Profile
Kyoung eun Kang is a New York-based artist born in South Korea. She received a BFA and MFA in painting from Hong-ik University in Seoul, South Korea, and an MFA in Fine Arts from Parsons, The New School for Design, New York, NY. Kang works in a wide range of media, including live performance, video, painting, photography, installation, text, and sound pieces. Her work explores geographical and cultural identity and universal human themes such as affection and attachment, raising questions about how we foster and maintain human connection in an ever-changing world.Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums, including Collar Works, NY; NURTUREart, NY; BRIC Project Room, NY; Soho 20 Project Room, NY; Here Arts Center, NY; A.I.R gallery, NY; The momentary, AR; The Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC; Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Australia; Museum of Imperial City, China, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Korea.
Degrees Held
MFA Fine Arts, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
MFA Painting, Hong-ik University, Seoul, South Korea
BFA Painting, Hong-ik University, Seoul, South Korea
Recent Publications
Mark Jenkins, K-Recollection, The Washington Post, July 2, 2021
Robert R. Shane, Kyoung eun Kang: TRACES: 28 Days in Elizabeth Murray's Studio, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2021
Patrick Tine, ‘Traces’ at Collar Works an arresting exploration of creative spirit, Times Union, Dec.8,2020
Shoutout Miami, Meet Kyoung eun Kang: Artist, Shoutout Miami, Dec. 16,2020
Jonathan Goodman, Kyoung eun Kang:1402 Seok-Dong, The Brooklyn Rail, Nov.8,2017
Performances and Appearances
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION/ PROJECT
2021 TRACES: 28 days in Elizabeth Murray’s studio, A.I.R. gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 TRACES: 28 days in Elizabeth Murray’s studio, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2017 Every morning and every evening Soho 20 gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 1402 SEOK-DONG, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Omaha Diary I, BRIC Project room, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ PERFORMANCES/ SCREENINGS
2021 INVERSE Performance festival, The Momentary, Bentonville, Arkansas, US
2021 K-Recollection, The Korean Cultural Center, Washington, D.C.
2020 Soft Window, A collaborative exhibition program hosted by Public Swim and A.I.R., Public Swim, NY
2019 Light Year 56: Limb from Limb, Curated by Kate Gavriel, Video Art exhibition projected onto the Manhattan Bridge,NY
2019 Feels Like a New Beginning by ChaNorth Alumni Curated by Peter Fulop and Brigitta Varadi, 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park,NY
2019 Newly Connected, The Korean Cultural Center ,Washington, D.C
2019 The Flaneur in New York, The Maggie Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Performance & Documentation, LiVEART.US in collaboration with Emergency INDEX, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
2019 Let’s try listening again,13th A.I.R. Biennial Curated by Sarah Demeuse and Prem Krishnamurthy, A.I.R gallery, Brooklyn , NY
Awards And Honors
2020 -2021 A.I.R Artist fellowship, A.I.R gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 I-Park Foundation Artist Residency, CT
2019 Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works, Granville, NY
2018 ChaNorth artist residency, Pine Plains, NY
2017 NARS FOUNDATION residency artist, Short -term studio program, Brooklyn, NY
2015 BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn NY
2013 NARS FOUNDATION residency artist, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Artist-in-Residence recipient, Omaha, NE
2011 Lower East Side-Rotating Studio program recipient, Artist Alliance INC. NY
2010 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in video, NY
2009 Skowhegan Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
2004 Grand Prize, The 8th NA,HYE-SEOK Grand Exhibition of Female Artists ,Suwon, Korea
Portfolio
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