b. 1999
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (Animation), VCA, 2020
Jenn Tran is a Vietnamese-Australian moving image artist living and working in Melbourne/Naarm. She primarily practises in experimental animation and documentary cine-essays, intertwining alternative dialogues and animated realms.
Driven to make films about geographical memory, notions of faith and care for land, her films have been shown in Sydney Film Festival, SEVENTH Gallery & Composite Moving Image.
jenntran.contact@gmail.com
@jenn___tran
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Photo by Nu @soi.sane during residency at AirHuế
Education:
2018-2020: University of Melbourne - Bachelor of Fine Art, Animation (High Distinction)
Filmography
2024: A Kite Poem, dir. Jenn Tran
2023: ‘Steve’. dir. Richard Lewer
2022: How To Build A Forest, dir. Jenn Tran
2022: Smoke Taint, Heir Traffic, Marthouse Records
2021: GOD IS IN THE MOUNTAINS, dir. Jenn Tran
2021: The Formation of a Cloud, dir. Jenn Tran
2021: Do Animals Know Faith?, dir. Jenn Tran
2021: Solar Loops, dir. Jenn Tran
2021: 1119 SUNSPOT DRAWINGS & 14 CARTOONS OF THE SUN, dir. Jenn Tran
Group Shows & Solo
October 2025: (forthcoming) Blindside Gallery, [solo] VIC
April 2025: (forthcoming) Pari Ari, SYD
October 2024: Blindside Gallery - 20 Years Fundraiser, VIC
November 2023: SOLIDARITY FUNDRAISER For Palestine: TCB Gallery, VIC
August 2023: MILK Gallery Final Group Show, VIC
August 2023: Composite Moving Image, [solo] VIC
July 2023: Footscray Art Prize 2023, Footscray Community Arts, VIC
April 2022: SEVENTH Gallery, [solo], VIC
Group Screenings
October 2024: Centre For Projection Art, Collingwood Yards, Fringe Festival, VIC
August 2024: Centre For Projection Art, Federation Square, VIC
August 2024: Now or Never, Refracting Relations: SIGNAL Arts, VIC
April 2024: moviejuice, SA
Feburary 2024: Artist Film Workshop: ART+ FILM, VIC
October 2023: Robin Boyd Foundation: DaDo Film Society, VIC
May 2023: Powerhouse x Temporary Position, SYD
December 2022: Churchill Public Art, Tellos, VIC
July 2022: (Dis)topia Australis, (Dis)solution Magazine, VIC
June 2022: Same River Twice, Emerging Writer’s Festival, VIC
April 2022: Outdoor Screening Programme, Bunjil Place, VIC
March 2022: MILK Cinema, Milk Gallery, VIC
August 2021: 21 Frames Per Second, 24memespersecond, USA [online]
July 2021: FAITH 09, Caliper Journal, VIC
June 2021: “The Sun”, Light from Space, USA [online]
November 2020: Graduate Exhibition, MIFF Play [online], VIC
Residencies
2025: Air Huế, Artist in Residence, Huế, VN
2024: Centre For Projection Art, Winter Residency, VIC
Film Festivals
October 2023: Australian Shorts, Adelaide Film Festival, SA
June 2023: FLUX: ART+FILM, Sydney Film Festival, SYD
May 2022: Homegrown Shorts, Human Rights & Arts Film Festival, VIC
October 2021: Canberra Short Film Festival, CBR
Relevant Work
2024 - present: Triple R Radio Presenter (Graveyard Shift)
2023 – present: Artist Film Workshop, VIC
2022 – present: Art Technician, VIC
Awards and Grants:
Footscray Art Prize (shortlist)
Human Rights & Arts Film Festival – Emerging Filmmakers Fund
Orloff Family Charitable Trust Scholarship (Screenwriting)
Harry Hains Memorial Trust
Panel Discussions:
Human Rights & Arts Film Festival
DaDo Film Society (Robin Boyd Foundation)