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 ten years and sewn together by hand. Inspired by Jogakbo, the traditional Korean craft of patching together scraps of fabric, his work is a kind of self portrait that comments on American capitalism, wealth, desire, and cultural values. Kim has exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and in Korea, and was featured in solo exhibitions at the Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, NJ (2018); and Wakeley Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL (2019). In addition, his work will be the subject of a solo exhibition at the University of Maine at Farmington in September 2019. Born and raised in South Korea, Kim received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Fashion Design and has worked for nearly twenty years as a fashion designer in Korea, China, Mexico, and the United States. He currently lives in Ft. Lee, NJ.

​Education

2001  Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea

​Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2019     American Dream, University of Maine at Farmington, ME(upcoming)
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
2019  Art on Paper 2019, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD(upcoming)
2019  Cape Cod Museum of Art, ‘We The People’,  Dennis, MA(upcoming)                                                                      
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  Woman Made's Exhibition, "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, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC
2018  Parsing Sign and Image – National Exhibition @ VETS Gallery, Art League Rhode Island, RI
​2018  38th Annual Juried competition, A Sense of Place 2018 @ The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, GA
2018  The 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  The Surface Design Association's 2018 Member Exhibition, Art of Labor, 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(upcoming)
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,  The 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  Group exhibition, Passion 15, Riverside Gallery, Hackensack, NJ 
2014  Group Exhibition, Nature within us, Power House Arena, Brooklyn, NY
​2014  Three person exhibition, Emerging Scape, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
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2013  Group exhibition, The First Sextet, Riverside Gallery, Hackensack, NJ

Artist Talks
2018  Invited artist, The Sewing Man, Monmouth Museum, NJ
2018  Invited artist, Fashion Memory, Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 
2018  Invited artist, The Sewing Man, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
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  Valdosta National 2019, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA / 4th Place
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
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