Bio
Vi is a painter and teacher living in New York. She was born in England and lived in Singapore as a child before moving to the United States. Vi received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2012, with a concentration in painting. After graduation she was selected to be part of the Guggenheim Museum's Learning Through Art program, where she taught elementary students within the museum, as well as at PS.9 in Brooklyn, NY. In 2014, Vi received her Masters of Arts in Teaching degree from Maine College of Art. Upon graduation she moved to California to continue painting and teaching art in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. She returned to New York in 2019. Vi has exhibited her work in Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Jersey, and California. When she’s not in the classroom, she can be found creating beeswax & oil paintings in her studio.
Vi recently launched The Instaart Project, a platform that celebrates and promotes contemporary artists. This project was born out of a desire to better understand the creative journeys of artists she follows on social media, specifically Instagram. Visit www.theinstaartproject.com to read interviews and view work by a wide range of artists, educators, and creative entrepreneurs.
Instagram: vifrypainting
Vi is a painter and teacher living in New York. She was born in England and lived in Singapore as a child before moving to the United States. Vi received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2012, with a concentration in painting. After graduation she was selected to be part of the Guggenheim Museum's Learning Through Art program, where she taught elementary students within the museum, as well as at PS.9 in Brooklyn, NY. In 2014, Vi received her Masters of Arts in Teaching degree from Maine College of Art. Upon graduation she moved to California to continue painting and teaching art in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. She returned to New York in 2019. Vi has exhibited her work in Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Jersey, and California. When she’s not in the classroom, she can be found creating beeswax & oil paintings in her studio.
Vi recently launched The Instaart Project, a platform that celebrates and promotes contemporary artists. This project was born out of a desire to better understand the creative journeys of artists she follows on social media, specifically Instagram. Visit www.theinstaartproject.com to read interviews and view work by a wide range of artists, educators, and creative entrepreneurs.
Instagram: vifrypainting