Ron Tran | Somewhat Mine: A Nanaimo Retrospective

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Ron Tran, "Untitled", 2008, photographic collage

Ron Tran, "Untitled", 2008, photographic collage

March 11- May 14, 2016

Opening: Thursday, March 10, 7 pm

Ron Tran

Somewhat Mine: A Nanaimo Retrospective

Vancouver based artist Ron Tran employs a wide range of media including sculpture, photography, video, performance, and installation, to create artworks that shift understandings of public and private space, and question ideas of individual ownership. This January, Tran moved to Nanaimo to connect with this community, and to develop an exhibition for Nanaimo Art Gallery.

For this exhibition Tran will share a mini-retrospective of projects that were previously created in different international locations, but will be reimagined for Nanaimo. Many of the works will be produced by local artists or made in collaboration with members of the community, including Chantelle Delage, Marshal Hopkins, Julia Knowlden, Denisa Kraus, Mon Petit Choux, Tuyet Anh Nguyen, Denise Tierney, Charlotte Zhang and others.

Artworks will be displayed on a variety of support structures that are sourced from local businesses including Coast Environmental, Creative Outdoor Advertising, Keltie’s Photo and Space Age Bachelor Pad.

Ron Tran studied at Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design and has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and Asia. He was recently awarded a Mayor’s Arts Award (Vancouver, 2015), and the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien residency (Berlin, 2014), and his work has been featured in Avant-Gardes of The 21st Century published by Phaidon Press.

Please join us for a special tour of the exhibition with Ron Tran on Saturday March 12 at 2 pm.