Photo: Natalie Suen
Vy Trịnh (b. 1996, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) is a sculptor whose work explores how networks of objects extend beyond themselves and reflect the larger socio-economic textures and conditions of contemporary Vietnam. Materials and objects are sourced from different economies and ecologies—infrastructural, automotive, electric, discarded. Methodologies and material content are intertwined, insisting on resourcefulness and a makeshift ethos indebted to the city’s polyrhythmic, cyclical, and sedimented material environment.
Vy holds an MFA in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a BFA in Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design. Solo exhibitions include ON DA DREAM (Galerie Quynh, HCMC, Vietnam) and Overvoltage (Gia Lam Train Station, Hanoi, Vietnam). Vy has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including at Sàn Art (HCMC, Vietnam), Shisanwu LLC (Queens, NY), Worthless Studios (Brooklyn, NY), Atelier (Philadelphia, PA), Automat (Philadelphia, PA), White Columns (New York, NY), and Gallery MC (New York, NY). Vy is the recipient of the 2022 Christopher Lyon Memorial Award. Selected grants include the Humanities Urbanism Design Initiative (H+U+D) (2022), The Sachs Program for Art Innovation (2022), and the Center for Experimental Ethnography (2022). She currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City and New York.
Profile picture and bio in courtesy of the artist.
Writings:
Vy Trịnh, Critic’s Picks, August 30, 2024 3:46 pm, Artforum.