Van Tran Nguyen

Biography

Van Tran Nguyen is a Vietnamese American artist-scholar, filmmaker, curator, and multimedia artist. In 2017, Tran Nguyen received an MFA from the State University of New York, at Buffalo. Then in 2021, she earned her doctorate in the Philosophy of Electronic Art at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Her short film, ERIE COUNTY SMILE released in 2021, is available for public access via the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Her first full-length feature film, The MOTHERLOAD, wil…