Shida KUO was born in Taiwan; he received his master in sculpture from New York University in 1992 and continues to work in New York. KUO is in search of forms that have a basic, pre-linguistic relationship to our bodies, forms that are “repressed by our consciousness but are persistent in our veins”.
The choice of material is integral to the concept of KUO’s art. He intentionally uses clay and wood to maintain a deeply felt affinity with that which makes us human. KUO insists that each work is individual and refuses to create within the constraints of series; he also refuses to enforce a title onto his work. The best way to appreciate his art, according to the artist himself, is to “live with it for some time”.
The paintings KUO exhibited along the sculptures are to be viewed as an extension of the ceramic works and a continuous exploration of interior spaces. KUO treats his paintings as “flat sculptures”, a term which accent its three-dimensional feature. KUO blends fiber, mica powder, and sand into acrylic paint to explore new creative possibilities, he also uses oil pastels for fine processing on his “flat sculptures”.
KUO’s simplified earthenware forms, richly tactile, talismanic, dense and hermetic, seem to allude to ancient knowledge, to wordless secrets that may be revealed through contemplative touching of the object. “By combining the organic quality of nature with the psychological ambiguities of the inner self, I seek to create my own vocabulary of forms which convey a spiritual perspective. ”
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Artist Web Site http://Shidakuo.com |
Demo Video Shida Kuo's story/ sculptor |
Exhibition History at Gallery 456 | |
2019 | SHIDA KUO |
2015 | CAAC 40 Anniversary Show |
1993 | Prelude to Collected Memories |
Works & History | |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 SOKYO Gallery, Kyoto, Japan 2016 Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2014 SOKYO Gallery, Kyoto, Japan 2010 Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2009 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2006 Gallery Space at Wagner, NY Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2004 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Fine Metal concept, New York, NY 2000 80 Washington East Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 1998 Gallery Mic Art, Lille, France 1993 Gallery 456, New York, NY 1992 80 Washington East Gallery, New York, NY | |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Eslite Gallery, Taipei Taiwan 2017 Essential Earth, Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania, USA 2016 "NY, NY: Clay" , Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY 2015 Galley 456, New York City, USA "Head Space", NYU Art Department, New York "Green Room", NYU Art Department, New York Art Faculty Show, Pless Hall, NYU, New York 2014 IAC members exhibition, Dublin, Ireland. TAAC Partnership exhibition, Queens Museum, New York 2013 Star Gallery, Beijing, China Halcyon Gallery, Shanghai, China "Material Spin", NYU Art Department, New York 2012 IAC members exhibition, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico Arts Faculty Show, Pless Hall, New York University, NYC 2011 Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2010 “Margin” The Common, Barney Building, NYU 2009 Nancy Margolis Gallery. New York, NY 2008 Nancy Margolis Gallery. New York, NY 2007 SOFA New York, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY Arts Faculty Show, New York University, NY 2006 Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, Oregon Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan National Museum of History, Taiwan 2005 The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Invitational, Korea Weisspollack Gallery, New York, NY SOFA New York, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY Hammond Museum, New York Fondazione Sant’Antonio, Noli, Italy 2004 “Fifth Binnale D’ Arte Contemporanea Paraxo”, Andora, Italy Milieu, New York, NY “Fogli Parlanti”, Alessio, Italy Jericho Plaza, New York 2003 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY SOFA New York, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY 2002 SOFA Chicago, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Gallery of Amerasia Bank, New York Taipei Gallery, New York City 2000 Everson Museum of Art, New York Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York Gallery of Amerasia Bank, New York Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Shiwan Treasure Pottery Museum, GuangDong, China 1999 “Ceramic Arts Millennium Invitational Exhibition” Beijing, China Kuo-Mu-Sheng Foundation Art Center, Taiwan An Outdoor Ceramic Sculpture Making and Exhibition, Shiwan, Chida. 1998 Galerie Pierre, Tai-Chung, Taiwan “International Ceramic Exhibition”, Yixing Ceramics Museum, Yixing, China 1997 Queens Library Gallery, New York, NY 1996 Rogaland Kurstnersenter, Norway 80 Washington East Gallery, New York, NY New World Art Center, New York, NY 1995 Apex Art, New York, NY 1994 UP Gallery, Kao-Shung, Taiwan Cherng-Piin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Rosenbery Gallery, New York, NY 1993 Tour Exhibition, Virginia, Maryland, PA New Hampshire, New York, NY Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY Outdoor Sculpture, New York Downtown Hospital, NY Cherng-Piin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 1992 Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY 1991 Loeb Center, New York University, NY 1988 Yung-Han Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |