Lê Thuý Vietnamese, b. 1988

Lê Thúy (b.1988) is an artist based in Hoi An, Vietnam. She graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 2013. Thúy is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice examines memory, cultural inheritance, and the fragile relationship between humans and the natural environment. Her works reflect on the disappearance of landscapes, values, and lived histories amid rapid economic and ecological change. Through painting, sculpture, and installation, she creates quiet, contemplative environments that register the muted struggles of those displaced or forgotten, tracing subtle forms of resilience that endure beneath loss. 

Working primarily with silk, lacquer, natural dyes, and found materials, Thúy draws from Vietnamese craft traditions while expanding their expressive potential in a contemporary context.  Her practice is grounded in research, material experimentation, and an ongoing dialogue between tradition, memory, and the present.

She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Vietnam and abroad. Recent highlights include the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid (2025); the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT11) at QAGOMA, Australia (2024); and the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong (2022). Her solo exhibitions include Desolation at A2Z Art Gallery, Paris (2024), and The Silence is Deafening at Vin Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City (2020).