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Education
• 2010 Guest Researcher, Urushi Section
in the Department of Crafts, Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), Tokyo, Japan (April–July).
• 1987–1992 B.F.A., highest distinction,
University of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• 1978–1983 School of Art, Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam.
Experience
• 2009 Panelist for the Indiana Arts Commission (visual arts)
• 2003–present Teaching Artist, VSA arts of Indiana (VSAI),
Indianapolis
• 2001 Associate
Instructor, Herron School of Art, Indiana University, Indianapolis
Honors
& Awards
• 2010 Tuition-free scholarship as guest
researcher, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
• 2009 Recipient of a Creative
Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis
• 2008 Second
Prize, IDADA
Fourth Annual Member Exhibition, refereed by Midwest Museum of American Art
Curator Bryan Byrn, Pivot Gallery, Indianapolis, February
• 2006 Recognition by the
City-County Council of the City of Indianapolis and of Marion County, Indiana,
through Special Resolution no. 13, 2006, Indianapolis, March
• 2006 Best of Show, IDADA Second
Annual Member Exhibition, refereed by former Director of the Indianapolis
Museum of Art Brett Waller, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, February
• 2005 The Heart’s Closet, an oil painting
chosen for the cover graphic for a book titled From the Heart’s Closet: A Young Girl’s
World War II Story by Anneliese “Lee” Krauter (Indianapolis: The Schatzi
Press, Hawthorne Publishing, 2005).
• 2001 Prize winner, “Indiana
Now,” Biennial Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Indiana Artists, The Art
Museum of Greater Lafayette, February
• 2000 “Indiana artist of the
month,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, January
• 1999 Recipient of a Creative
Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis
Solo
Exhibitions
• 2007 Nhat Tran.
Healing Arts Indy, Indianapolis, IN, November–December
• 2006 The Art of Lacquer Painting: Mixing Light
with Life. Nhat Tran. Wiessman Gallery, Chicago, June
• 2006 Abstract Consciousness. Part of series
titled In Her
Element: The Art of Four Women. Galerie Penumbra, Indianapolis, IN, May
• 2005 Nhat Tran. Next in the Gallery, Herron
Gallery of Art, Herron School of Art & Design, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN,
February–March
• 2004 Nhat Tran. Urushi: New
Directions—Contemporary Lacquer Paintings, David Adamson Gallery,
Washington, DC, October–November
• 2003 Nhat Tran: Contemporary Vietnamese Lacquer
Paintings, The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS, March–June
• 2002 Nhat Tran: From
Blackness to Brilliance, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, November–February
2003
• 2001 Walter Wickiser Gallery,
Soho, New York, NY, April–May
• 2000 Creative
Renewal Arts Fellowship Solo Exhibition, Indianapolis Artsgarden, IN, Sept.
• 2000 Contemporary
Vietnamese Lacquer Paintings, Chao Phraya Gallery, Washington, DC,
April–May
• 2000 “In
Indiana” Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, January
• 1998 Lacquers from Vietnam, Germaine’s,
Washington, DC, May–June
• 1998 Lacquers from Vietnam, 4 Star Gallery,
Indianapolis, IN, February
Recent Group Exhibitions
• 2010 Urushi Works from International Artists.
Exhibit Room in the Department of Crafts, Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), Tokyo, Japan, May–June.
• 2010 Walking from the Age of Hemudu. Third
International Exhibition of Chi Art, Fujian Art Museum, Fuzhou City, Fujian, China, May–June.
• 2009 Making It in the Midwest:
Artists Who Chose to Stay. Indiana State Museum,
Indianapolis, IN, June–Oct.
• 2009 Mind and Matter: 21st Century Indiana Art. Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN, March–May
• 2009 Art for a New Century:
Works Desired for the Permanent Collection. Art Museum of Greater
Lafayette, Lafayette, IN, Jan.–Mar.
• 2008 Asian Festival & Exhibition.
Garfield Park Arts Center & Pagoda, Indianapolis, May–June
• 2008 Fourth Annual IDADA Member Exhibition,
juried by Bryan Byrn, Pivot Gallery, Indianapolis, Feb.
• 2007 A Chaotic Serenity: The Art of Nhat Tran and
Wug Laku. Wug Laku’s Studio, Indianapolis, IN, July
• 2007 Third Annual IDADA Member Exhibition,
juried by Kaytie Johnson, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Feb.
• 2006–07 Curator’s Choice: Highlighting Indiana Art.
