EDUCATION
2021-2023 MFA Fine Art, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Class representative, Post-Graduate Officer, RDS Visual Art Award Exhibitor
2006-2009 BA, Studio Art emphasis in Textiles, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, US
Dean’s Scholar
2004-2006 Ceramics & Illustration, Diablo Valley College, Concord, California, US
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Show Nearly No One Saw, The Annex, NCAD, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Champ-oeuf-gnons, Aranis Cuisine, Antony, Paris Ile-de-France, France
2016 Forest of Stories, Treehouse Society, San Francisco, California , U.S. (Illustration)
2008 Between Two Worlds, Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, U.S.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Auspicious Eight : Wood Dragon, Tøn Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
2023 2023 RDS Visual Art Awards Exhibition, The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland
2023 NCAD Works, Grandma used to tell me, The Annex, NCAD, Dublin, Ireland
2020 Thank You, No Thank You, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
2016 Fiber and Cloth Art Show, The Haight Gallery, San Francisco, California, U.S.
2016 Fresh, Treehouse Society, San Francisco, California, U.S.
2008 Dimensional Textiles Exhibit, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, U.S.
AWARDS
2023 RDS Visual Art Awards Exhibitor, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland
LECTURES & TALKS
2023 RDS Visual Art Awards Artists Panel Discussion, IMMA Talks, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2023 Inspiration from the Personal Archive, Department of Visual Culture, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
2021 Jenny “Jinny” Ly Part 2., Textiles, Art & Artefact Department (TAA), National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
2021 Introduction to Jinny Ly, Gaginang Conference 2021, Online Conference
2020 Introduction: From California to Ireland, Textiles, Art & Artefact Department (TAA), National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Contributions
2019 Uppercase Magazine, Vol. 42, “Perfect Imperfections”, Mixed Media Sculpture (Canada)
2019 Patterns of Life Because Pourquoi Pas, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, New York (U.S.)
2018 Whys of the Wheres : A Map Brothers Movie (Producer Nathaniel Pope), Storyboard/Production Artist, Los Angeles, California (U.S.)
2018 A Little World of Unfiltered Curiosities Because Pourquoi Pas, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, New York (U.S.)
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Tiny Studios Creative Life, Issue 6, “Mindful Mending”, Writer (New Zealand)
2019 Tiny Studios Creative Life, Issue 5, “Everlasting Moss”, Writer (New Zealand)
2019 Tiny Studios Creative Life, Issue 4, “Harmony in the Studio”, Writer (New Zealand)
2019 Tiny Studios Creative Life, Issue 4, “Inside the Artist Studio”, Writer (New Zealand)
2019 Tiny Studios Creative Life, Issue 3 “Nature Journalling for Fiber Artists”, Contributor (New Zealand)
2017 BAAU Down Comic Anthology Volume 16, Illustration (U.S.)
2011 BAAU Down Comic Anthology Volume 10, Illustration (U.S.)
2006 BAAU Down Comic Anthology Volume 5, Illustration (U.S.)
Associations
2020-current Visual Artists Ireland, Professional Member (Ireland)
2020-current European Textile Network (Austria)
2019-current Society for Embroidered Works, Member (U.K.)
2004-current Bay Area Artists Unite (BAAU), (U.S.)