BIO

Jinny Ly is a Chinese-Vietnamese-American visual artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Born and raised in California, she spent most of her time in Oakland Chinatown where her refugee family settled after fleeing the Vietnam War. As a migrant and socially-engaged artist, Jinny’s fine art practice has a multilayered approach to exploring and visualising refugee familial narratives and history through the use of objects as witnesses, site-specific installation and applied materials. She also dedicates time as an arts facilitator for children and adults from migrant and marginalised backgrounds as an extension of her practice.

After receiving a BA in Studio Art from San Jose State University in California, in 2009, Jinny went on to complete her MFA at the National College of Arts and Design in Dublin in 2023, where she was selected as an RDS Visual Arts Award Exhibitor and showcased her work at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She currently works as a professional visual artist, art facilitator, creative producer and curator in Dublin, Ireland. Jinny also works as an associate artist with Helium Arts, an Irish charity providing free art workshops for children living with lifelong physical health conditions.