Artist Talk
Will Pham in conversation with curator, Trâm Nguyễn
Join artist Will Pham at Enclave for a talk on their commissioned piece for DX 2025, joined by curator Trâm Nguyễn.
About Will Pham
Will Pham is a British-Vietnamese artist working in video, performance, painting and socially engaged practice. His work explores intergenerational care, cultural inheritance, and refugee narratives within the UK. Will graduated from the Postgraduate Fine Art programme at the Royal Academy Schools in 2018 and BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2013.
Solo exhibitions and commissions include 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 Bouquet of Life, SEEAC (2025), 50: Vietnamese Boat Refugees Then & Now, Richmix (2025); 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 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). Will lives and works in London.
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