Location: South Korea (Republic of Korea)
Daniel Kyong_Visual Artist
www.danielkyong.com
https://www.facebook.com/danielkyongworks/
Born in Seoul, Korea, 1979
Studied at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
(1998-2002; B.F.A, 2004-2007; M.F.A)
Graduated from Joe Blasco Special Make up Effect Center, LA, USA, 2002-2004
Worked as a character designer at Samsung Everland.INC, 2004-2006
Taught at Chung-Ang University as part-time lecturer, Korea 2011-2012
EDUCATION
1998-2002; B.F.A, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
2004-2007; M.F.A, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
AWARD & RESIDENCY
2016 Altes Spital Solothurn_Guest Artist_Residency, Solothurn, Switzerland
2015 GEDOK Schleswig-Holstein e.V._Scholarship Artist, Hamburg, Germany
2014 CAN SERRAT A.I.R. BROCHURE_Residency, Barcelona, SPAIN
2012 ‘Art Interview_ 27th International Artist Competition’, First Place, Berlin, Germany.
2012 NordArt 2012, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2012 Byrdcliffe Art Colony_Residency, Woodstock, NY, USA
Woodstock, NY 2011 Santa Fe Art institute Residency, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2010 Art magazine Public Art_‘2010 PUBLIC ART NEW HERO’ selection of Artist, Korea
2008 "Xi An Arts Exhibition", Art Competition Sliver Prize, Xi An, China
Art and Literature Promotion Fund
2016 Art and Literature Promotion Fund for International ART Residency Program, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Korea
2015 The Support Fund of the Creative Art, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2014 Art and Literature Promotion Fund for International ART Residency Program, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Korea
2011 Art and Literature Promotion Fund for International ART Residency Program, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Korea
Collection
2016 Altes Spital Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
2016 Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 CAN SERRAT A.I.R. BROCHURE, Barcelona, Spain
2011 Santa Fe Art institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
EXHIBITION
Solo Exhibition
2016 GOD II, Altes Spital Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
GOD, Gallery 17717, Seoul, Korea
2015 DEEP DESIRE, KCYCLE_Speedom Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014 DEATH, Gallery DOS, Seoul, Korea
DEATH, 8th street Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Mission 2, JungArtGallery_Gallery Jung, Bucheon,Korea
2011 A Mission, santoriniseoul gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Lovely Being,Gallery Artrang, Seoul, Korea
2009 Giving Up and Holding, Art Projects MOONSTRUCK,Gallery ar the HYATT, Osaka, Japan
Giving Up and Holding, Space Hole and Corner, Seoul, Korea
2008 Promise, Gallery Velvet, Seoul, Korea
2007 New Baby Born, Moonshin Museum, Seoul, Korea
2006 The Heaven, Hakgojae, Seoul, Korea
Pink ribbon eel living in the pink church_ Polymer clay, epoxy, plastic toy jewelry_108*80*80cm (Installation of variable)_2016
It is a story of another fake god; it is the story of us, not someone else. It is reasonable that the theocracy was abolished in those remote times because the clergies were evil as the rest of us, not because it was wrong that the erudite clergies ruled the unenlightened laities. There may be two contradictory grounds even in democracy promoted on the basis of political equality. On one hand, there is a romantic idea that all people are so good-natured and wise that all of them are qualified to participate in the administration of the state. On the other hand, there is a thought that the depraved people are so evil that the absolute power should not be given to any of them. If human begins would not have been depraved, the absolute royal authority should have been the only legitimate form of ruling. Equality is the only defense against each other’s cruelty. Are certain people born evil? I believe people have mind to become good-hearted. However, we should acknowledge that we could not always be good-natured, and that we are evil. Our evilness is un undeniable fact if we start from a minor thought, such as, ‘I’m really mean,’ even though we had not killed people or destroyed a city by bringing on war. Isn’t it we that put ourselves in the center of the universe and became a god by our love to ourselves?
“Pink ribbon eel living in the pink church”
be lovely_
When I look at a fake god, ‘the eel that became a god because its mind was taken,’ I could not but contemplating myself again. Would there be any differences from them when I look inside of me? I felt like I was merely another eel swimming in the church. I am selfish and I know how to decorate myself to look lovely. Being such a self, the church should have been a more lovely space, and I hoped that I would have been considered lovelier as a ‘pink ribbon eel’ in the pinkish church. Pink ribbon eel, living in the church, colored the entire church pink as if the world exists only for oneself.
“Pink ribbon eel living in the pink church”
Pink ribbon eel living in the pink church_ Polymer clay, epoxy, plastic toy jewelry_108*80*80cm (Installation of variable)_2016
“Pink ribbon eel living in the pink church”
Pink ribbon eel living in the pink church_ Polymer clay, epoxy, plastic toy jewelry_108*80*80cm (Installation of variable)_2016
“Pink ribbon eel living in the pink church”
Pink ribbon eel living in the pink church_ Polymer clay, epoxy, plastic toy jewelry_108*80*80cm (Installation of variable)_2016
