Trần Minh Đức was born and raised in Sài Gòn - Ho Chi Minh City. He graduated from the painting department of the College of Culture & Arts of Ho Chi Minh City. Đức is in residence at Art in General 2017 through the support of the Asian Cultural Council. He worked previously as a manager and program coordinator at Sàn Art. He has also participated in AIR programs in Tokyo TWS 2011, Nagasaki Japan 2015, Phnom Penh Cambodia SaSaArt Project 2015, Paris France Béton Salon 2016, Art in General NYC USA 2017, Seoul Korea Haenghwatang 2018, Jeju Culture Space Yang 2019, Osaka Japan 2020 with Yamamoto Seika, FIGYA 2020, Super StudioKitakagaya 2021 and funded residency by Osaka City 2022.

Đức's work always explores the character of urban life, people, and history, always recording from the interactions between individuals and communities, between the concepts of local and foreign attributes. His practice examines the definition of what it means to be Vietnamese in the complex intersections of contemporary life. He is attracted to the history of place, the way that historical images inspire people to act in a way that is imitative, fragmented, and unintentionally creates oral stories, religious and belief symbols, postcards, and collected materials/materials. His works apply multiple (non-)materials including: performance, photography, paper collage, print, installation, animation, music to explore community memory and cultural archives by researching historical narratives, the impact of colonialism and imperialism, and the long-term impact of war and migration.