Yikwon Peter Kim: Inevitable Progression III

A former pupil of Bob Nunn’s at North Lake College in the late ’80s, Yikwon Kim is an artist of international renown. Kim has been invited to participate in a number of high-profile projects including a group art exhibition of “New York 8” in Shanghai, China (2015) and “STOP, UNRAVEL, ABSORB” in New York City (2016).

In 1995, Kim created “Art is Me, Art is You” an ongoing performing art series that he’s staged in many cities over the years. Performances include a 2010 performance inspired by 1992’s LA riots, performed in conjunction with the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea’s 30th Anniversary Celebration.

In 2014, Kim was invited to produce a public art performance project as a curator and executive producer of the Dumbo Art Festival in Brooklyn, New York. There he coordinated a moving performance art piece as part of the  “Art is Me, Art is You” initiative in which artists walked over the Brooklyn Bridge into Lower Manhattan. That same year in Irving, an “Art is Me, Art is You” walk was staged with both faculty and students from North Lake College in 2014.  Previous “Art is Me, Art is You” street art walks were also staged in New York, Philadelphia and in Yan Bian, China in 2006 at Kim’s direction.

Locally, Kim has produced and installed three new installation art projects in the Mercedes Benz Finance Service Building in Fort Worth, and was invited as a guest speaker for North Lake College’s Arts and Literature Festival in Irving, where Kim’s installation of “Tiffany Blue & Black” was exhibited.

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