Bio
Dong Kyu Kim is an artist and fashion designer whose mixed media works are constructed of paper receipts and tickets collected over the past 10 years and sewn by hand. His work is inspired by Jogakbo, the traditional Korean craft of patching together scraps of fabric.
As he experienced the radical reshaping of the South Korean economy, along with increasing globalization, he became obsessed with the capitalistic ideals of money, fame and success. His work asks questions about the impact of American capitalism on one’s values, and what motivates a person to want more and more. It is an examination of the roots of our desires, and how we determine value. Kim has exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and in Korea. Born and raised in South Korea, Kim received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Fashion Design and has worked for nearly 20 years as a fashion designer in Korea, China, Mexico, and the United States. He currently lives in Fort Lee, NJ. |
Education
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Consuming Memories, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD(upcoming) 2020 The Stranger in Heaven, Kreft Center Gallery, Concordia University Ann Arbor, MI 2019 American Dream, University of Maine at Farmington, ME 2019 American Stitches, Wakeley Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University Ames School of Art, IL 2018 United Stitches, NJ Emerging Artist in the 2018 - 2019 Series at the Monmouth Museum, NJ Group Exhibitions 2020 Materials: Hard + Soft, Pattterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX 2020 Excellence in Fibers V, Muskegon Museum of Art , Muskegon, MI 2019 INTERSTATE, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 2019 32nd Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI 2019 Beyond the Surface, SDA's Annual International Juried Members Exhibition St Louis Artists’ Guild, St Louis, MO 2019 Threads & Pigments, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY 2019 Bringing It All Back Home, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ 2019 NJSeoul exhibition, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ 2019 Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 2019 Threaded, MCC Art Gallery, Mesa Community College, AZ 2019 Americas 2019: All Media, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University,Minot, ND 2019 Combined Talents, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL 2019 Internal/External National Juried Art Show, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, MO 2019 Form, Not Function: Quilt art at the Carnegie, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN 2019 Time, Mills Pond House Galllery, Smithtown Township Arts Council, NY 2019 National Juried Exhibit, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD 2019 ViewPoints 2019, Studio Montclair Gallery, NJ 2019 Mono Prismatic Wave, Queens College of Art Center, Queens, NY 2019 Permanence and Change, Kreft Juried Exhibition, Concordia University Ann Arbor, MI 2019 Art on Paper 2019, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD 2019 We The People, Cape Cod Museum of Art, ‘Dennis, MA 2019 Arnot Art Museum's 76th Regional Exhibition, Elmira, NY 2019 New Jersey Crafts Arts Annual: New Directions in Fiber Art , Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ 2019 Objectified 2019, CICA Museum, South Korea 2019 34th Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 2019 Valdosta National 2019, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 2018 Transformation, 2nd Annual International Exhibition, RE:ARTISTE, New York, NY 2018 215|610 CONTEMPORARY Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists, Delaware County Community College, DE 2018 Quilt + Resist: Art, Politics, Storytelling, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 2018 New Directions 18: 34th Annual National Contemporary Art Exhibition @ Barrett Art Center, NY 2018 Empathy: UNCP’s 9th Annual International Exhibition, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC 2018 Parsing Sign and Image – National Exhibition, VETS Gallery, Art League Rhode Island, RI 2018 A Sense of Place 2018, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, GA 2018 33rd Chelsea International Fine Art Competition collective exhibition @ Agora Gallery, NY 2018 In Black and White: Art Meets Writing, Springfield Art Association(SAA), Springfield, IL 2018 Art of Labor, Surface Design Association's 2018 Member Exhibition, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA 2018 Dressed, Express Newark, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 2018 Fiber Options, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD 2018 Piece of Paper, St. Louis Artist's Guild, MO 2018 Form, Not Function: Quilt art at the Carnegie, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN 2018 24th Annual Art Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Navigating Elements, 2018 Arts Annual Exhibition, NJ State Council on the Arts, Rowan University Art Gallery, NJ 2018 Migration, Movement, and Memory, Art School of Colombia County, NY 2018 Equality Matters, Conversations on Gender and Race, Mildred M. