WILL PHAM
B. 1990, London, United Kingdom
Education
2015-18 Postgraduate Fine Art, Royal Academy Schools, London
2010-13 BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2012 Exchange, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada
2009-10 Foundation, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
Selected Exhibitions
2020
Nàng Tự Do- The Archive of Art in the Camps (Garden Streams) and the traces of Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
Record, Retrieve, Reactivate, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA), Manchester (solo)
Nation, Identity and Diaspora, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA), Manchester (screening)
2019
Little Vietnam, Turf Projects, London (solo)
Resettled Spaces, An Viet Housing Association, London
The Lands Of, The Reef, Los Angeles, USA
DAM PROJECTS: New Moving Image, Closeup Cinema, London (screening)
Reality Runs Away- The Limits of Documentary, Perch Arts, London (screening)
2018
Schools Show, Royal Academy Schools, London
Record, Retrieve, Reactivate, An Viet Foundation, London
Diaspora, Ma Homey, Space_31, Berlin, Germany
Residency exhibition, Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
Asia Art Activism, Raven Row, London (screening)
Recreative, South London Gallery, London (screening)
Growing Home, NQAPIA, San Francisco, USA (screening)
Performing East and Southeast Asian Identities, British Academy, London (performance)
Songs from Southeast Asia, SOAS Radio, London (radio)
2017
Gender, Identity & Material, Royal Academy of Art, London
Premiums- Interim Projects, Weston Rooms, Royal Academy of Art, London
2016
Waves, Turf Projects, London
Fictive Dreams, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2015
Unusual Weight, HANGAR, Lisbon, Portugal
From, Hotel Elephant Space, London
A place called home, Goldsmiths, London (performance)
Awards and Residencies
2020 The Gane Trust Grant
2020 Arts Council England Emergency Grant
2019 Shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2019 Lien Viet Housing Association Commission, London
2018 Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) 3 month ‘Breathe’ residency to Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
2018 Researcher in residence, Asia Art Activism, Raven Row, London
2018 Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac Hon Prize, Royal Academy of Art, London
2017 Celia Walker Art Foundation Prize, Royal Academy of Art, London
2016 Tropical Lab residency, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore
2015-2018 Patrons Bursary, Royal Academy Schools, London
2015 Gasworks International Fellowship 2 month Triangle residency to HANGAR, Lisbon, Portugal