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Ly Hoàng Ly (birth name: Hoàng Ly)
Visual artist, poet
Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Born in Hanoi, Vietnam
Education
M.F.A – Sculpture & Interdisciplinary Studies, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
B.F.A – Oil Painting, Fine-Arts University of Hochiminh City
Since 2000: book editor – Trẻ (The Youth) Publishing House, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Solo exhibitions
- 2023: Poems of the sky – Những vần thơ của trời – San Art, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2022: The Dreamer: Heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence – part of ongoing project 0395A.ĐC – Manzi Art Space, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 2018: Hope – Memory Tree – Guerilla public sculpture – part of ongoing project “Trees: Natural Cultural Heritage” – Tôn Đức Thắng Street, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
- 2017: 0395A.ĐC – A Solo Exhibition by Ly Hoàng Ly – The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2016: Prvdens Vivo Prvdens Morior – 1 week fasting durational performance, installation and photography from May 24th to May 30th with the participation of more than 30 random guests – personal studio, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
- 2015: PRISM – lăn[g] kính lăn[g] trụ – sound installation – Manzi Art Space, Hanoi, VN
- 2014: Prvdens Vivo Prvdens Morior – 3 week fasting-cooking durational performance, installation and photography from Nov 24th to Dec 15th with the participation of 38 special guests – personal studio, Chicago, USA
- 2014: Faithfully Flat – Phase 1 – collaborated with Fields Medal, Dr. Ngô Bảo Châu
- Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Manzi Art Space, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, SAIC, Chicago, USA
- North Branch Projects, Chicago, USA
- 2013: 0395A.ĐC – multimedia installation – Sullivan Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, USA
- 2012: Uprooting Nature – sound installation – Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education, Indiana Dunes, National Park, Indiana, USA
- 2008: Gabarge . Water . Cloud – Hochiminh City Exhibition House, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2005: New York’s inside Rodney’s House – Cave Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA – Funded by Ford Foundation
- 1998: The Dream – IDECAF (Institute d’Échanges Culturels avec La France), HCMC, Vietnam – Sponsored by Consulate General of France, HCMC, Vietnam.
Performance art Festivals / Poetry Festivals / Art Biennales
- 2019: POETIC LEAF – Qi Dong Poetry Salon, Taiwan Literature Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2018: THE 9TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT9) – QAGOMA – Queensland Art Gallery – Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia – Curated by Zara Stanhope
- 2016: ENCUENTRO EXCÉNTRICO – Santiago, Chile – Organized by Hemispheric Institute, University of Chile & New York University
- 2013: MA’ YA’AB ART LAB. ASIAN PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – Curated by Seiji Shimoda and Rachel Araujo.
- La Rendija Sede 50.51, Mérida, México
- Central Park of Caucel, Sans Jose. Mexico
- Tzal Public Park, Mexico
- Plaza Grande, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
- 2012: RAPID PULSE – International Performance Art Festival – Defibrillator Performance Gallery, Chicago, USA – Curated by Julie Laffin, Steven Bridges, Joseph Ravens, Giana Gambino
- 2012: RIAP 2012: “Rencontre Internationale d’Art Performance de Québec”, Quebec & Alma, Canada – Curated by Richard Martel.
- Le Lieu, Centre en Art Actuel, Québec
- Langage Plus, Alma, Canada
- 2009: 10TH OPEN ART FESTIVAL . INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China – Curated by Jill McDermid.
- 2007: SAIGON OPEN CITY – Southern Women Museum, Ho Chi Minh City – Funded by Ford Foundation – Curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Gridthiya Gaweewong.
