Anna Sew Hoy (b. 1976, Auckland; lives and works in Los Angeles) received an MFA from Bard College (2008) and a BFA from School of Visual Arts (1998). Sew Hoy is faculty at University of California, Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions have been held at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2023); Various Small Fires, Los Angeles (2019, 2015); Campbell Hall Art Gallery, Los Angeles (2018); Koenig & Clinton, New York (2016); Aspen Art Museum (2015); San Jose Museum of Art (2011); Sikkema, Jenkins & Co., New York (2010); Renwick Gallery, New York (2008); and LAXART, Los Angeles (2008). Selected Group exhibitions have been held at Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2024); Albertz Benda, Los Angeles (2023); Jason Jacques Gallery, New York (2023); American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (2022); Galerie Marguo, Paris (2022); Moràn Moràn, Los Angeles (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (2021); Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto (2021); Koenig & Clinton, New York (2019); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2016); and Hammer Museum (2014). Sew Hoy is a recipient of Fellows of Contemporary Art Grant (2023), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2022), Anonymous Was A Woman Award (2021), Creative Capital Grant for Visual Artists (2015), and California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2013).

Sew Hoy’s work is in the collections of Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.