cm, MMG#20416
Tam Van Tran Studio, 2016, Los Angeles, CA
(Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer)
Tam Van Tran (b. 1966 in Kon Tum, Vietnam) studied painting and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1990 from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He later attended the Graduate Film and Television Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, from which he graduated in 1996. In 2004, Tran was selected to exhibit in the Whitney Biennial.
Tran has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA; Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA; Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA; Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy; and San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
His work has been included in group exhibitions at numerous international institutions including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO; Museum of Contemporary Art Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX; and the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC.
His work may be found in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; The Broad Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, and elsewhere.
The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
