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
Impressions
A piecemeal or steps of my printmaking practice which progressively develop into my final work.
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
Photography
Vessel of Offerings
Each panel depicts teacup sets that convey a photographic dialogue for prayers and offerings to our ancestors. These porcelain vessels hold tea or water, which is symbolic of "holding conversations". Tea ceremonies are customary practice in China... 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]