Viet van tran

BA Cultural.

Eight solo exhibitions.

Many group exhibitions in the USA (See.Me's Long Island City gallery-New

York, San Dego Art Institue ) UK (Loughboroughtownhall), France, Argentina

(Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires), Singapore(3 rd Singapore International

photography Festival). ..

Four books published.

Some pictures has been feature in international publiacation such as Wink

Magazine, Telegraph, Independent, Blur Magazine, ND Magazine, Photo Art

Mag, Artwanted calendar, Px3 annual book, London crearive award annua book…

Viet Van Tran was the first and only Vietnamese photographer to have portfolios

collected by Win- Initiative (US), also was the first and only Vietnamese

photographer to win the Prix de la Photographie, Paris Px3 (France - five

consecutive years), International Photography Awards (IPA, USA – five

consecutive years), Photo Master Cup (UK - two consecutive years), Pollux

Annual Awards of Worldwide Gala Photography (UK - two consecutive years),

Art of Photography show (US), shortlisted for London International Creative

Composition (UK - two consecutive years).

As the jury of many national photo contest and cinema contest such as “Annual

Photojournalism prize National”, “Gold moment”- Vietnam Press Agency, Canon

Photo contest for young, Film documentary annual award of Vietnam Cinema

Association, Enviromental Film Festival at Viet Nam.

Featured in almost 200 Vietnamese newspaper articles and the subject of many

interviews on Vietnamese cultural and arts programmes on Vietnamese television.

More Viet Van Tran’s work at : http://www.saatchionline.com/vietvan.

and read interview him at: http://blog.talenthouse.com/2012/07/09/the-intimate-
and-the-unspoken-viet-van-tran-viewbug-and-robert-caplins-winner/

Artist statement:

I think photography as a mean to show my attitude with social life. I like to take

photos that make the viewers surprised and thought. I don't like to use software of

computer to interfere much into reality. The reality is very essentially miraculous

and wonderful themself. I like reading the books of writer Haruki Murakami

(Japan) and the books related to spirit culture of philosopher Osho (India). I also

spend many time watching psychological film and was impression by “The Tree of

Life” and “The Artist”. Such significant works made me stunned and excited my

creative inspiration.

I do execute document photographic and fine art projects for many years, which

focus politics, sex and religion issues. Sex is always a mystery. Politics is two-
sided coin. Religion is Dharma and Life.

These ideas formed the projects come to me sometimes by accident when I saw

one thing, which that a long time ago I looked but hadn't seen.