Executive Board
BOI TRAN
Founder, Artist, Collector
boitran@boitran.com
From the ancient city of Hue, Boi Tran emerges as one of Vietnam’s most quietly powerful voices in contemporary art. A member of the Vietnam Fine Art Association since 1996, her work spans decades and continents, rooted in tradition, yet resonant far beyond it.
Through oil and lacquer, she paints the intimate and the eternal: Vietnamese women, motherhood, nature, and the sacred. Each brushstroke reflects a deep, lived connection to heritage and humanity.
Her paintings have graced the halls of Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams, and Ravenel, where she stands as the only female Vietnamese artist to be auctioned at such stature. Still, Boi Tran’s greatest legacy may be the space she has created: Boi Tran Garden, a sanctuary where art, memory, and spirit quietly meet.
THUC DOAN
Deputy Director, Art Researcher & Archivist
thucdoan@boitran.com
With a quiet devotion to the stories behind the canvas, Thuc Doan brings depth and clarity to the world of Vietnamese art. As an independent researcher and archivist, she navigates the intersection of the visible and the hidden, translating, interpreting, and curating with precision and care.
At Boi Tran Garden, she serves as a thoughtful guide and trusted voice, shaping narratives that honour heritage while embracing contemporary resonance. Through her parallel work with the Vietnamese Art Archive, she builds bridges between past and present, contributing vital scholarship, catalogues, and insight to collectors, institutions, and global audiences.
Her presence is both scholarly and soulful, grounded in detail, yet attuned to emotion. In every endeavour, Thuc Doan offers more than expertise; she offers a way of seeing.
CHAU LE
Deputy Director
minhchau@boitran.com
Rooted in the cultural soul of Hue and now based in San Diego, Chau Le carries forward a legacy shaped by generations of artistic devotion. As founder of the Minh Chau Art Gallery in early 2000s Hanoi, she earned recognition for curating works of rare depth and distinction.
Today, with quiet reverence and visionary grace, Chau Le returns to her origins through Boi Tran Garden, an homage to tradition, memory, and beauty. Guided by a lifelong passion for Vietnamese art, she has cultivated a collection that reads like a love letter to its masters: Nguyen Gia Tri, Tran Van Can, Bui Xuan Phai, Nguyen Sang, and many more.
Her journey is not only one of curation, but of preservation, bridging time and place, form and feeling, in a space where art breathes and stories unfold.
