Lys Bui
Lys Bui (b.1989, Vietnam) is an illustrator and printmaker who received an MFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts, New York, USA in 2016 and worked as a production assistant for Takashi Murakami in his New York studio in 2018. Lys has been experimenting with different materials and techniques as a printmaker. Her illustrations feature city identities, the culture of her homeland, and her experience as an artist living in New York.
Lys Bui’s notable exhibitions include PRINTFEST 2016, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), NY, USA, 2016; MFA Thesis Exhibition, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY, USA, 2016; Shades of Mangrove Trees in the Mist, Phuong My Flagship Store, HCMC, Vietnam, 2015; The Book Show, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY, USA, 2015; The Primacy of Drawing, MoT+++, HCMC, Vietnam, 2015; The Crying Child, SVA Gramercy Gallery, NY, USA, 2015. In 2019, she held her solo show Saigon Boulevard, and published an art book of the same name, in collaboration with Kho Muc studio.