BIO
Hoai-My Tran is a visual artist based in California. Her work crosses a broad range of media, but is currently focused on oil painting. At present, she is attending University as a BFA Pictorial Arts major exploring various concepts, techniques, and mediums. Her work is deep set into the process of painting -- methodically choosing and mixing colors as well as creating a multitude of designs before implementing them. At the moment, she is creating abstract oil paintings that captures the feelings of memory during the meticulous preliminary process, and then building off the moment captured in the previous mark rather than the remembered scene.
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EDUCATION
2017 Bachelor of Fine Art, San Jose State University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Sept 4 - 8 Ink on Newsprint, Gallery 8, SJSU, San Jose, CA
2017 Oct 2 - 6 BFA Show, Gallery 3, SJSU, San Jose, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Under Pressure, Gallery 5, San Jose State University (SJSU), San Jose, CA
Beethoven at Home, 5th Floor, Beethoven Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose, CA
Beethoven at Home, Display Case, SJSU, San Jose, CA
2016 Recent Oil Paintings, Display Case, SJSU, San Jose, CA
2015 Recent Oil Paintings, Display Case, SJSU, San Jose, CA
Recent Oil Paintings, Display Case, SJSU, San Jose, CA
Recent Screenprints, Belcher Gallery, SJSU, San Jose, CA
Recent Screenprints, 4th Floor, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose, CA
2014 The Medium is the Message:
Truth, Verisimillitude, Illusion & Specificity, Tromp-l’oeil, Display Case, SJSU, San Jose, C
Three-Dimensional Design Concepts: Toys and Games, Display Case, SJSU, San Jose, CA
Workshop Toys, Display Case, SJSU, San Jose, CA
Black Light Miniature Golf Course, Industrial Studies, SJSU, San Jose, CA
2013 Drawing: Self-Portraits, Display Case, SJSU, San Jose, CA
Annual “Festival of the Arts,” Valley Christian High School (VCHS), San Jose, CA
Open Your Eyes, Valley Christian High School’s Conservatory of the Arts, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2012 Annual “Festival of the Arts,” VCHS, San Jose, CA
For His Glory, Valley Christian High School’s Conservatory of the Arts, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2012 - Present Valley Christian High School - Art III, The Sketchbook Project, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2012 - 2016 Visual Arts Online Gallery, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2011 Annual “Festival of the Arts,” VCHS, San Jose, CA
Through the Lens, Valley Christian High School’s Conservatory of the Arts, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2010 Annual “Festival of the Arts,” VCHS, San Jose, CA
Legacy of the Past, Promise of the Future, Art Object Gallery, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2009 Valley Christian High School’s Art Show, VCHS, San Jose, CA
EXPERIENCE
2017 Curator & Handler, Under Pressure, DeSkaand Gallery, San Jose, CA
Curator & Handler, Beethoven at Home, Display Case, San Jose, CA
Notetaker, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2015 Curator & Handler, Recent Screenprints, Belcher Gallery, San Jose, CA
Logo Designer, Heavy Leaf, San Jose, CA
2014 Curator & Handler, Black Light Mini Golf Course, Industrial Studies, San Jose, CA
Notetaker, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2013 Painter & Face Painter, Annual “Festival of the Arts,” VCHS, San Jose, CA
2012 - 2013 Visual Arts Representative, Conservatory of the Arts, VCHS, San Jose, CA
Secretary, National Art Honors Society, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2012 T-Shirt Designer, National Art Honors Society, VCHS, San Jose, CA
Painter & Face Painter, Annual “Festival of the Arts,” VCHS, San Jose, CA
Prop Maker, Titanic: The Musical, VCHS, San Jose, CA
Titanic Artifact Curator, Titanic: The Musical, VCHS, San Jose, CA
Titanic Artifact Docent, Titanic: The Musical, VCHS, San Jose, CA
Scenic Artist, Vivid Dance Company, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2011 - 2013 Art Director, Abolitionist Society, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2011 Painter & Face Painter, Annual “Festival of the Arts,” VCHS, San Jose, CA
2010 - 2013 Teacher's Assistant, VCHS, San Jose, CA
2010 Painter & Face Painter, Annual “Festival of the Arts,” VCHS, San Jose, CA
2009 Painter, “Taste of Italy,” Valley Christian’s 50th Anniversary Dinner, VCHS, San Jose, CA
AWARDS
2017 Robert Griffith Scholarship, SJSU, San Jose, CA
2017 Dean's Scholar, SJSU, San Jose, CA
2016 Dean's Scholar, SJSU, San Jose, CA
2015 President's Scholar, SJSU, San Jose, CA
ARTIST STATEMENT
It is about capturing the feeling of the moment during reflection rather than forcing images of the past. Some memories are more clear and others obscure no matter the time from past to present. I focus on the intense methodology that precedes the intuitive part of painting. The feelings of memories are captured through the methodical mixing of colors and the multitude of preliminary designs.
With each gesture I make, I create another in reaction to the previous rather than on memory itself. In the same way we reflect on our memories, each time we tend to see it differently and respond. The colored marks flicker like images in your mind and not yet stable. Rough or delicate, large or small, or added or removed marks portray the perception of memories whether they are mundane or monumental, clouded or clear, or sweet or bitter. Colors and marks evolve from the remnants derived from the culmination of process into an exploration of the physical act of painting.