Artist Award

Tram Colwin is a Vietnamese-American watercolor artist, educator, and small business owner based in Northwest Arkansas. Using primarily watercolor, she creates works that explore the intricacies of her subjects to find beauty, connection, and truth. Focusing on details and symbolism, her aim is to tell a story of the world around us, community, and her personal belief in Divine design. She graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, where she was named Outstanding Senior Artist. She’s a recipient of the 2023 Artists 360 Community Activator Grant through Mid-America Arts Alliance. In Spring 2025, she was invited as a Visiting Artist at the University of Arkansas School of Art, where she curated and exhibited her work alongside immigrant and refugee artists. Her work has been showcased in both group and solo exhibitions across the region, including at The Medium and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Community Gallery, and has been featured in publications such as FLUX Hawaii and At Home Arkansas. As an advocate of the creative community, Tram co-owns the Creative Social Retreat and she also co-founded Women of the Ozarks.