Terence Koh
{{Short description|Canadian artist (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Terence Koh
| image = Terence koh artist china canadian photo by christopher peterson.jpg
| caption = Koh in 2007
| birth_name = Terence Koh
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1977}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=94587&searchid=24349 |title='Untitled (A New World Order Lies in this Golden Age)', Terence Koh |publisher=Tate |access-date=13 December 2012}}
| birth_place = Beijing, China
| nationality = Canadian
| field = Sculptor, performance and installation artist
| training = Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver and The University of Waterloo, Ontario
| movement = New Gothic Art
| works =
| patrons =
| influenced by =
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| awards = 2008 Sobey Art Award Short List
}}
Terence Koh (born 1977 in Beijing, China ) is a Canadian artist who has also worked under the alias "asianpunkboy".{{cite web|last=Cochrane |first=Lauren |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/artblog/2007/jul/17/terencekohsallwhiteonthe |title=Terence Koh's all white on the night | Art and design | guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date=17 July 2007 |access-date=13 December 2012}} The artist's work spans a range of media, including drawing, sculpture, video, performance, and the internet. Originally working under the alias asianpunkboy, Koh designed zines and custom-made books. His recent work has expanded to include durational performances,{{cite news|last1=MacQueen|first1=Kathleen|title=Shifting Connections: Terence Koh|url=http://bombmagazine.org/article/4959/|access-date=7 October 2016|agency=Bomb Magazine|date=15 March 2011}} complex installations, and the exploration of natural ecosystems.{{cite news|title=An Art World Provocateur Returns to New York With an Unexpected Subject: Bees| newspaper=The New York Times | date=25 May 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/t-magazine/art/terence-koh-bee-chapel.html?_r=0|agency=New York Times| last1=McGarry | first1=Kevin }} Much of his diverse work involves queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities. In 2008, he was listed in Out magazine's "Out 100 People of the Year".{{cite web|url=http://out.com/out100/ |title=Out magazine: OUT 100 People of the Year |publisher=Out.com |access-date=13 December 2012}}
Early life and education
Koh was raised in Mississauga, Ontario, and now lives in Northern California. He is a Chinese-Canadian artist who received degrees from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver and The University of Waterloo, Ontario.
Career
Koh's work was included in the Whitney Biennial (2004), and the Yokohama Triennial (2008).{{cite web|title=Yokohama Triennale 2008|url=http://yokohamatriennale.jp/2008/en/artist/|website=Yokohama Triennale|access-date=7 October 2016}} In 2008, he was a finalist for the Sobey Award.{{cite web|title=National Gallery of Canada|url=http://www.gallery.ca/sobey/en/30.htm|website=National Gallery of Canada|access-date=7 October 2016}} His work was the subject of solo exhibitions at MUSAC, León, Spain (2008);{{cite web|title=MUSAC|url=http://musac.es/#exposiciones/expo/?id=328&from=buscador*terence_._koh|website=Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon|access-date=7 October 2016}} Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (2008);{{cite web|title=Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt|url=http://www.schirn.de/en/exhibitions/2008/terence_koh/|website=SCHIRN|date=28 May 2008|access-date=7 October 2016}} the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2007);{{cite web|title=Whitney Museum of American Art: Terence Koh|url=http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/TerenceKoh|website=Whitney Museum of American Art|access-date=7 October 2016}} Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland (2006);{{cite web|title=Kunsthalle Zurich: Terence Koh|url=http://kunsthallezurich.ch/de/terence-koh|website=Kunsthalle Zurich|access-date=7 October 2016}} and the Vienna Secession, Austria (2005).{{cite web|title=secession: Terence Koh|url=https://www.secession.at/en/exhibition/terence-koh-2/|website=secession|access-date=7 October 2016}} His work is in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York;{{cite web|title=MoMA: Terence Koh|url=http://www.moma.org/artists/28684?locale=en|website=MoMA|access-date=7 October 2016}} the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;{{cite web|title=Whitney Museum Collection: Terence Koh|url=http://collection.whitney.org/object/30558|website=Whitney Museum of American Art|access-date=7 October 2016}} and the Tate Modern, London, UK.{{cite web|title=Tate Modern Collection: Terence Koh|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/koh-untitled-a-new-world-order-lies-in-this-golden-age-l02762|website=Tate Modern|access-date=7 October 2016}}
