Artist Biography

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Thy Hoang (b. 2004) is a queer Vietnamese American artist born and based in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Coming from a refugee family displaced by war and colonization, her paintings are influenced by the isolation and loneliness she has experienced as an Asian American. She is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art and a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical & Diagnostic Science at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Thy is a two-time winner of the Congressional Art Competition and recipient of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors scholarship. She has been exhibited in the Congressional Tunnel in Washington D.C., the Lansing Capitol Building, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, and more.

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Artist Statement

 

Thy Hoang is a queer Vietnamese American woman whose family was displaced by war and colonization, leading her environment to shape her sense of self in quiet, lasting ways. The gnawing discomfort she felt when realizing that home is not necessarily unconditional or permanent has driven her to seek belonging in her community, culture, body, and art. 

 

Hoang’s paintings allow her to explore liminal spaces of isolation and identity. The atmospheric scenes utilize contemporary realism with expressive brushstrokes to reveal an emotional depth. She depicts current Asian American narratives while allowing for glimpses of past memories from her youth to peek through. She presents her reality of an ongoing cultural antinomy she seldom sees represented. A saturated palette employs a dissonance between incongruent emotions and intimacy. A combination of vibrant colors for her childhood and bittersweet epiphanies of adulthood portrays the emotional contradictions that define her experiences.

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Prints available at https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/mintyhoang/

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Updated November 2025