Minh Lan Tran

Minh Lan Tran (b. Hong Kong in 1997) lives and works in London.

Her works have been recently at venues Art Basel, Basel, Jan Kaps, Cologne, Harlesden High Street, Nicoletti Contemporary and the Museum of the Home, London. 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).

She recently showed last June her performance 'Heat Generation (prayer)', in collaboration with Lena Hetzel as part of the Up Projects performance programme commissioned by London Gallery weekend 2023.

She is currently preparing her solo show at Jan Kaps, Cologne in September and a solo show at Paris International, Paris in October.

Minh Lan Tran's practice encompasses painting, writing, and performance, exploring the interplay and resistance between language, movement, and matter. Taking calligraphy as a starting point, writing serves as a significant foundation of her artistic process. Embracing the principles of choreography, Tran carefully distributes varying intensities, resulting in compositions that encapsulate the fluidity of corporeality. Rooted in different traditions and histories, her art tackles 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.