Photo courtesy Gasworks
Photo courtesy Kvet Nguyen
Photo courtesy Sung Tieu, taken in Bạch Mã, Vietnam
Will Pham is an interdisciplinary artist based in London.
Pham graduated from the Postgraduate Fine Art programme at the Royal Academy Schools from 2015-2018 and BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design from 2010-2013 with a international exchange program at Emily Carr University of Art, Vancouver, Canada in Spring 2012. He completed a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at Chelsea College of Art & Design from 2009-2010.
Solo exhibitions and commissions include Ngon Quá, Deptford X Commission (2025), VMHS Legacy Project, Vietnamese Mental Health Services (2023), Little Vietnam, Turf Projects (2019) and An Viet (Well Settled), Royal Academy Schools (2018).
Group exhibitions and events include Arts’ Ugly Right?, Danielle Arnaud Gallery (2025), Recipes of Life, ESEACC (2025), Open Day, Centre 151 (2024), You Belong Here, Southbank Centre (2024), From (Counter-)Archives to Activation, esea contemporary, Manchester (2024), A Night of Performances with VLC Band & Will Pham and bones tan jones, Asymmetry Art Foundation (2024), Late at Tate- Lunar New Year curated by Trâm Nguyen and June Lam, Tate Britain (2024), New Work Series, LUX Moving Image (2024), Reimagining VMHS, Vietnamese Mental Health Services (2023), The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery (2022), Nocturnal Creatures, Whitechapel Gallery (2022), Nang Tu Do- Archives in the Camps, CUHK, Hong Kong (2020-21), Record, Retrieve, Reactivate, An Viet Foundation (2018), and Premiums: Interim Projects, Royal Academy of Art (2017).
He was an Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art in 2023, teaching his own unit ‘Archives On the Move’ as part of Urgency of the Arts. He was invited as Visiting Lecturer (studio practice) at Goldsmiths University, BA Fine Art & History of Art in 2024 and Visiting Lecturer to lead 3rd year crits for BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2024 and 2025. He was invited as Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art in summer 2024 to do an artist talk, and in autumn to lead a workshop titled ‘Islands of Safety’ as part of the annual Festus programme for MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art.
He was awarded residencies and grants from Arts Council England Project Grant (2025), The Elephant Trust Award (2024), Eaton Fund (2024), CFCCA Breathe Award to Taipei Artist Village (2018) and the Gasworks Triangle Fellowship to HANGAR, Lisbon (2015).
He lives and works in London and is based at Gasworks.
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Pham graduated from the Postgraduate Fine Art programme at the Royal Academy Schools from 2015-2018 and BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design from 2010-2013 with a international exchange program at Emily Carr University of Art, Vancouver, Canada in Spring 2012. He completed a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at Chelsea College of Art & Design from 2009-2010.
Solo exhibitions and commissions include Ngon Quá, Deptford X Commission (2025), VMHS Legacy Project, Vietnamese Mental Health Services (2023), Little Vietnam, Turf Projects (2019) and An Viet (Well Settled), Royal Academy Schools (2018).
Group exhibitions and events include Arts’ Ugly Right?, Danielle Arnaud Gallery (2025), Recipes of Life, ESEACC (2025), Open Day, Centre 151 (2024), You Belong Here, Southbank Centre (2024), From (Counter-)Archives to Activation, esea contemporary, Manchester (2024), A Night of Performances with VLC Band & Will Pham and bones tan jones, Asymmetry Art Foundation (2024), Late at Tate- Lunar New Year curated by Trâm Nguyen and June Lam, Tate Britain (2024), New Work Series, LUX Moving Image (2024), Reimagining VMHS, Vietnamese Mental Health Services (2023), The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery (2022), Nocturnal Creatures, Whitechapel Gallery (2022), Nang Tu Do- Archives in the Camps, CUHK, Hong Kong (2020-21), Record, Retrieve, Reactivate, An Viet Foundation (2018), and Premiums: Interim Projects, Royal Academy of Art (2017).
He was an Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art in 2023, teaching his own unit ‘Archives On the Move’ as part of Urgency of the Arts. He was invited as Visiting Lecturer (studio practice) at Goldsmiths University, BA Fine Art & History of Art in 2024 and Visiting Lecturer to lead 3rd year crits for BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2024 and 2025. He was invited as Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art in summer 2024 to do an artist talk, and in autumn to lead a workshop titled ‘Islands of Safety’ as part of the annual Festus programme for MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art.
He was awarded residencies and grants from Arts Council England Project Grant (2025), The Elephant Trust Award (2024), Eaton Fund (2024), CFCCA Breathe Award to Taipei Artist Village (2018) and the Gasworks Triangle Fellowship to HANGAR, Lisbon (2015).
He lives and works in London and is based at Gasworks.
Click here to view CV