Kun Kyung Sok
Kun Kyong Sok​​
646-593-0409
1410 W 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11204
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Education
School of Visual Arts, MFA Fine Arts (Candidate), NY, USA, 2024
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School of Visual Arts, BFA Fine Arts, NY, USA, 2021
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School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, MA African Studies, London, U.K., 2010
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University of Oxford, Undergraduate Advanced Diploma, British Studies, Oxford, UK, 2008
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Bachelor of Political Science, Seoul, South Korea, 1995
Experience
Researcher, Institute for International Development Cooperation, Yeungnam University, Amhara, Ethiopia, “Researching of Government Policies for Rural Development in Ethiopia, 04/2015 - 05/2015
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Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Nairobi, Kenya, “Case Study on Tribal Conflict between Kikuyu and Luo Tribes in Nairobi, Kenya”, 04/2008 - 05/2008
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My Body in this Space, Flatiron Project Space, NY, USA, 2024
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Vision: Black and White, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2023
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Monochrome, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2023
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Gratification (online), Treat gallery, Artsy.net, USA, 2023
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The Drama of Light and Shadow, MVA Gallery (Modern Visual Arts), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, 2023
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Sympoietic Encounters: Making Within the Sixth Great Extinction , Gramercy Gallery, School of Visual Arts, NY, USA, 2023
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Ancestral Echoes: A Decade of Bio Art, Gramercy Gallery, School of Visual Arts,, NY, USA GROUP EXHIBITION, 2022
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“12”, Latchkey Gallery, NY, USA 2022 We - Our - Us, Riverside Gallery, NJ, USA, 2024
Awards
SVA MFA Fine Arts Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, NY, USA, 2023
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Rhodes Family Award from School of Visual Arts, NY, USA, 2021
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Calligraphy Award from Society of Scribes Award, NY, USA, 2021
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Institute for International Development Cooperation, Yeungnam University, Researcher, Coordinator for International Education & Training, Daegu, Korea, 09/2014 - 06/2015
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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER), Community Development Coordinator, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 01/2014 - 03/2014
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Volunteer as Community Development Coordinator, Wabane, Cameroon 04/2008 - 05/2008 Uhuru Women’s Community, Community Development Coordinator, Nairobi, Kenya, 01/2012 - 03/2014
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Gunam Girl’s high school, Social Science Teacher, Daegu, Korea, 1996
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Prize award as a token of appreciation for her support and help in establishing of the library from Francis Leku Azenaku, the Director of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
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Kun Kyung Sok is a multidisciplinary artist born in Seoul, Korea and currently working in New York. Growing up during a period of great economic development in Korea between the 1960s and 1980s, she studied political science and later moved to the UK, where she undertook MA in African Studies. She subsequently worked in several countries including Kenya and Cameroon as a community development consultant. She was very interested in achieving equal economic development so that everyone could live happily together without suffering.
However, when she reached her 50s, she believed that art is the only way to transcend the pain of reality, and that artists are those who constantly challenge themselves to transcend the pain rather than succumb to it. She then moved to NYC to attend the School of Visual Arts for both BFA (2018 - 2021) and MFA (2022 - present), in Fine Arts.