Ngoc-Tran Vu - April 2022

Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her) is a Vietnamese-American interdisciplinary artist and organizer whose socially engaged work draws from her experience as a community organizer, educator, and lightworker. Tran moves between mediums and materials to work in painting, photography, sculpture and social practice so that her art can best resonate and engage with its audience intentionally. Born in Vietnam, Tran came to the United States with her family as political refugees and grew up in Boston's Dorchester and South Boston working-class neighborhoods. She received her MA in Arts and Politics at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and her BA in Ethnic Studies and Visual Arts at Brown University. Tran works across borders and is based in Boston’s Dorchester community. www.tranvuarts.com

39 - This site-specific installation is an homage to the 39 bodies and lives of Vietnamese migrants found in a refrigerated trunk in the U.K, 2019. These tragic journeys are painfully and dangerously happening more often than we realize and the need to unearth its systems and intentions are dire.