Tramy Pham

My emotions dictate my painting process. I sometimes start and finish a painting en plein-air, or re-work based on a sketch and my memory in my studio. Thin washes or thick applications, paint brushes, palette knives, household items, colors, are all used freely in the dance of creation.

Growing up in Hanoi, Vietnam, I was constrained by a stifling urban city with its constant social and family pressures to perform the role of an obedient daughter and a traditional Vietnamese woman.



At 17, I moved to California to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical and Computational Sciences at Stanford University. Here, I took painting classes and practiced various forms of performance arts. After graduation, I moved back to Vietnam and went to plein-air painting workshops every year in Aix-en-Provence, France, where I studied under artist Jill Steenhuis. Then, I moved to Vancouver and pursued a Painting Certificate from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.



Nature gives me the strength to break free from the many layers of social expectations that imprisoned me. The sun moves quickly from sunrise to sunset, and with it all colors change. A moment, once passed, will never repeat again. This ever changing aspect of clou...

2021 - 2024 Emily Carr University of Art and Design
• Painting Certificate

2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 Jill Steenhuis
• Painting workshops with artist Jill Steenhuis in Aix-in-Provence, France

2013–2014 Stanford University
• Master in Public Policy

2009–2013 Stanford University
• Bachelor of Science in Mathematical and Computational Science
• Minor in Economics

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2021 Inspired by the Greats, Vancouver Art Space (Vancouver, Canada)

2021 Floral Art Collection, Gallea (Canada)

2021 Landscape Collection, Gallea (Canada)