VICTORIA PHAM

Spanning art, technology and science, Victoria Pham is an Australian artist, evolutionary biologist, writer and composer. She is based between Paris and Sydney. Originally trained as an archaeologist, she holds a PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, St John's College. As a composer, she trained under the tutelage of Richard Gill OAM, Liza Lim, Carl Vine AO, Gerard Brophy and Thierry Escaich.

Victoria is represented by the Australian Music Centre as an Associate Artist where a collection of her scores are available. Currently, she is the Editor-in-Chief of Debris Magazine, lead artist in the RE:SOUNDING project with James Nguyen, and co-lead artist in the collective SONANT BODIES with James Hazel. She was the host and producer of podcast series DECLASSIFY (2020-2022)  and co-founded and directed FABLE ARTS from (2020-2023).

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Her works have been performed, exhibited and commissioned across Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Europe. She has been commissioned by and exhibited in a number of galleries and ensembles such as the TATE Britain, the Sydney Opera House, Australian Contemporary Centre for Art (ACCA), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Arts House Melbourne, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, amongst others. She has featured as a lead artist in international art festivals, including VIVID (2015-16), TINA (2018), Tilde: New Sounds (2019), BLEED (2020), ANTIDOTE (2022), HOMO NOVUS Latvia (2023), amongst others. 

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As an evolutionary biologist and archaeologist, her specialisation is in bioacoustics, the evolution of sound-signalling and acoustic mapping technologies. Victoria has worked with several international museums and institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, and has conducted solo fieldwork around the world with the support of UNESCO. 

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Central to her work is sound where her artistic practice is driven by explorations into the sonic connections across nature; practices of decolonisation and listening deeply. The hallmark of her interdisciplinary practice is her belief that Nature is a collaborator to her design, research and sound-based work. Victoria continues to pursue her work in bio-design through research into bioacoustics and mycology which inform the cross-form approaches that structure her creative process. This is emblematic in 2023 when she founded bio-design and acoustic ecology studio, EARTHLY FUTURES, based in Paris, France.

Aside from her installation practice, she continues to work as a sound practitioner, often collaborating with fellow creatives as a music producer, sound engineer, performer, and sound designer. 

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To request her commercial and film/tv resume, please contact Victoria here. 

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To access Victoria's academic credentials, click here.

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