- 2005: 8TH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DES POÈTES EN VAL-DE-MARNE – Curated by Henri Deluy
- Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille
- Espace Roland Roche, Valenton
- MJC Club, Créteil Théâtre Jean Vilar, Vitry/Seine
- Maison de la Poésie, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- 2002: BUSAN BIENNALE 2002: Cultures Meet Cultures, Busan, South Korea – Curated by Chang Sukwon
- 2002: ASIATOPIA 4TH – Bangkok, Thailand – Curated by Chumpon Apisuk
- 2002: 7TH NIPAF – NIPPON INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Nagano, Osaka – Curated by Seiji Shimoda
- 2001: ASIA PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – Japan Society, New York, USA – Curated by Seiji Shimoda
- 2001: 6TH NIPAF ASIA PERFORMANCE ART SERIES – Curated by Seiji Shimoda
- Japan Society, New York, USA
- Za Hall Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Nagano Wood, Nagano, Japan
- Shiga Museum, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- 2000: 5TH NIPAF ASIA PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo, Nagano, Japan – Curated by Seiji Shimoda
Selected group exhibitions
- Dec 2022: MoT+++, Centec Tower Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Đông Chí – a rendezvous – Curated by Cam Xanh
- June 2021: JWD Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand – A Life Beyond Boundaries (The Geography of Belonging) – Curated by Lorendana Pazzini Paracciani
- June 2020: MoT+++, La Astoria Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – password 0~1 – Curated by Cam Xanh
- Dec 2019: San Art, Hochiminh City, Vietnam – Opaque Signs – Điềm Mờ – Curated by Nhat Quang Vo and Nguyen H. Quyen
- Oct 2019: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal – Vietnam Cultural Week – Curated by Thuy Tien de Oliveira
- Aug 2019: Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile – A selection of the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art – Curated by Zara Stanhope and Beatriz Bustos
- April 2019: RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia – Bruised: Art Action and Ecology in Asia – Curated by Helen Rayment
- Dec 2018: San Art, HCMC, Vietnam – Bodies Survey[ed] – Curated by Tra Nguyen and Nguyen H. Quyen
- Nov 2018: QAGOMA – Queensland Art Gallery – Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia – THE 9TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT9)” – Curated by Zara Stanhope
- 2016-2017: Museo de Antioquia, Colombia – Zonas Grises – Curated by Nydia Gutiérrez
- 2017: Saatchi Gallery, London,UK – Viet Nam Eye – Curated by Serenella Ciclitira, Nigel Hurst, Niru Ratnam, Chang Tsong-Zung, and Minh Đỗ
- 2016: Casa Italia, Hà Nội, VN – Viet Nam Eye – Curated by Serenella Ciclitira, Nigel Hurst, Niru Ratnam, Chang Tsong-Zung, and Minh Đỗ
- 2016: Vietnam Fine-Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam – Open Doors – Mở cửa: 50 Vietnamese artists after 30 Years of Đổi Mới (30 years of the country’s renewal policy) – Curated by Nguyễn Đức Bình – Organized by Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition of Vietnam
- 2015 – Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam – từ . tới | from . to – Curated by Ly Hoàng Ly and Tuấn Mami –
- 2012: School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Base Space, Columbus Drive, Chicago, USA – Ở – Recent Works by Artists from Vietnam Heritage
- 2012: Richard Gray Gallery, John Hancock Building, Chicago, USA – People Vs. Space – Curated by Jaume Plensa
- 2009 – 2010: Ifa Gallery, Berlin & Stuttgart, Germany – Connect: Art Scene Vietnam – Curated by Veronica Radulovic and Barbara Barsch
- 2009: Jockey Club Creative Art Center, Hong Kong – Curated by Mok Chiu Yu
- 2009: New Zero Art Space, Yangon, Myanmar – Asian Contemporary Art Exchange – Curated by Aye Ko
- 2009: Yerba Buena Center for The Arts, SF, USA – Transpop: Korea Vietnam Remix – Curated by Viet Le and Yong Soon Min
- 2008: Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea – Transpop: Korea Vietnam Remix – Curated by Viet Le and Yong Soon Min
- 2008: Marsi Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand – Mekong Art and Culture Project – Curated by Le Brothers
- 2008: Ban Naxay Gallery, Vientiane, Laos – Mekong Art and Culture Project – Curated by Le Brothers
- 2008: Viet Art Center, Hanoi, Vietnam – Mekong Art and Culture Project – Curated by Le Brothers
- 2008: Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Mekong Art and Culture Project – Curated by Le Brothers
