Vivian S. Tran (they/she) is an emerging artist and scholar based in Imnížaska Othúŋwe, Mni Sóta Maḳoce1. They graduated from Macalester College majoring in American Studies. Their art and research is grounded in food, place, disability, and memory.
Vivian grew up in Soónkahni2 swimming in books surrounded by her siblings and cousins. They are of Người Ngái, 客家 (Hakka), 台山 (Toisanese), and 湘語 (Hunanese) descent.
In their spare time, they are lounging with Wasabi the cat, wandering along the Mississippi River, trying new crafts, and plotting another good scheme.
Research Interests: Asian American Studies, critical disability studies, visual culture/cultural studies, food studies, queer/feminist theory, abolition, and environment, contemporary social movements
Mediums: Acrylic, Relief Printmaking, Clay, Punch Needle
- Little White Rock City, the land where water reflects the sky in Dakhóta is the unceded homelands of the Waȟpékhute band of Dakhóta Oyáte, known as St. Paul, Minnesota ↩︎
- Many houses in Shoshoni is the unceded homelands of the Newe (Sosogoi/Shoshone; Kusiutta/Goshute), Núuchi-u (Yuuta’/Ute), and Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) peoples, known as the Salt Lake Valley in Utah ↩︎