Art Sculpture Sculpture - Tran Van An

Primordial Vessel Form No. 3 - Ceramic - 32 × 20 × 19 cm - 2023

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Primordial Vessel Form No. 3 - Ceramic - 32 × 20 × 19 cm - 2023

Material

Ceramic

Size

32 × 20 × 19 cm

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TRAN VAN AN (TRAN AN)

Born: 1981 in Nam Dinh
Living in Hanoi, Vietnam

EDUCATION

2013 Bacherlor of Fine Arts (BFA), Sculpture - Vietnam University of Fine Arts
2016 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Sculpture - Vietnam University of Fine Arts

SOLO EXHIBITION
2019 “Echo”, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023:
- “Plan of the Summer” exhibiton, Artigin Art Space, Main lobby of Lotte Mart Tay Ho office building, 683 Lac Long Quan Street, Phu Thuong Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Yin and yang in contemporary sculpture exhibition, The Muse Artspace, 47 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- The 2023 International Artist Grand Prize exhibition, Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1 No. 5, Sec. 5, Xinyi Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City 110, Taiwan.

2022:

- Subtexts Exhibition, Galeria Azur Madrid, Calle de Fúcar. 22. Las Letras, Madrid. Spain
- Contemporary Venice 2022 - 11th Edition
- Venice International Art Fair 2022 - 15th Edition
- Workshop and Art showcase, Vinuniversity, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
- Exhibition Re Grand Opening, Hanoistudio Gallery, Ha Noi, Vietnam.

2021:
- The Stone Sculpture Exhibition “Transforming”, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), Hanoi, Vietnam
- Stone Sculpture Residency, Ninh Van – Hoa Lu – Ninh Binh – Vietnam

2020:

- “China – ASEAN International Urban Sculpture and Public Arts Week”, Guangxi Arts Institute, Nanning, China
- “ASK” Exhibition, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Hanoi – Saigon Sculpture” Exhibition, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition” Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Cenre, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Spring 2020 Collection”, Hanoi Studio Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam

2019:

- “Reviving Humanity Memorial” Fine Arts Festival, World Youth Forum (WYF), Sharm El-sheikh, Egypt
- “Exhibition of Representative Asian Artists”, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Hanoi Art Connecting” Exhibition, University of Industrial Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Andaman Art Workshop and Exhibition”, Krabi, Thailand

2018:

- “Exhibition of Silk Paintings and Small Sculptures”, Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), Hanoi, Vietnam
- “The 2nd Culture and Arts Festival”, Arts for Life Center, Trang, Thailand
- “The 3rd Hanoi March Connecting Exhibition”, University of Industrial Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “The 2nd May Sculpture Workshop”, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Exhibition House, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Hanoi – Saigon Sculpture” Exhibtion, Fine Arts Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2017:

- “The 1st May Sculpture Workshop”, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “The 2nd Hanoi March Connecting” Exhibition, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Exhibition House, Hanoi, Vietnam

2016:

- “Pulau Ketam International Art Festival”, Pulau Ketam, Malaysia
- “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Exhibition House, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Hanoi – Saigon Sculpture” Exhibtion, Hanoi University of Architecture, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Echo from nature” Exhibition, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam

2015:

- “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Exhibition House, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Art in the Forest”, Flamingo Dai Lai Resort, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam
- “Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition”, Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Cenre, Hanoi, Vietnam

2014:

- “Hanoi – Saigon Sculpture” Exhibtion, Fine Arts Association, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Exhibition House, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “Vietnam National Youth Fine Arts Festival”, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam

2013:

- “The 5th National Sculpture Exhibition of 10 years”, Hanoi Museum, Vietnam

2012:

- “Muong Land Workshop 2 & Asia Art Link 4”, Civilization Museum, Hoa Binh, Vietnam
- “Searching for Space” Exhibition, Art Talk Café, Hanoi, Vietnam

2011:

- “Vietnam National Youth Fine Arts Festival”, Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Cenre, Hanoi, Vietnam

2010:

- Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition, Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Cenre, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 1000-year Thang Long – Hanoi”, Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Cenre, Hanoi, Vietnam
- “For homeland’s sea and islands”, Exhibition House, Hanoi, Vietnam

PRIZE

2020:

- Participation awarded “Social Distancing” – 2nd Online Sculpture Symposium
Theme: “Social Hope”, by AIESM – International Association of Monumental Sculpture Events and ISSA – International Sculpture

Symposium Alliance.
- Consolation Prize “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Vietnam.

2018:
- A Prize “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Vietnam.

2017:
- B Prize “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Vietnam.

2016:
- B Prize “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Vietnam.

2015:

- C Prize “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”, Vietnam.
- Consolation Prize, “Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition”

2014:

- 1st Prize, “Vietnam National Youth Fine Arts Festival”
- Awards – “The Art Exhibition of Hanoi Area 1”

2013:
- 2nd Prize “The 5th National Sculpture Exhibition of 10 years”.

PRIMORDIAL VESSEL FORM

The Primordial Vessel Form series is a body of ceramic sculptures within Trần Văn An’s creative philosophy of Inner Force Field. Organic in appearance, these vessels are no longer conceived as containers but as “primordial bodies” imbued with their own internal energy.

The soft, enclosed forms, hollow within, evoke seeds, cells, or archaic life forms in the process of becoming. Small openings on their surfaces suggest breath and the quiet emergence of growth from within matter itself.

When presented on their own, the works exist as contemplative sculptural entities marked by stillness and introspection. When combined with flowers or branches, they become environments that nurture and sustain life.