presents
ART SLAM
Date: Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Participating Artists:
Hwa Hyun Kim, Kerry Ann Lee, Nung-Hsen Hu, and Xiaoqing Ding
For the past several years, the Asian American Arts Centre has held a series of slide/art slams, allowing emerging artists the opportunity to present and talk about their work, meet and network with each other as well as with more established artists and critics/curators. Last year, the Centre hosted three slide slams, showcasing the work of fifteen artists working in various media.
On Friday, July 3rd, Asian American Arts Centre will be hosting the annual ART SLAM, showcasing the work of emerging Asian-American & Asia influenced artists.
Participating Artists are:
HWA HYUN KIM
Hwa Hyun Kim graduated with a BFA in Korean Painting and a BA in Art History from Seoul National University in South Korea, and came to the U. S. as a Fulbright scholar to pursue her MFA degree in Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art. Her background in studio art, art history and the influence from manhwa—a form of graphic novel popular in Asia—are incorporated in her paintings, which address the issues on gender, sexuality and Orientalism.
KERRY ANN LEE
Kerry Ann Lee is a mix media artist, designer and educator based in Wellington, New Zealand and is
undertaking an Artists residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, with support from the
Fulbright New Zealand and the Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust. She has been active in self-publishing
fanzines for over 12 years, and has support this community of interest through her project the Red Letter
Zine distro, emerging zine festivals in Auckland and Wellington and helped develop the Wellington City
Library zine collection.
NUNG-HSIN HU
After completing her bachelor degree in Special Education from the National Hsinchu University of
Education she moved to New York to pursue her MFA in Fine Arts at Long Island University. She is a
sculptor, installation, and video artist, who has exhibited extensively in the U.S. and abroad. In 2008, the International Sculpture Center honored Nung-Hsin with the Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.
XIAOQING DING
Originally from China, Xiaoqing Ding's artwork is inspired by a fusion of her eight years of
traditional Asian Arts training in Beijing, and American culture. Xiaoqing graduated with a BA from
Central Acadamy of Arts and Design (Beijing) in 1995, then completed her MFA from Hoffberger School of
Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2001, A recipient of numerous awards including The
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant in 2001, she has participated in major exhibitions, including art Basel
2007 and 2008.she is repersenting by Jonathan LeVine Gallery right now.
In addition, few critics will be present to provide feedback:
Gregory Coates received his art education at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C., The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Kunst Akademie in Duesseldorf, Germany. Coates has taught at many institutions including The Cooper Union, Rhode Island School of Design, and the University of Rhode Island and the School of Visual Arts, in New York. Amongst his awards are the New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Painting, The Studio Museum in Harlem AIR, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, The Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship for Excellence in Art, and the Edward Mitchell Bannister Society's Artistic Achievement Award.
Robert Lee is the Executive Director & Curator of Asian American Arts Centre. He initiated the Arts Centre's visual arts programming in 1978 and the Archive for Asian American Artists in 1982 drawing attention to Asian American artists work as a field of special study. He initiated the first public Archive for Asian American Artists in the United States encompassing 1100 artists to date. He has been working in the Asian American community of New York City since 1970 during which he served as the regional coordinator for the National Pacific Asian Coalition. Robert was also a founding Board member (1983) of the Asian American Arts Alliance of New York City.
Other panels are to be announced.
Admission: FREE. EVERYONE IS INVITED!
The ART SLAM Series is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency and from The New York Department of Cultural Affairs. The Asian American Arts Centre was founded in 1974 in New York City as a not-for-profit organization to address the distinctive concerns of Asian Americans in the United States. Its mission is to promote the preservation and creative vitality of Asian American cultural growth through the arts, and its historical and aesthetic linkage to other communities. This event is organized by Adliana Bahrin, program manager at AAAC.
*Manhwa: General Korean term for comics and print cartoons.
