Born in Cambodia, Ngoc Tran and her family migrated to Moss Vale, NSW, Australia in 1980. She studied at the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1996. Selected group exhibitions in 1998 include work being shown at the University of Sonkla, Thailand; “Some? painting”, Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong; “Life among Legs”, Wollongong City Gallery and in 1997, “New Star 6”, Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong.