Ron Tran

Ron Tran is an artist who was born in Saigon, and

currently lives and works in Vancouver. His practice

incorporates sculpture, photography, video, performance

and installation. He is invested in the social and political

nature of space which he foregrounds through interruptive

strategies and collaborative practices that engage the public

and gallery. His work addresses shifting understandings of

public and private space, and questions ideas of individual

ownership. Tran studied at Emily Carr University of Art +

Design and has participated in group and solo exhibitions

in North America, Europe, and Asia. Tran participatedin the 6th Berlin Biennale (2010). He was selected for the

Kunstlerhaus Bethanien residency in Berlin (2014). He was

awarded for Mayor’s Arts Awards (2015). His work has

been featured in Avant-Gardes of The 21st Century (2013),

published by Phaidon Press. Tran was awarded two-year

Research and Creation grants from the Canada Council for

the Arts in both 2018-2019 and 2022-2023; their current

research involves the production of new lotus silk textile

work in Vietnam.