Terence Koh
Terence Koh (asianpunkboy) | |
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| Born | Terence Koh |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver |
| Known for | Sculpture, photograph, performance |
| Movement | New Gothic Art |
| Awards | 2008 Sobey Art Award Short List |
Terence Koh is a Canadian artist.
Biography
Koh was raised in Mississauga, Ontario, and lives in New York City. He is a Chinese-Canadian artist who received his Bachelor degree from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver. Koh has also worked under the alias "asianpunkboy", though it appears that name has been retired.[1]
Terence Koh was shortlisted for the SOBEY awards in 2008.[2] He has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. Koh's work been the subject of several major solo exhibitions including Love for Eternity, a mid-career retrospective at MUSAC (Leon, Spain); Captain Buddha, Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt, Germany); Dirty Blind God, de Pury & Luxembourg, (Zurich, Switzerland); Terence Koh Whitney Museum of American Art, (New York).[3]
His work has been associated with New Gothic Art.[4]
In 2008, he was listed in Out magazine's "Out 100 People of the Year".[5]
Artwork
Terence Koh creates handmade books and zines, prints, photographs, sculptures, performances, and installations. Much of his diverse work involves queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities.
He has gold-plated and sold his own feces for $500,000.00 to collectors.[5]
Koh is represented by Javier Peres of Peres Projects Gallery in Los Angeles and Berlin [6] and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Salzburg and Paris[7].
External links
- Terence Koh's website
- Peres Projects: Terence Koh
- Deitch Projects: Terence Koh
- Saatchi Gallery: Terence Koh
- Koh Birdy - Terence Koh Project
- Work in the Tate gallery
- LA Times article (05/2008)
- Times article (01/2008)
- New York magazine article (01/2007)
References
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/artblog/2007/jul/17/terencekohsallwhiteonthe
- ^ Art Gallery of Ontario website. http://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/en/home/visitorservices/sobeyartaward/2008long/default.aspx
- ^ Artist CV. http://www.peresprojects.com/artist-bio/terence-koh/
- ^ Gavin, Francesca. Hell Bound: New Gothic Art. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2008.
- ^ a b Out magazine: OUT 100 People of the Year
- ^ http://www.peresprojects.com/artist-bio/terence-koh/
- ^ http://www.ropac.net/artists/terence-koh/