Trung Pham was born in Vietnam. His family immigrated to the United States in 1990. He currently works as an assistant professor in the Art and Art History Department at the Seattle University. Pham earned a MFA at the Pratt Institute in New York and also received a Licentiate in Sacred Theology with a concentration on Theological Aesthetics from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. Pham’s immigrant experience and spiritual devotion have profoundly influenced his artistic practice. His miniature sculptures capture the fragility and delicacy of everyday objects that evoke feelings of sensitivity and intimacy. His paintings explore beauty in the brokenness in a series of vividly colored and densely painted organic shapes. He has exhibited his works in Seattle, California, New Jersey, Indiana, Germany and Vietnam.
Commissioned works include Saint Clare bronze statue at Santa Clara University, CA and The Crucifix at Seattle Preparatory School, WA.