- 2008: Yun Art Gallery, Kunming, China – The Course of Our Contact: Yunnan-Vietnam Female Artists Exchange Program – Curated by Liu Lifen and Tran Luong
- 2007: San Art, HCMC, Vietnam: Transpop: Korea Vietnam Remix – Curated by Viet Le and Yong Soon Min
- 2007-2009: Kennesaw State University Gallery, Kennesaw, GA – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007-2009: The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007-2009: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007-2009: Dupree Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI – Changing Identity – 2007-2009 – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007-2009: The Clary M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Muray, KY – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007-2009: Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007-2009: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007-2009: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007-2009: Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007: Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, USA – Changing Identity, Curated by Nora Taylor – Curated by Nora Taylor
- 2007: South-Vietnamese Women Museum, HCMC, Vietnam – Saigon Biennale – Curated by Gridthiya Gaweewong and Rirkrit Tiravanija
- 2007: Viet Art Center, Hanoi Fine Art University, VN – National Young Art Festival
- 2007: Asian Pacific/American Institute of New York University, USA – Exquisite Crisis & Encounters – Curated by Viet Le and Yong Soon Min
- 2007: New Zero Art Space, Yangon, Myanmar – Asian Contemporary Art Exchange – Curated by Aye Ko
- 2007: SPACE E6, Shenzhen, China – Organized by MOST – Curated by Andrew Lam
- 2006: Stone & Water Gallery, Anyang, Korea – Xin Chao, My Darling: Pace on The Peace Project – Curated by Park Chaneung and Nguyen Nhu Huy
- 2004 – 2005: Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany – Identities Vs. Globalization – Organized by Heinrich Böll Foundation – Curated by John Loschmann
- 2004: Chiang Mai Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand – Identities Vs. Globalization – Organized by Heinrich Böll Foundation – Curated by John Loschmann
- 2004: National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand – Identities Vs. Globalization – Organized by Heinrich Böll Foundation – Curated by John Loschmann
- 2004: Queen Gallery, “Living Art – Regional Artists Respond To Hiv/Aids”, Bangkok – Curated by Chumpon Apisuk
- 2002: Hanoi Contemporary Art Center, Hanoi, Vietnam – WINDOW TO ASIA – Curated by Tran Luong, Ong Keng Sen and Tay Tong. Sponsored by Theater Works, Singapore
Performances + Installations
- 2023: hope-memory tree – series of three-day solo and collective durational performance art in the street, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2017-2018: So, we became machines – series of solo durational performance art – Tôn Đức Thắng street, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2016: Hugging Trees – Hugging Your Loved-Ones – Hugging Yourself – 3-hour (from 4 am to 7 am) solo durational performance in collaboration with 30 Saigonese – public performance and installation – Tôn Đức Thắng street, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2016: Prvdens Vivo Prvdens Morior – 1 week fasting durational performance from May 24th to May 30th with the participation of more than 30 random guests – personal studio, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
- 2015: Hugging Trees – Hugging Your Loved-Ones – Hugging Yourself – 3 days solo durational performance in collaboration with 300 Sangha of Plum Village – Buddhist Meditation Center founded by Zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh – Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France
- 2015: Requesting words – Offering words – 9-hour solo durational live-stream public performance and installation – Hosted by Nha San Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 2015: PRISM – lăn[g] kính lăn[g] trụ – performed with Patricia Nguyễn – Manzi Art Space, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 2014: Prvdens Vivo Prvdens Morior – 3 week fasting-cooking durational performance from Nov 24th to Dec 15th with the participation of 38 special guests – personal studio, Chicago, USA
- 2014+2015+2016: Memory vs. Memory – Ly Hoàng Ly + Patricia Nguyễn
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2016
- Links Hall, Chicago, 2016
- Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Santiago, 2015
- Quadrennial 2015, Prague, 2015
- Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, 2014
