A native of China, Seong Moy was born in Canton in 1921. He immigrated to the United States in 1931, settling with his family in St. Paul, Minnesota. While still in his teens, Moy studied at the WPA/FAP school in St. Paul and later with Cameron Booth at the St. Paul School of Art. Moy worked in the Federal Art Project print shop in Minneapolis from 1939 to 1941.