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, MO 2018 Between Stitches, NOCCA: Louisiana’s Arts Conservatory, New Orleans, LA 2018 Material: National Fiber Arts Exhibition, d’Art Center, VA 2018 Time Machines, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester State University, MA 2018 The paper is the Part of The Picture, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA 2018 Immigration Now, Penn State Abington Art Gallery, Penn State Abington University, PA 2018 COMPASSION: Is It the Radicalism of Our Time?, Gallery at 14 Maple Morris Art, Morristown, NJ 2018 East Meets West, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY 2017 Queens: Envisioning Habitats, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY 2017 EVOLVING, Korea Cultural Center, Washington, D.C 2017 Dynamic Dimensions, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science, Closter, NJ 2016 Syncretized, Space 776, Brooklyn, NY 2015 Four person Group Exhibition, Common Interests, Nabi Museum of the Arts, Teaneck, NJ 2015 Four person Group Exhibition, Replenished, Hutchins Gallery, Brookville, NY 2015 Group exhibition, Youth Art Award & Invitational Art Exhibition, Jersey City City Hall, NJ 2014 Passion 15, Riverside Gallery, Hackensack, NJ 2014 Nature within us, Power House Arena, Brooklyn, NY 2014 Three person exhibition, Emerging Scape, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY 2013 The First Sextet, Riverside Gallery, Hackensack, NJ Artist Talks 2018 Invited artist, The Sewing Man, Monmouth Museum, NJ 2018 Invited artist, Fashioning Memory, Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 2018 Invited artist, The Sewing Man, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ(Workshop) 2018 Invited artist, The Sewing Man, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY 2018 Invited artist, The Sewing Man, Penn State Abington Art Gallery @ Penn State Abington University, PA 2017 Invited artist, Art All Night Made in D.C, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, D.C Awards 2019 Excellence in Fibers V / Fiber Art Now / the Category Award Winner in the Wearables Category 2019 Combined Talents, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL / 1st Place 2019 Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK / 1st Prize 2019 National Juried Exhibit, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD / 1st Place 2019 Permanence and Change, Kreft Juried Exhibition, Concordia University Ann Arbor, MI / Best of Show 2019 ViewPoints 2019, Studio Montclair Gallery, NJ / 2nd Place 2019 Internal/External National Juried Art Show, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, MO / 3rd Place 2019 Valdosta National 2019, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA / 4th Place 2019 Art on Paper 2019, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD / Honorable Mention 2018 215|610 CONTEMPORARY Juried Exhibition, Delaware County Community College, DE / Juror's Choice 2018 In Black and White: Art Meets Writing, Springfield Art Association(SAA), Springfield, IL / 1st Prize 2018 24th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA / 2nd Prize 2018 Time Machines, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery @ Worcester State University, MA / 3rd Prize 2018 38th Annual Juried competition, A Sense of Place 2018, The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, GA / Juror’s Award 2017-2018 Selected participant in NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Newark Publish 2019 Excellence in Fibers V / Fiber Art Now / Winter 2019/2020 issue 2018 Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review 2018 2018 Emerging Artist Showcase / Fiber Art Now |
Career Experience
USA
Fashion Design Director at New World Creation of New York, INC (Current)
Fashion Design Director at Wicked Fashion, INC
CHINA
Fashion Design Director at Qingdao Gold Dragon Trade CO., LTD
MEXICO
Fashion Design Director at Groupo Rhinox
Fashion Design Director at IFCO
KOREA
Fashion Product Developer at YUPOONG.INC
Fashion Design Director at New World Creation of New York, INC (Current)
Fashion Design Director at Wicked Fashion, INC
CHINA
Fashion Design Director at Qingdao Gold Dragon Trade CO., LTD
MEXICO
Fashion Design Director at Groupo Rhinox
Fashion Design Director at IFCO
KOREA
Fashion Product Developer at YUPOONG.INC