- 2013: Garbage – Central Park of Caucel, Sans Jose, Mexico
- 2013: Phoenix – Plaza Grande, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
- 2012: I drink my Country – RIAP 2012
- Le Lieu, Centre en Art Actuel, Québec, Canada
- Langage Plus, Alma, Canada
- 2012: I drink my country – personal studio, Chicago, USA
- 2009: Ceremony – 10th Open Art Festival – 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
- 2008 – 2010: The chest to bequeath
- personal studio, HCMC, 2008
- Ifa Gallery, “Connect: Art Scene Vietnam”, Berlin, Germany, 2009 – 2010
- Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, 2010
- “Mekong Art And Culture Project” at Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, 2008
- 2008: Father and Daughter and Poetry – poetry performance with father – L’Espace, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 2008: Beautiful life: Birth, Death, Rebirth, Death, Rebirth – Art Omi, Ghent, NY, USA
- 2007: Blood and Flowers – Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, USA 2007
- 2005: The woman and the old house – Biennale Internationale des Poètes en Val-de-Marne, France
- 2005: Blood and Flowers – Cave Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- 2005: Comb – Flux Factory, Queen, NY, USA
- 2005: Breads and nails – Roger Smith Gallery, NY, USA
- 2004: The choice, Haeundae Beach, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
- 2004: Monument of Roundtray, ChiangMai University Art Museum, ChiangMai, Thailand
- 2004: Monument of Roundtray, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
- 2003: Pushing through borders – collaborated with Anida Yoeu Ali – Blue Space Gallery, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2003: The suffering – Blue Space Gallery, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2001: Monument of Roundtray – Japan Society, New York, USA
- 2001: Monument of Roundtray – The Shiga Museum of Art, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- 2001: Monument of Roundtray – Binh Quới Tourist Village, HCMC, Vietnam
- 2001: Water – Japan Society, New York, USA
- 2000: Water – Kagurazaka, DIE PLATZE, Tokyo, Japan
- 2000: Water – Macao Museum of Art, Macau
Residencies and workshops
- 2008: One-Month Art Omi Residency Ghent, New York, USA – Funded by Ford Foundation
- 2008: THE COURSE OF OUR CONTACT – One-Month Yunnan-Vietnam Female Artists Exchange Program, Kunming, China – Organized by Liu Lifen and Tran Luong
- 2007: One-Month Ssamzie Space Residency Seoul, Korea – Organized by Viet Le and Yong Soon Min
- 2005: Three-Month Artist-In-Residence at Cave Gallery Brooklyn, New York, USA – Funded By Ford Foundation – Curated by Rodney Dickson
- 2005: Three-Week Workshop “Who We Are?” Phu My Hung Contemporary Art Center, HCMC, Vietnam – Curated by Sinh Ngoc Tran
- 2003: Three-Month International Writing Program at University of Iowa – Invited and Funded by The US Department of State
- 2003: One-Month Mekong Project Workshop & Residencies. Bangkok, Chiangmai, Thailand Luangphrabang, Laos – Funded by Rockefeller Foundation – Organized by Dance Theater Workshop (DTW), NY, USA
- 2003: Arts and Culture Development (ACD), British Council, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 2002: One-Month Phú Quốc Workshop and Exhibition, Phu Quoc Island – Funded by Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts Association, Vietnam
- 2002: Window to Asia: Workshop and Exhibition – Funded by ANA, Theater Works, Singapore and Vietnamese Fine Arts Association – Organized by Ong Keng Seng, Tran Luong and Tay Tong
- 2001: One-Month Long Hai Workshop: “Flow”, Long Hai Beach, Vietnam – Funded by Ford Foundation – Organized by Nga Huynh Thi Tran
- 1997: Parcours: Six-Month Workshop And Exhibition, Hanoi Fine Arts University, Vietnam – Funded by French Embassy & Alliance Francaise – Curated by Nguyen Cam
Lectures and seminars
- Oct 2019: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal – 0395A.ĐC & boat home boat
- Sep 2019: Qi Dong Poetry Salon, Taiwan Literature Museum, Taipei, Taiwan – Poetic Leaf
- Aug 2019: Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile – Boat Home Boat – A Journey with Ly Hoàng Ly
- Nov 2018: QAGOMA, Brisbane, Australia – The APT9 Opening Weekend panel discussion on ‘Ideas of Home’
- Nov 2018: MPavillion, Melbourne, Australia, Co-hosted by Centre of Visual Art, VCA, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne and Design & Creative Practice ECP, RMIT University – Creative Collaboration and Collectivity in The Asia Pacific Region – Artist Talk.