Koh's work has been associated with New Gothic Art.Gavin, Francesca. Hell Bound: New Gothic Art. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2008. In nothingtoodoo, his first solo show at the Mary Boone Gallery, Koh, "dressed in white pajamalike clothes, slowly circl[es] a beautiful cone-shaped pile of rocky solar salt — 8 feet high and 24 feet across — on his knees." So Roberta Smith described the work in an appreciative March 2011, review. "This is performance art reduced to a bare and relentless rite in a space that has been stripped down to a kind of temple. (Its regal proportions help.) ... Maybe the work is an extended apology for past bad-boy behavior."Smith, Roberta[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/arts/design/terence-koh-nothingtoodoo-at-mary-boone-review.html?src=dayp "Crawling for Peace in a Not-Quite Salt Mine"], The New York Times, 11 March 2011, p. C21, NY ed. Retrieved 11 March 2011. In 2008 he created the Terence Koh Show on YouTube, in which visitors to his home are either interviewed by Koh, or interview Koh themselves. Each show is usually not more than a few minutes in length. Some episodes are more abstract, such as when he plays the video forward but edits the sound to play backwards. Notable guests have included Marina Abramović, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and most recently, Lady Gaga. In the clip with Lady Gaga titled "88 pearls",{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx_H6wmGfeE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Hx_H6wmGfeE |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Terence Koh Show – 88 Pearls |publisher=YouTube |date=18 February 2010 |access-date=13 December 2012}}{{cbignore}} Koh counts a bowl of pearls with Lady Gaga, who is wearing a costume inspired by Koh's sculpture from his project Boy By The Sea.{{cite web|url=http://www.boybythesea.com/ |title=www.boybythesea.com |publisher=www.boybythesea.com |date=27 January 2012 |access-date=13 December 2012}} Koh's affiliation with the pop star began at the 2010 Grammys, where Lady Gaga performed on a piano designed by Koh specifically for the occasion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni1516336/|title=Lady GaGa 'given Grammy piano as gift'|website=IMDb}} In the tradition of Piero Manzoni, Koh has gold-plated and sold his own feces for a total of $500,000.00 to collectors.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/18/financial-crisis-changing_n_144789.html "Financial Crisis Changing Art Gallerist's Approach To Buying, Selling Gold-Plated Excrement"], Huffington Post, 11-18-08 10:58 PM updated 12-19-08 05:12 AM. Substantially quoted from: Morgan, Spencer, [http://www.observer.com/2008/o2/gallery-matador "The Galley Matador"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712044713/http://www.observer.com/2008/o2/gallery-matador |date=12 July 2010 }}, The New York Observer, 18 November 2008 3:06 p.m. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
References
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External links
- [http://moranbondaroff.com/artists/terence-koh/ Moran Bondaroff: Terence Koh]
- [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/terence_koh.htm Saatchi Gallery: Terence Koh]
- [http://www.kohbirdy.com Koh Birdy] – Terence Koh Project
- [http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/26275/ New York magazine article (01/2007)]
- [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-et-galleries23-2008may23,0,5624771.story LA Times article (05/2008)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080904233321/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3137653.ece Times article (01/2008)]
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Category:Canadian people of Chinese descent
Category:Canadian video artists
Category:Canadian contemporary artists
Category:21st-century Canadian sculptors
Category:Canadian male sculptors
Category:21st-century Canadian male artists
Category:Emily Carr University of Art and Design alumni