Oral history interview with Tam Van Tran
name: label: Creator
content: Tran, Tam Van, 1966-
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Mixed-media artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
label: Topic
content: Vietnamese American art
label: Topic
content: Vietnamese American artists
label: Topic
content: Asian American mixed media artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Creator
content: Tran, Tam Van, 1966-
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tam Van Tran (1966 -) is a Vietnamese American mixed media artist in Los Angeles, California. Born in Vietnam, Van Tran's work explores refugee displacement and artistic heritage through the synthesis of biological and geometric forms.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((20 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 August 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vantra20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Tam Van Tran conducted 2020 August 8, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Van Tran's home in Los Angeles, California.