- Nov 2017: The Factory Contemporary Art Center, HCMC, Vietnam – Spirit of Friendship
- Aug 2017: The Factory Contemporary Art Centre, HCMC, VN – Public Art – From A to Z
- 2014: N/A Art Space, Oakland, California, My Gaze/// Yr Gaze * Chains of Love / Ties That Blind”- Guest Lecturer
- 2014: California College Of The Arts, San Francisco – Guest Lecturer
- 2013: Columbia College, Chicago, USA – Photo Trade Access – International Artist Lectures
- 2013: La Rendija Sede 50.51, Merida, Mexico – Vietnamese Performance Art – Artist Talk
- 2012: Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, USA – Vietnamese Performance Art
- 2012: Le Lieu, Quebec, Canada – Vietnamese Artists Talk
- 2007: Saigon Open City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Artist Talk
- 2005: New York University. New York, USA – Vietnamese Contemporary Art – Artist Presentation.
- 2003: Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts University, Contemporary Art Panel Discussion – Speaker and Organizer
- 2003: Humanities Festival, Chicago – Vietnamese Contemporary Poetry
- 2003: Cultural House, University of Iowa, USA – Fantasy And Reality – Panel Discussion
- 2002: NIPAF Summer Seminar, Nagano, Japan
- 2000: NIPAF Summer Seminar, Nagano, Japan
Curations
- 2015: Co-curated with Tuấn Mami “Từ . Tới | From . To” – A durational public performance and installation show – Hosted by Nha San Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 2012: Curatorial Assistant 2012 MFA Thesis Show – Sullivan Gallery, The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago
- 2004: Curated Performance Art and Installation in The Street – Huế Festival – Funded by Huế Fine-Arts University, Vietnam
- 2003: Curated Performance Art and Installation Workshop at Huế & Hội An, Vietnam.
- 2003: Co-curated “Pushing Through Borders” – Workshop and Exhibition – Blue Space Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Funded by Rockefeller and Dance Theater Workshop (DTW), New York, USA
Awards
- 2013: Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize Award Candidate
- 2013 – 2014: Awarded Internship at Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) – Sponsored by Fulbright – Institute of International Education
- 2011 – 2014: Fulbright scholarship and sponsorship for MFA study and Internship
- 2011 – 2013: Dean Grant – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 2012: South East Asia Award by Institute of International Education, Fulbright, USA
- 2011: Signature Art Prize 2011, Singapore. Nominated for artwork “Cloud”
- 2008: Ford Foundation Funding for Art Omi Residency, Ghent, New York
- 2004: Awarded Rockefeller Foundation & Dance Theater Workshop, NY Funding for “See Between Sea” project
- 2003: Awarded Rockefeller Foundation & Dance Theater Workshop, NY Funding for “Pushing through Borders” – A Workshop Project co-curated with artist Anida Yoeu Ali, inviting artists in different fields of art to execute a multimedia collaborated performance art work
- 1997: Top 10 Ho Chi Minh Emerging Artists – HCMC Fine Arts Association, HCMC, Vietnam.
Honors in poetry
- 2006: Awarded the Vietnam Writers’ Association for “Lô Lô” – a personal book of poetry, but sent a rejection letter for the award to oppose the corruption of the government system.
- 2003: Invited by US Department of State, USA to attend “3-month International Writing Program” at The University of Iowa
- 1999: Poet of the Year – Mai Vàng (Yellow Apricot) Award – Acclaimed by Labors Newspaper, Vietnam
- 1996: First Prize – New Pens Poetry Contest – Youth Newspaper, HCMC, Vietnam
Publications
- 2020: “0395A.ĐC” CATALOGUE (bilingual) – Vista Publishing, Taiwan
- 2009: QUÀ (GIFT) – personal book of poetry – Trẻ (Youth) Publishing House, Vietnam
- 2005: LÔ LÔ – personal book of poetry – Viet Nam Writers’ Association Publishing House
- 1999: CỎ TRẮNG (WHITE GRASS) – personal book of poetry – Viet Nam Writers’ Association Publishing House
In The Collection of
- The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- Kamel Lazaar Foundation
- Queensland Art Gallery – Gallery of Modern Art
- Nguyen Art Foundation
- M+ Museum
- Museo de Antioquia
- Private collections