SOKQUON TRAN
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
1969
1986-88
1989
1990
Born Kampot, Cambodia.
Graduate Certificate of Fine Arts Liverpool TAFE.
Bachelor of Visual Arts UsWS (pending).
Associate Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts Liverpool TAFE.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1991
1992
1994
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2001
2001
2003
2005
2005
2006
'Landmark', Fairfield School of Art.
Drawing - CASA Gallery, Rozelle.
Painting - CASA Gallery, Rozelle.
'Unmasked', CASA Gallery, Rozelle.
'Nostalgia', Nelson Street, Gallery, Annandale.
Drawing - Regent Street Gallery, Redfern.
'Seascape', Joe's Gallery.
'Sotto Voce - beneath the voice', Launchpad Filmmakers Centre.
'Sotto Voce - beneath the voice', Rushcutters Bay Gallery.
'First Day of Spring', Launchpad Filmmakers Centre.
Collaboration with Leslie Oliver, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
Charcoal Drawings Roney Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
Paintings and Drawings, Forte Gallery, Leichardt, Sydney
Paintings Titled Sydney, Jammy Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1984
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1989 - 92
1991
1998
1999
National School of Art Award Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW.
Student Show, Liverpool TAFE.
Graduation Show, Liverpool TAFE.
Trio/paintings, Penrith, (public space).
Graduation Show, Liverpool TAFE.
Camden Art Show, Camden.
Fairfield Art Festival Competition, Fairfield.
Powerhouse Art Centre, Sydney.
Refugee Art Week, Seymour Centre.
ANTS MRAVA, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney.
ANTS MRAVA, CBD Gallery, Sydney.
'Fundraiser', Open House Gallery.
Collaboration - Leslie Oliver Sculpture forum, Canberra.
Miniature Exhibition, Roseville.
Collaboration - Salvadorian Assoc. in Australia Harbourside Brasserie.
Collaboration S. Tapperson, Sound Instruments, Open House Gallery.
Drawings and Paintings, Karribu Gallery, Newtown.
'4 of a Kind', Pearl Beach Memorial Hall.
2000
2000
2001
2002
2004
2005
Maroubra Surf Club/Breast Cancer fund raiser, Sydney.
Collaboration - Leslie Oliver, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney.
'Perception of a Journey', with Ange Simmons, IMB, Sydney.
'Waiting for Music', Collaboration - Leslie Oliver Port, Jackson
Gallery, California, USA.
'The Fisherman's Diary - The Black Lotus', Lewis Bequest, Emu Plains,
NSW.
'A Quest for Now', collaboration with Leslie Oliver, Access Contemporary
Art Gallery, Sydney.
Fishers' Ghost Art Prize, collaboration with Leslie Oliver, Campbelltown
Regional Gallery.
Drawing and sculpture - Collaboration with Leslie Oliver, Beaver Gallery,
Canberra.
Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Finalist in collaboration with Leslie Oliver,
Woollahra Redleaf Gallery, Sydney.
'Christmas Show 2002', Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney.
'1st Birthday Show', Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
'Sculpture 2004', Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
The Frank Saxby Bequest Intivation Art Acquisitions Prize, Manning
Regional Art Gallery, Taree (collaborative work)
Mixed Exhibition, Drawings, Roney Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
AWARDS/PRIZES
1984
1991
1992
1990
Etching Prize - National Art Award.
Contemporary Art Prize - Fairfield Art Festival.
Sculpture Award - Fairfield Art Festival Grant.
Collaboration Sydney Puppet Theatre Powerhouse Youth Theatre (PYT),
As art director.
PUBLISHED/REPRODUCED
1991
1999
2000
2001
The Advance
The Champion
Art West
South Sydney Bulletin
Sydney Morning Herald
Sun Herald
The South Sydney Champion
Sydney Morning Herald. 'Quest for Now', review, Courtney Kidd,
November 29.
Fusions, SBS TV, April 4, 18:15.
Southern Courier re Roger Woodward Archibald prize entry.
World Sculpture News, winter edition.
2002
2003
2005
Sydney Morning Herald re Sotto Voce.
Canberra Times, review, Sonia Barron, June 5.
Leslie Oliver and Sokquon Tran, Critic's Picks, Victoria Hynes, SMH,
Metro p23, May 23-29.
NSW Art Gallery Look Magazine, October Issue
COMMISSIONS
2001
2005
Airlines - Captains Lounge / First Class, Sydney International
Airport, Collaboration with Leslie Oliver.
Mural, Shopping centre, Randwick,
REPRESENTED
Qantas
Parliament House, Canberra
Parliament House, Sydney
Liverpool TAFE
Cardinal Gilroy private collection
Traditional Stone Masons
Playoust Architects private collection
Berlin, Germany
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Los Angeles, USA.
Norway
Sweden
China