HELLO! MY NAME IS TRAN.
TRAN NGUYEN is an award-winning illustrator & fine artist. Born in Can Tho, Vietnam, she currently resides in the peachy state of Georgia.
Nguyen's paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using colored pencil and acrylic on paper. She’s most known for her paintings of whimsical women and their melancholic landscapes, which often possess an air of fantasy and surrealism. She creates illustrations for published media such as magazines, books, wine & beer packaging, animation, advertising, and mural work. Her clients include VH1, Tiger Beer, World Wildlife Fund, and she has showcased with galleries across the world. (photo by Lanny Nguyen)
AWARDS
Best Artist -- World Fantasy Awards, 2022
Award of Excellence -- Communication Arts, 2021
Silver Medal -- Society of Illustrators NY (surface design), 2021
Award of Excellence -- Communication Arts, 2020
Gold Medal -- Society of Illustrators LA (gallery), 2020
Silver Medal -- Society of Illustrators LA (gallery), 2020
Bronze Medal -- Society of Illustrators LA (book), 2020
Bronze Award -- Society of Illustrators LA (gallery), 2019
Bronze Award -- Infected By Art (pen/ink/pencil), 2019
Award of Excellence -- Communication Arts, 2018
Chesley Award -- ASFA (cover illustration), 2017
Gold Medal -- Spectrum Fantastic Art (editorial), 2016
Chesley Award -- ASFA (cover illustration), 2016
Top Masters of Fantasy Illustration -- ImagineFX, 2015
Best In Show Award -- Society of Illustrators LA, 2015
Gold Medal -- Society of Illustrators LA (unpulished), 2015
Silver Medal -- Society of Illustrators LA (editorial), 2015
Bronze Medal -- Society of Illustrators LA (gallery), 2015
Gold Medal -- Spectrum Fantastic Art (editorial), 2015
Top 10 Designers -- Paste Magazine, 2015
Silver Medal -- Society of Illustrators LA (gallery), 2014
Gold Medal -- Spectrum Fantastic Art (editorial), 2014
New Visual Artist -- Print Magazine, 2014
Illustration Academy Award, 2011
CLIENTS
World Wildlife Fund
Tiger Beer
Tor Books
Netflix
Smithsonian Magazine
Bloomberg
Buzzfeed
VH1
McDonald's
Chateau St. Michelle
Playboy
Penguin Random House
Amazon Publishing
Abrams Books
O, Oprah Magazine
Subterranean Press
Asset International
Common Cider
New Republic
Sourcebooks
Hasbro
Knopf Publishing
Universal Pictures Home Ent.
St. Martin’s Press
Wizards of the Coast
IHG Hotel & Resorts
Simon & Schuster
Canada Post
Orbit Books
Disney Hyperion
Harper Collins
Marvel
Choctaw Casinos & Resorts
Toyota
Dragonsteel Books
EDUCATION
2009 B.F.A. in Illustration, Savannah College of Art & Design
SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 Remedy -- Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 The Synapse Between Here & There -- Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Nurturing the Uneased Soul -- Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Portraits of the Unknown -- Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITION (SELECTED)
2020 15 Year Anniversary Show -- Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
The House of the Rising Light -- Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy
The House of the Rising Light -- Dorothy Circus Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019 Seeing Red -- Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
Gaia Reborn -- Urban Nation: Museum for Urban Contemporary Arts, Berlin, Germany
Re-Beginnings -- Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
Foyer Room -- Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA
Pow! Wow! Hawaii! -- Wade Warehouse, Honolulu, HI
2018 Pow! Wow! Antelope Valley -- Lancaster Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
Ephemeral -- Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Go West! -- DesignForum Wien, Wien, Austria
LAX/PDX II -- Antler Gallery, Mesa, Portland, OR
Scope Miami -- Scope, Miami, FL
2017 Pow! Wow! Hawaii -- Honolulu Musuem of Art, Honolulu, HI
Swank -- Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
Small Works -- BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Flourish -- Mesa Musuem, Mesa, Arizona
2016 Cluster -- Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
Dream Covers -- KrabJab Studio, Seattle, WA
Pow! Wow! Hawaii -- Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Point of Vision -- Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
LAX/LHR -- StolenSpace Gallery, London, England
2015 LAX/DTW -- Inner State Gallery, Detroit, MI
Moleskine Project IV -- Hashimoto Contemporary, San Fransico, CA
Pow! Wow! Hawaii -- Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Juxtapoz's 20 Years Under the Influence -- LA Munipcal Gallery, CA
2014 MicroVisions -- Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
New Works -- Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aqua Art Miami -- Art Basel, Miami, FL
Muse of Helikon II -- Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO
LAX/SFO -- Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
Spectrum II -- Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
2013 A Place Procured From Our Yesteryears -- Roq La Rue, Seattle
Other Worlds -- Canon Gallery, Monmouth, OR
Moleskine Project III -- Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2012 Works of Tran Nguyen -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Borrowed Memories -- Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Homeroom -- Subtext Gallery, San Diego, CA
Moleskine Project II -- Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2011 Post-It Barcelona -- Atticusbcn Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Society of Illustrators Show -- Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
A Tribute To Harry Potter -- Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
Impetus -- Joseph Gross Gallery at University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ
2010 Picks of the Harvest: Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA
The Next Generation -- London Miles Gallery, London, U.K.
Summer Annual Invitational Show -- Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
Aqua-Art: Art Basel, Miami, FL
Beyond Eden - LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Playful Extremities - Giant Robot, New York, NY
2009 Aqua Art Fair : Art Basel, Miami, FL
Tata Gala - Digital Three Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Beyond Eden - LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Culver City Invasion - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Seven Ply - TruSpace Gallery, Savannah, GA
LECTURE / WORKSHOP
2019 Lecture -- Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2019 Lecture -- Norwescon, SeaTac, Washington
2018 Lecture -- Promised Land Art Festival, Lodz, Poland
2017 Lecture -- Trojan Horse Was a Unicorn, Troja, Portugal
2016 Lecture & Workshop -- La Galeria Roja Seville, Spain
2014 Lecture & Workshop -- Portfolio Center, Atlanta, GA
2014 Lecture -- Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
2013 Lecture & Workshop -- Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
MURAL / PUBLIC ART
2019 Pow! Wow! Long Beach! -- Long Beach, California
2018 Pow! Wow! Lancaster! -- Lancaster, California
2018 Pow! Wow! Hawaii! -- Honolulu, Hawaii
2017 The Miracle Wall Project -- Hua Quan Village, China
PUBLICATION
ImagineFX, Smithsonian, Bloomberg, Spectrum Fantastic Art, Idea Illustrator, Communication Arts, Print Magazine, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, WeAr, Chattahoochee Review, Homonym For Happiness, Fantasy Plus, Gazeta Bankowa, MacUser Magazine, Uncanny magazine, Vision Illustrated, Infected By Art, Brigitte, Beautiful Bizarre, O the Oprah magazine, ZO magazine, AMMO