Mixed Media
If Not Here, Then Where?
Helen Tran’s work draws on traditional family ceremonies and funerary rituals and utilizes both print media and photography to express the idea of mourning and healing. “If Not Here, Then Where?” contextualizes how mourning rituals are constructed... More
Swaying Prayers
Joss paper or money paper, is a custom to East Asia cultures. It is a paper custom used for burning at a funeral and ancestral ceremonies. These papers are often presented in golds, silvers, and are thin bamboo or rice paper. Where some... More
Work by
Helen Tran
Printmaking & Photography
“When it comes to mourning and grief of others, it has primarily affected me when there is an event of death. It then follows me by forlorn sorrow and silence, with traces of their memories that stay...” [More]