Biography

Based in Hue, Vietnam, Tran Dinh Thuc Doan is Deputy Director of Boi Tran Garden (Boi Tran Art Gallery) and an independent advisor specialising in Vietnamese modern and contemporary art. Since joining Boi Tran Garden in 2010, Thuc Doan has been involved in the development of exhibitions, archival initiatives and international cultural exchanges dedicated to Vietnamese art and heritage.

Alongside her role at Boi Tran Garden, Thuc Doan has worked as an independent Vietnamese Topics Advisor, Translator and Interpreter, assisting collectors, buyers and consignors in the development of private art collections. Through Vietnam Art & Global Dialogues and the Vietnamese Art Archive, she has prepared reference catalogues, translated scholarly texts and research materials for projects associated with Christie's, Art Agenda, S.E.A., Adjug’Art and private collections across Asia, Europe and America.

In 2016, Thuc Doan served as Art Advisor and Translator for Christie’s Se Souvenir Des Belles Choses: A Curated Collection of Vietnamese Art, becoming one of the first Vietnamese women to participate in a major internationally curated auction dedicated to Vietnamese art. The sale brought together important twentieth-century Vietnamese works and contributed to the growing international recognition of Vietnamese art within the global market.

In 2017, Thuc Doan worked with DE SARTHE Gallery and Art Agenda, S.E.A. on DEPARTURES: Intersecting Vietnamese Modern Art with R. Streitmatter-Tran. Later that year, she was involved in Boi Tran’s solo exhibition Le rêve qui veille (The Watchful Dream), presented on 26 October 2017. In 2019, she continued her collaboration with Art Agenda S.E.A. through translation and research projects focusing on Vietnamese art.

In 2025, Thuc Doan worked with Adjug’Art Auctioneer in France while also providing research and advisory expertise surrounding A Quest for Eternity: The Philippe Damas Collection at Christie’s Hong Kong, further expanding her involvement with Vietnamese art within international auction and collection circles.

In 2026, she organised Dream of Dreams, a group exhibition held at Boi Tran Garden (Boi Tran Art Gallery) on 20 March, while also participating in projects associated with Christie’s Vision of Vietnam: The Melchior Dejouany Collection auction sale in Hong Kong, Adjug’Art Auctioneer in France, further strengthening dialogue between Vietnamese artists, collectors and international cultural audiences.

With academic training in International Business and more than a decade of experience working across research, translation, archival documentation and curatorial advisory, Thuc Doan continues to work closely with collectors and institutions in Vietnam and abroad, contributing to the international visibility and scholarship of Vietnamese art.