Maggie Tran is a British artist whose work is informed both by her Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese heritage and by the nature of Britishness, femaleness, foreignness and other stereotypical notions of being. She grew up in Cheshire and studied at Northumbria University, from which she received a sculpture award in 2004. Together with Graeme Walker she curated Bookville and the Bookville Publishathon at the Waygood Gallery in Newcastle, leading workshops in performance and publishing, and is currently working on “Performazine” — a curative project on paper and an exploration of the aesthetics of performance. Maggie Tran herself has performed in various locations in UK and Europe, appearing in such diverse guises as the Geisha in a Cupboard, The Ultimate Chinese Culture Fanatic, The Original Artiste, and The Enhancement of Creativity Fortuitous Fortune Teller.
Career Profile: Maggie Tran, artist
Jesse Errey speaks to Maggie Tran who is a British artist whose work is informed both by her Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese heritage and by the nature of Britishness, femaleness, foreignness and other stereotypical notions of being.
22 Aug 2007 12:00
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