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, Aug. ’06–Oct. ’07
• 2006 The World of Lacquer: Nhat Tran and Tran
Hoang Son. Duo exhibition. Fielding Lecht Gallery, Austin, TX,
Sept.–Oct.
• 2006 Studio B Sculpture
Invitational, Cincinnati, OH, June.
• 2006 Second Annual IDADA Member Exhibition,
juried by Christopher Daniel, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Feb.
• 2005 Holiday Group Show. The Wiessman
Gallery, Chicago, IL, Nov.–Jan. 2006
• 2005 Whispers to Shouts. Indiana Women Who Create
Art, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, Feb.–Jul.
• 2005 “Indiana Now” Biennial
Juried Competition, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, IN, Feb.–Apr.
• 2005 Works by Members of IDADA, juried, Stutz
Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Feb.
• 2004 The National Museum of
Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, on view March and Nov.
• 2004 Group Show, Domont Studio Gallery,
Indianapolis, IN, Feb.
• 2004 8th Annual San Francisco Arts of
Pacific Asia Show, The Rosenberg Group, Fort Mason Center Festival
Pavilion, San Francisco, CA, Feb.
• 2003–04 No Boundaries—A Multicultural Viewpoint,
Dean Johnson Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, Oct.–Nov.; Holiday One-Piece Show, ibid.,
Nov.–Jan. 2004
• 2003 13th Annual Arts of Asia & Oceania Show,
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, Oct.
• 2003 13th Annual Dream Home
Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN, Aug.–Sept.
• 2003 79th Annual Hoosier
Salon Juried Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN, Aug.–Sept.
• 2003 Dialogue des
cultures, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY, Mar.–Apr.
• 2003 Scapes,
Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN, Feb.–Mar.
• 2002–07 Permanent Collection of American Craft, Renwick Gallery
of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, on view from Nov. ’02
to Spring ’07
• 2002–06 True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit
[An
artistic response to the tragedy of September 11, this exhibition toured
nationally and internationally under the aegis of the Meridian International
Center in Washington, DC. Nhat Tran was the only Indiana artist represented.]
City Hall
Arts and Cultural Center, Lake Charles, LA, Sept. ’05–Jan. ’06; The
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS, June–Aug. ’05; The Sixth Floor
Museum at Dealy Plaza, Dallas, TX, Feb.–June ’05; Danubiana Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, Apr.–May ’04;
National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania, Feb.–Mar. ’04; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jan.–Feb. ’04; Millennium Court Arts
Centre, Portadown, Northern
Ireland, Nov.–Dec. ’03; The Allied Museum, Berlin, Germany,
Aug.–Nov. ’03; The Montgomery Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL,
May–Aug. ’03; The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach,
FL, Apr.–May ’03; Sun Trust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Oct. ’02–Jan. ’03; Çankaya
Cultural Center, Ankara, Turkey, Oct. ’02; Topkapi
Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. ’02; The National Arts Club, New York,
NY, Jul.–Aug. ’02; Meridian International Center,
Washington, DC, Feb.–Apr. ’02
• 2002 International
Visions–The Gallery, Washington, DC, Dec.–Jan. 2003
• 2002 Seeing Red,
Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN, Dec.
• 2002 Asian Identities,
Small Works Room, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY, Apr.
• 2002 Dialogue des
cultures, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY, Mar.–Apr.
• 2001 Creative Renewal
Fellows Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Aug.–Sept.
• 2001 Cambridge Art
Association National Prize Show, juried by Maxwell Anderson, Cambridge, MA,
Jun.–Jul.
• 2001 Group shows, Ruschman
Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, Mar.–Nov.
• 2001 77th Annual Hoosier
Salon Juried Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN, Aug.–Sept.
• 2001 International
Visions–The Gallery, Washington, DC, Mar.–Apr.
• 2001 “Indiana Now” Biennial
Juried Competition, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, IN, Feb.
• 2000 International
Juried Competition Face to Face 2, Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY, May–June
• 2000 Ruschman
Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Museum Collections
• 2009 The
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN: What Are You Fighting For?
• 2005 The
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN: Fragile Words
• 2005 The Corcoran Gallery of
Art, Washington, DC: Points of Light, Points of Might
• 2003 The Ohr–O’Keefe
Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS: Conversation with a Child (stolen)
• 2003 National Museum of
Women in the Arts, Washington, DC: Emerald Embeddings
• 2001 The
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC: A Bouquet
for You
Public Commission
• 2006–08 The Indianapolis Airport Authority: commissioning of a
large urushi lacquer mural, On the Tip of Our Wings, completed in September 2008 and
inaugurated in October 2008, for the New Indianapolis Airport (Col. H. Weir
Cook Terminal, Concourse B).
