Vy Trinh

Vy Trịnh (b. 1996, Ho Chi Minh City) 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. Trịnh holds an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and a BFA from Parsons School of Design. In 2023, she presented her first solo project, Overvoltage, at Gia Lam Train Station in Hanoi, Vietnam. Trịnh's works have been exhibited at NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, NY), San Art (Ho Chi Minh City), Shisanwu LLC (Queens, NY), Worthless Studios (Brooklyn, NY), Atelier (Philadelphia, PA), Automat (Philadelphia, PA), White Columns (New York, NY), Gallery MC (New York, NY) among others. She was the recipient of the 2022 Christopher Lyon Memorial Award. That same year, she received grants from the Humanities Urbanism Design Initiative (H+U+D), The Sachs Program for Art Innovation, and the Center for Experimental Ethnography. Trịnh currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City and Philadelphia. ...