Ming Ying Hong

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“Bits of memories. Some told. Some photographed. Some recorded. Some invented.” Pastels, acrylic on canvas, 81”x145”, 2025

This is the first in a new body of work, exploring the tensions that exist in memory and historical record. My father, a refugee from Vietnam, has always been a storyteller full of winding contradictions and looping tales of escape and heroism. Inspired by archival research on the Vietnam War with the stories of my family, the work traces the ruptures that emerge when historical record and lived memory diverge—seeking complicated emotional truths that resist the neutrality and limitations of official documentation.

Filtered through my lens as someone who identifies as both a first- and second-generation immigrant (I was born in China and grew up in the States), the work is a collection of real and invented fragments, among them:
·      walls that function as literal and emotional borders
·      a boat—flimsy, smoking—yet sturdy enough to sail to a new home
·      the cramped apartments that swelled with my family
·      grass, since a perfect lawn is the most American of desires
·      and American Progress, because it is the ghost that lingers in history and the present day

Last day of studio before teaching begins. Looking forward to meeting all the new RISD students tomorrow! ☀️🌞☀️🌞☀️🌞

Summer photo dump.

I had the privilege of spending my summer in Paris .

Spent lots of time in the studio and saw lots of art. Traveled a bit outside of Paris. Ate lots of baguettes.

My last exhibition of the year! I won’t be able to make it to the reception (September 13, from 6-9 pm) as I will either be delivering a baby or be on the brink.

From : Only one week away until doors open on our next collaboration!
Opalka Gallery, Collar Works and Artist/Mother Podcast, are pleased to present the 4th Painting at Night open-call exhibition featuring 38 caregiver artists from around the world. Curated by Sean Desiree & Alisa Sikelianos-Carter.

Artists included this year are: Joey Barrett, Rachelle Beaudoin, Renée Bouchard, Emeline Brulé, Serena Buschi, Nyasha Chigama, Monique Crabb, Kaitlyn Danielson, Brett Davis with Sayaka Saito Davis and Toko Davis, Justine Di Fiore, Johanna Evans, Emily Gherard, Raul Gonzalez, Shanti Grumbine, Jodi Hays, Ming Ying Hong, Will Hutnick, Michael Kennedy and Steve Swartz, Nosheen Iqbal, Eirini Linardaki, Jo Lobdell, Katrina Majkut, Jillian McDonald, K’era Morgan, Alyssa Sakina Mumtaz, Bosede Opetubo, Francena Ottley, Jeanna Penn, Padma Rajendran, Florencia Rothschild, kaory santillán bueno, Terina Sciarrotta, Helen Stotesworthy, Victoria van der Laan, Melissa Wang, & Xin Xin

Image credit: Francena Ottley., I’m not me I’m just mom, 2023, Yarn on monks cloth

For a full list of related programming, please see our website link above in bio.









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Happy Birthday Hank, the world’s best studio collaborator. Thank you for making all my work better with your beautifully loose marks. Can’t believe you are three!

Favorite color: Blue

Favorite song: Man on Fire

Favorite food: Pizza

Funniest sentence to date: If you don’t buy it for me, I will cry.

If you are in the Louisville area, please come check out the exhibition. It will be on view from now until Aug 5th. Special thanks to the team for making this happen!

Join me tonight, June 23rd, at in Louisville for the opening of my exhibition, “The One with the…”. Reception beginning at 6pm with a talk at 7pm. See you there!