Annesta Le is a Brooklyn-based Vietnamese-American artist whose practice encompasses neon sculpture, painting, and drawing. Her work translates psychological experience into luminous, embodied form.
Le began her career studying computer science before turning to art, a shift catalyzed by intensive work with a Jungian analyst and a formative journey to the Brazilian rainforest. Her neon works are hand-shaped through an intuitive, bodily process, each glass curve functioning as both mark and gesture. In parallel, her paintings and drawings emerge through improvisation and automatic mark-making, developing a symbolic language that explores transformation, alchemy, and the shifting boundaries between inner and outer worlds.
Le’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Yi Gallery in New York, and she is a recipient of the Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant. Her practice has been featured in publications including The Brooklyn Rail, Vogue, and Hyperallergic, and she has exhibited internationally at Museo Internazionale Italia Arte in Turin and the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago.