Kieu Tran
Born in Vietnam, Lives and works in Oakland, CA
kieu@studiokieu.com• www.studiokieu.com
Education
2011 University of California, Los Angeles, Bachelor in Art History
Solo/Duo Exhibitions
2024 Portals(duo), Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA
2023 Kacy Jung and Kieu Tran: Personal Archaeology(duo), Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2023 Sacred Spaces(solo), Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 BLOOM(solo), Local Language Arts, Oakland, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023 SF Art Market, Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Rock Opera, Bonelli Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy
2022 Art Miami, Maybaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2022 SF Art Market, Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Through the Looking Glass, Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA
2020 FM Oakland Annual 20/21, FM Oakland, Oakland, CA
2020 Constructed Ceramics, Applied Contemporary, Oakland, CA - Juried by Yoonjee Kwak
2019 On Centre Final Exhibition, Castello Jazz Bar, Certaldo Alto, Italy
Awards and Residencies
2024 SECA Nominee, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2022 Digital Stone Carving Residency, Tuscany, Italy
2021 Local Language Arts, Oakland, CA
2019 On Centre, La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Italy
Press
2024 SD Voyager, Daily Inspiration: Meet Kieu Tran
2024 MASH India, Portals of Diversity: The Alchemy of Kieu Tran and Trishla Jain’s Practices
2023 The Bakersfield Californian, BMoA explores identity in fall exhibitions
2023 7x7, The 44th Annual SF Decorator Showcase house is a magical, mysterious trip in design.
2022 House Beautiful, Designers Share Their Favorite Beautiful Things to Shop From Small Makers
2021 Interior Design Magazine, Fall Market Tabloid October 31 2021
Surface Magazine, Designer of the Day: Kieu Tran
Design Anthology, Asia Edition, Issue 31
EST LIVING, Sculptor Kieu Tran Debuts in Californian Exhibition
Sight Unseen, Saturday Selects Week of October 4, 2021
Published Works
2012 Merzbau- Kurt Schwitters’ Materialized Model of Memory, GRAPHITE Interdisciplinary Journal of the Arts, The Archival , Issue No. 3.
Fellowships
2012 Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Fellowship, American Association of Museums
Speaking Engagements
2023 Rediscovering the Self: A Panel Discussion, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA