Minh Lan Tran

Biography

Minh Lan Tran's practice encompasses painting, writing, and performance, exploring the interplay and resistance between language, movement, and matter. Beginning with calligraphy, writing forms an important foundation of her artistic process. Embracing the principles of choreography, Tran carefully distributes different intensities, resulting in compositions that embody the fluidity of physicality. Rooted in diverse traditions and histories, her art addresses themes of social unrest and channels spiritual-political expressions of protest, including self-immolations. Through the convergence of these elements, the artist prioritizes embodiment over representation.

Minh Lan Tran (b. 1997, Hong Kong) lives and works in Paris. Recent solo exhibitions include Francis Irv (New York, 2025), Jan Kaps (Cologne, 2023) and Balice Hertling (Paris, 2025). Group exhibitions featuring her work include Château Lacoste (Aix-en-Provence, 2025), Museum of the Home (London, 2023) and House Berlin (Berlin, 2023).

She studied Art History at the Ecole du Louvre, Paris and the University of Oxford. She holds an MA in Byzantine studies and visual theology from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London (2020) and an MA in Painting from The Royal College of Art, London (2023).

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