Thu-Van Tran

Thu-Van Tran’s work examines how histories of displacement and colonialism are inscribed in materials, forms, and systems of representation. Working with photography, drawing, film, painting and sculpture, she brings into relation natural and historical processes, showing how human history is deposited in the layers of the world. The processes of moulding and imprinting become a political gesture, making these traces visible in matter. Her work explores dynamics of contamination, transformation, and inheritance as they remain in constant negotiation.