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.