Selected Publications
• 2001 “Nhat
Tran: Recent Paintings.” ARTnews, April 2001, p. 63.
• 2002 Cullum, Jerry. Review: “America
in the Wake of Sept. 11. True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit.” The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, p. Q6.
• 2002 Pappas, Mary Lee. “Nhat Tran:
visual artist.” Under “Cultural initiative: Indy’s artistic innovators” in Nuvo/2002 Arts
Guide, Sept. 4–11, 2002, p. 14.
• 2003 Editor. “Nhat Tran: From
Blackness to Brilliance.” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, January/February 2003, under
“Exhibitions.”
• 2003 “Portfolio: Nhat Tran.” American Craft. New
York: American Craft Council. Aug./Sep. 2003, p. 61.
• 2004 Thibodeaux, Julianna. Review.
“Art’s spiritual grounding.” Nuvo, Visual Arts, February 18, 2004. URL: http://nuvo.net/articles/article_1976/
• 2004 Russick, David. “Nhat Tran:
Inclination to Believe.” Next in the Gallery. Indianapolis, IN: Herron Gallery, IUPUI Herron
School of Art, 2004, pp. 49–50.
• 2004 Goodman, Janis. Review.
“Urushi: New Directions—Contemporary Lacquer Paintings.” TV Broadcast, Around Town Best
Bites, WETA Channel 26 Production, Washington DC: Nov. 1–5, 2004.
• 2005 Perry, Rachel B. “Nhat Tran.”
Whispers to
Shouts: Indiana Women Who Create Art. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana State
Museum, 2005, p. 50.
• 2006 Miller, Holly G., and Alicia
Dean Carlson. “Community Development: Time Out.” Lilly Endowment Annual Report 2006: Renewal.
Indianapolis, IN: Lilly Endowment Inc., 2006, pp. 1, 18–19.
• 2006 Thibodeaux, Julianna. Review.
“Poetry or what? Revealing the mystery. Nhat Tran, Galerie Penumbra.” Nuvo, Visual
Arts, May 2006.
• 2006 Editors. Review. “Luxurious
Lacquer.” [About the exhibition ‘World of Lacquer” in Austin, TX.] Art Austin
Newsletter, September 2006, vol. IV issue V.
• 2006 Fort, V. Marc. Review. “2
Takes on Vietnamese Folk Art.” Austin American-Statesman, entertainment website austin360.com,
Wednesday, September 13, 2006. URL: http://artaustin.org/reviews-200609.html - lacquer.
• 2007 Cura Schlossberger, Maricar.
“Indiana’s Asian Artists: Nhat Tran: Art of Mixing Light & Life.” Asian Access.
Munster, IN: Cura-Schlossberger Design and Publishing, 1:6, Jul.–Aug.
2007, p. 7.
• 2007 Berry, Skip L. “Flights of
Artistry. Artport: Painter finds her passion in ancient art technique.” The Indianapolis
Star: Indy Sunday. April 29, 2007, pp. 1, 6–7.
• 2007 McCoy, Richard. “The art and
craft of Nhat Tran.” Under “a&e, Visual Art” in Nuvo. Indianapolis, IN:
10.24.07–10.31.07, p. 27. URL: http://www.nuvo.net/arts/article/art-and-craft-nhat-tran
• 2008 Knox, Fuller. “Ready for
Takeoff — Nhat Tran: An artist takes flight.” Feature article in Indianapolis
Woman. Vol. 15, number 11, November 2008, pp. 42–47.
• 2009 Editors. “Tour of Indianapolis International Airport
Terminal.” Photograph of On the Tip of Our Wings in AIA Indianapolis / 2008 Year in Review.
[Annual report of the AIA Indianapolis, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 2009, p. 9.]
• 2009 Perry, Rachel Berenson. Making It in the Midwest: Artists
Who Chose to Stay. Catalogue of the exhibition, Indiana State Museum, June 20–October 18, 2009,
pp. 44–45.
• 2009 IND Foundation, Inc. IND – The Art of It All. Art, Architecture,
and Cuisine at the Indianapolis International Airport. Indianapolis, IN: Emmis Publishing, 2009.
Artist profile, pp. 86–89. ISBN 978-0-615-32217-9.
• 2010 Chinese Editors. Walking from the Age of Hemudu to
Future. Third Exhibition of International Chi Art, 2010 Works Collection. Fuzhou City, Fujian, China:
Culture and Art Publishing House, 2010, p. 91. ISBN 978-7-5039-4569-4.
