Abie Loy is the eldest of five children, and was born on Utopia station, about 270km north east of Alice Springs in the Northern Terrirtory in 1972. She is the daughter of painters Margaret Loy Pula (winner of the 2012 Waternhouse Natural History Prize ) and Ray Loy Pula. Her aunt was the celebrated artist, Gloria Petyarre and her grandmother was the equally respected senior woman artist, Kathleen Petyarre. A highly innovative mid-career artist, she began painting at the age of 19. She was mentored by Kathleen Petyarre, who taught her the methodology of using details and tiny shimmering dotting to create complex optical effects. Over the years, Abie further developed her skills as an artist to become an extraordinarily talented colourist and designer, experimenting with elements of line, colour and form. Abie is a custodian of the Bush Hen Dreaming which she inherited from her Grandfather. At the simplest level, her Bush Hen Paintings represent the bush hen travelling in search of bush seeds scattered across the country. Other themes in Abie's paintings are the Bush Medicine Leaf Dreaming, Emu Dreaming, and Sandhills and Body Paint Designs including Awelye.

Abie Loy's artworks are held in major collections worldwide. Her batik works were exhibited in Bali, and her works on canvas have been exhibited widely in galleries internationally.