Artist Tran Dan – Vietnamese Lacquer Paintings & Artworks – Nguyen Art Gallery

The Journey into Art

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 finds a possibility of lacquer beyond just traditional painting and is keen to develop its form and art output further: lacquer with/ as mix-material paintings/ sculptures or (video) installations.

Artistic Activities

01/ 2006: “Pink Color Space” Exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City

04/ 2006 – 09/ 2006: He was a wood sculptor at Truong Thanh Furniture Company in Ho Chi Minh City

10/ 2006 – 03/ 2007: He was a designer at the studio of BHD, Ho Chi Minh City

12/ 2006: “Sleep Walking City” Exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City

01/ 2008: “The Blue Sleeping City” Exhibition in Hanoi

03/ 2008 – 02/ 2009: He has been the founder and manager of Dan Viet Art Studio in Ho Chi Minh City

06/ 2012: “Women & Flowers” Exhibition at 87 Ma May, Hanoi

06/ 2012 – 10/ 2012: He has been the co-organizer and Art Director at Tokyo x Hanoi x Art (A contemporary art project collaborating with young Japanese and Vietnamese artists)

01/ 2012 – 06/ 2012: He has been the founder and artistic director of Name Art Space in Hanoi

2017: “Chuyen Mong” (Story of Dream) exhibition in Hanoi