photo: Gaby Deimeke Photography
ARTIST BIO
Vy Ngo (b. 1975) is a visual artist, who draws influences from her life as a Vietnamese American, a physician, a mother, and an activist. 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 which has since expanded to sculptural and site-specific installation work. Vy Ngo has had several solo exhibitions and group shows in public art spaces and galleries in Texas and across the country from California to Tennessee. Her work has been acquired by private and public permanent collections, such as Austin City Hall and Texas A&M Multicultural Center, and has drawn attention from various publications and media, such as Glasstire, Tribeza, Austin Woman, and PBS Arts in Context. As a member of the ICOSA artist collective, she is an active contributor to the Austin art community and efforts to exhibit inclusive, diverse voices and stories. Whether it be representational work, abstract paintings, or large-scale installations, Vy Ngo creates work and spaces for dialogue and introspection about memories, the journey to healing, cultural identity, and the human experience.
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Selected Exhibitions
Solo shows
2025 What Lingers in Our Bones, Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Austin, TX
2019 The In Between, Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Austin, TX
2018 Dreamscapes, Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 Strangers from Home, Asian American Resource Center, Austin, TX
Two person shows
2025 Lucitations, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX (with Shawn Camp)
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
2024 Summer Break, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX
2024 New Worlds, Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
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