Van Tran Nguyen
Van Tran Nguyen is a Vietnamese American artist-scholar, filmmaker, curator, and multimedia artist. In 2021, she earned her doctorate in the Philosophy of Electronic Art at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Her research investigates Asian American performance and mediations of the diaspora through the framework of satire. Her short film, ERIE COUNTY SMILE released in 2021, is available for public access via the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Her full-length feature film, THE MOTHERLOAD, premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival with support from the Vilcek Foundation’s New American Perspectives and garnered a Special Jury Mention for Best Southern Feature from the New Orleans Film Society. She is an Early Career Fellow at the UCLA Center on Race & Digital Justice (2024-2026). In fall of 2024, she joined the Department of Performing Arts at Georgetown University (Washington DC) as a Professor of Performing Arts teaching courses across theory and practice.
