This summer and fall, Genie Hien Tran ’22, or Trần Phan Minh Hiền, has a solo exhibition, Có nắng vàng trên bàn tay nhỏ (All the light in your hand), at Rochester Art Center, a venue which offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art.
The artist was selected through a jurying process led by Rochester-based writer and anthropologist Nicole Nfonoyim-Hara. Tran is the third artist to participate in our Launch Program collaboration with Rochester Art Center.
This exhibition focuses on the chaos and tenderness of memory and identity. Influenced by the artist’s family albums and branded advertisement archives, the exhibition features large sheets of handmade paper filled with collages of personal and found images, objects and texts. The collages represent a generative cycle of remembering and moreover, a record of time expressing a living desire for love and connection. As stated by the artist: “Through making, I recycle old photos and written archives in order to make new blank sheets of paper, which the visitors of the space are welcome to take. These smaller sheets are letters made to be carried and transformed into new memory. Touching them, all the love is in your hand.” This is Tran’s first solo exhibition in South East Minnesota.
Please stop by July 9 – October 5, 2022.
Corridor Gallery, Rochester Art Center
30 Civic Center Drive SE, Suite 120, Rochester, MN 55904
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Genie Hien Tran, or Trần Phan Minh Hiền, is a visual artist and writer based in Minneapolis, MN. Her work takes the form of installation, collage and poetry and explores the concepts of home, belonging and immigrant identity. Tran received her BFA in Illustration at University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 2018 and her MFA in Visual Studies at Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2022.
ABOUT THE ROCHESTER ART CENTER
The Rochester Art Center is a museum of contemporary art located along the Zumbro River in the heart of historic downtown Rochester, MN. Founded in 1946, the Art Center hosts an ongoing schedule of exhibitions of work by local, regional, national, and international artists; dynamic educational programs for all ages; and an array of community partnerships and visitor engagement initiatives. Through world-class exhibitions and programs, the Art Center presents a welcoming, integrated, and diverse experience that encourages questioning, creativity, and critical thinking.
