Born           Vietnam. Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education

1996           Graduate Film & Television Program, University of California, Los Angeles

1990           BFA Painting, Pratt Institute

Awards

2001           Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painting

                  Pollock Krasner Fellowship

1993           Ucross Artists Residency, Ucross, Wyoming

1991           Creative Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Colorado Council on the Arts and

                          Humanities

Solo Exhibitions

2006           “Tam Van Tran: Psychonaut”, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of

                          Houston, Houston, TX

2005           “SubUrban: Tam Van Tran”, Knoxville Museum, Knoxville, Tennessee, curated by

                       Dana Self

2004           "Tam Van Tran: Lord of Hot Butter", Anthony Meier Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2003           "Vegetarian Summer", Cohan, Leslie and Browne, New York, NY

2002           "Beetle Manifesto", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles

                  "Lovers of Air", Leslie, Cohan and Browne, New York, NY

2001           "Lo-Tech Frequency", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles

2000           "Paintings", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA

                  "Cold Frost", Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

Group Exhibitions

2005         2005           “Around About Abstraction”, Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina

                                        at Greensboro, NC

2004           The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

                  "Topographies", San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

                           traveling to:

                  The Pasadena Museum of California Art, July 16 - September 26, 2004

                  "Art on Paper", Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at

                           Greensboro, NC

2003           "International Paper", UCLA Hammer Museum, Santa Monica, CA

2002           "Art on Paper", Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at

                           Greensboro, NC (catalog)

                  ArtForum Berlin, Project Space, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects,

                           Berlin, Germany

                  "Friends and Family", Lombard Freid, New York, NY

                  "Heike Kati Barath, Jeff Elrod, Sarah Rapson, Tam Van Tran, Cornelius Voelker, Clare

                           Woods", Cohan, Leslie, and Browne, New York

2001           "Fractals", Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, curator Carl Berg

                  "New Work: LA Painting", Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                  "Song Poems", Leslie, Cohan and Browne, New York, NY, curator Steven Hull

2000           "Radar Love", Gallery Marabini, Bologna, Italy, curator David Pagel

                  "Car Pooling from LA", Asian American Art Center, New York, NY

                  "Luminous", Ikon Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA, curator Chris Miles and Leonardo

                           Bravo

                  "Pierogi 2000: The Flatfiles", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA     

                        Block Art Space, Kansas City Post, Los Angeles

1999           "Other Paintings", Huntington Beach Art Center, curator Julie Joyce, Huntington

                           Beach, CA

1990           Kassel Documenta Archiv, Ludwig Museum, Cologne

                  Stuttgart Staatsgalerie, Grafische Sammlung, Germany

Bibliography

2006            Sultan, Terrie, Tam Van Tran: Psychonaut, exhibition catalogue, Blaffer Gallery, The

                           Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX

2005           Self, Dana, “SubUrban: Tam Van Tran”, exhibition essay, Knoxville Museum of

                           Art (catalog).

2004           Whitney Biennial Catalog Essay, Pg.248

                                       DeCarlo, Tessa, "It's a Jungle in There" - Working Habits, ARTnews, pg. 126,

                  Martin, Philip, "Tam Van Tran - Beetle Manifesto - Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles

                           Projects", Ten By Ten Magazine, pg. 56, 57, Volume 2, Number 3, February

                           issue

2003           Smith, Roberta, The New York Times, October 10

                  Hiro, Rika, Bijutsu Techo Magazine, pg. 164, July

                  Martin, Philip, "international paper", Tema Celeste 97, May issue

                  Frank, Peter, "The Paper Chase", art on paper, April issue, pg 36-39

                  Koppman, Debra, "International Paper", Artweek, February

                  Helfand, Glen, "Cries and Whispers", Bay Area Reporter, February 20

                  Laird, Tessa, "Tam Van Tran / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects",

                           ART ON PAPER, March issue

                  Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential", artnet, February

                  Knight, Christopher, "Drawing, not toeing, the line", LOS ANGELES TIMES,

                           February 7

                  "International Paper - Drawings by Emerging Artists", UCLA Hammer Museum,

                  exhibition catalog, Los Angeles, CA, 2003

2002           Knight, Christopher, "Piecing Together a Green Manifesto", LOS ANGELES

                           TIMES, December 6

                  Muchnic, Suzanne, “With all its hang-ups, the L.A. gallery scene thrives”, LOS

                           ANGELES TIMES, Sunday Calendar, November 24

                  ArtScene, December Preview, November 25

                  TRACE Magazine, issue #36, page 66

                  Duncan, Michael, "Tam Van Tran at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects",

                           ART IN AMERICA, January issue

2001           Williams, Alena, "Tam Van Tran - Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects", TEMA

                           CELESTE, May-June issue, pg. 88

                  Hackman, Kate, KANSAS CITY STAR, February

                  Pagel, David, LOS ANGELES TIMES, February 16

2000           Pasquini, Stefano, NYARTS, December

                  Schoenkopf, Rebecca, OC WEEKLY, November 3 - 9

                  Pagel, David, LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 28, 2000

                  Frank, Peter, LA WEEKLY Pick of the Week, July 21 - 27

                  Harvey, Doug, "Tam Van Tran / Vielmetter LA Projects", ART ISSUES, summer

                           2000 issue

                  Pagel, David, "Tam Van Tran / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects", LOS

                           ANGELES TIMES, Friday, March 10

                  Duncan, Michael, ARTNET, April

                  Rosenberg, Jeremy, LA TIMES CALENDAR LIVE ARTPICK, March

                  ARTSCENE, Vol. 19 No.8, April

Public Collections

                  The Broad Collection, Santa Monica, CA

                  The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

                  The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis