Meiying Thai

Meiying Thai (she/her) is a Vietnamese-American multidisciplinary artist and the Head of Mixed Media and Workshop Programming at Drawing Room. Born and raised in Manhattan, she works across drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and performance. Meiying’s work is diaristic, romantic, and deeply rooted in themes of love, movement, female connection, and creative community.

A graduate of MICA and a former ballet dancer who trained at the School of American Ballet, Meiying brings a rich background in storytelling and visual expression to everything she creates and teaches. She is also the founder of Café Telephone, an ongoing global salon project exploring intimacy and artistic collaboration.

You can find her work here, and her instagram here.

You can find Meiying teaching an upcoming Color in Flow, Field Trip, Drawing from the Body, For the Love of Drawing, Carve & Print, our Drawing Intensive… or hanging out at Drawing Room Open Hours!

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“My background in dance informs the way that I approach classes. I often begin with collective breath or physical warm-up and in all my classes I encourage my students to explore the connections between their bodies and their mark-making, lines, or brushstrokes. My approach to teaching is also deeply rooted in a sense of play.

I believe that the magic of art-making so often comes from experimentation. I encourage my students to not seek perfection, but to cultivate an ongoing sense of wonder for the world and find joy in the process of becoming an artist and falling in love with the world around them.”