photo: Gaby Deimeke Photography
ARTIST BIO
Vy Ngo is an Austin based visual artist, who draws influences from her life as a Vietnamese-American, a physician, mother, and observer of the human condition. Born to refugee parents in rural Pennsylvania, her passion for the arts was overshadowed by cultural expectations, an interest in the sciences, and the desire to serve others. After establishing a career in medicine, Vy finally came back to her creative self and began painting in 2015. Her prolific and dedicated studio practice has led to solo exhibitions and group shows in various public art spaces and galleries across the country. Her work has also drawn attention from various publications and media, such as Tribeza, Austin Woman, and PBS Arts in Context. Whether it be representational work to create a dialogue about identity, culture, and political issues, or abstract and conceptual work based on memories, neuroscience and human emotions, her body of work is as diverse as her life.
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Selected Exhibitions
Solo shows
2019 – The In Between, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2018 – Dreamscapes, Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 – Strangers from Home, Asian American Resource Center, Austin, TX
Two person shows
2023 - Borderless, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX (with Darcie Book)
2023 - Of Warm Impermanence, Art Center of Waco Museum, Waco, TX (with Tyler Nathan Clark)
Group shows
2023 - Collective Thoughts, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 - Spatial Harmony, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX
2021 - Of Modest Mystics, Idolwild Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 - Welcome Home, ETSU Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2020 - Baton, Northern Southern Gallery, Austin, TX
2020 - The Femme Abstract, Springdale Station, Austin, TX
2020 - All Boats Rise Together, Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
2020 - People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2019 – Exquisite Corpse, Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
2019 – Between, Sixth Street Gallery by Camiba Art, Austin, TX
2018 – The Femme Abstract, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
2018 – 18+, Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 – Build Hope, Not Walls, Big Medium, Austin, TX
2017 – People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2016 - Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Art on 5th, Austin, TX
Permanent Collections
Austin City Hall
Multicultural Center at Texas A&M University