Kimura byol-nathalie lemoine explained

kimura byol lemoine
Birth Name:kimura byol (real name) Mihee (Korean orphan name) & Nathalie Lemoine (adopted name)
Birth Place:Busan, South Korea
Nationality:Belgo-Canadian
Other Names:Nathalie Lemoine, Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine, Kimura Byol, star-kim, kim byul, Cho Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine
Occupation:Activist & artist & Archivist
Years Active:1988-present
Known For:Activism, feminism, art, Queer
Notable Works:Adoption
Website:http://starkimproject.com

kimura byol lemoine is a Korean-born, Belgium-raised activist, feminist and artist.

Biography

Although currently using the name "kimura byol lemoine," (since 2021) this artist has also published under the following names: Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine, Nathalie Lemoine, star-kim, Cho Mihee and kimura byol.

kimura*lemoine was born in 1968 in Busan, South Korea. Ze was adopted from South Korea to a Belgian childless couple then raised in Belgium.[1] [2] kimura-lemoine returned to South Korea for 13 years (1993 and 2006).[3]

kimura*lemoine uses the gender neutral pronouns 'ze' and 'zer'.[4] Ze said ze consider zerself to be "international" as opposed to any one cultural identity.

Activism

kimura-lemoine co-founded the first Korean adoptee association "Euro-Korean League" (EKL) in Brussels in 1991, then a Korean branch in Korea in 1994 which was the very first Korean adoptee association in Korea. Ze co-founded Global Overseas Adoptees' Link in 1998,[5] an organization which aims to help adoptees find their birth families and adjust to living in that country.Being queer, ze set-upped, in summer 2007, a facebook group "A.Q.A" for Asian, African, Aborigine/Autochtones Queer Adoptees. In 2016, ze creates Adoptee Cultural Archives (ACA) website to gather cultural works of inter-racial or/and international adoptees.[6] [7] In 2005, ze was called the "face of overseas adoption" in South Korea.[8]

Art

kimura*lemoine began creating art in 1988 with zer short Super 8mm film "Adoption" that won the First prize at the Brussels International Super 8mm & Video Film Festival in 1988. After moving to South Korea in 1993, ze pursued her artwork in painting and calligraphy. kimura-lemoine is a conceptual and multimedia artist who was initially influenced by German expressionism, but came to combine oriental elements. The art's themes touch on racial identity, gender, adoption and feelings of diaspora. The art work attempts to challenge perceptions of national, gender identity, confront fantasies about Asians in the west, and also Korean constraints. Lemoine's preferred mediums are calligraphy, painting, manipulated images, poetry, video and photography.

Zer art work was first exhibited in the "Orientity" exhibit at the Hong Kong Fringe Club in Kyoto, Japan in 2005. In 2017, they directed the documentary "lesbian ARTivism" which features lesbian artists from different parts of the world.[9]

kimura*lemoine directed "#6261" (with NFB, documentary, 2016) and "Adoption 30 years after" (documentary, 2020) and had a 'retrospective' show at Dazibao Gallery (2020) and an art residency and exhibit at PHI Foundation (2021)Zer videos are distributed by 'Groupe Intervention Video' (Montreal) and 'Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir' (Paris)

Awards

kimura*lemoine has earned the following awards:[10]

Selected solo exhibitions

The artist's selected solo exhibitions include:

Selected group exhibitions

Selected articles

Following is a short list of selected news paper and magazine articles about kimura*lemoine:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Cross-cultural Seoul searching to find a place to call home. South China Morning Post. 2018-03-17. en.
  2. News: The Korean art of Oriental identity. South China Morning Post. 2018-03-17. en.
  3. News: Unearthing the roots of adoption. The Globe and Mail. 2018-03-26.
  4. Web site: star~kim project (kimura byol lemoine). star~kim project (kimura byol-nathalie lemoine). en-US. 2018-03-17.
  5. Kim. Eleana. 2007-06-29. Our Adoptee, Our Alien: Transnational Adoptees as Specters of Foreignness and Family in South Korea. Anthropological Quarterly. en. 80. 2. 497–531. 10.1353/anq.2007.0027. 55790580 . 1534-1518. Lemoine and11 other adoptees founded Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link, or G.O.A’L, in 1998, which they envisioned as a "home base" for adoptees. G.O.A’L’s mission was to provide a "home away from home," in order to "provide a connection for adoptees who have nothing, no family" in Korea (pg 505).
  6. News: Foreign Adoptees Get Organized, Set Up Groups to Help Themselves. 2011-12-13. Korea Times (Archive 1996). 2018-03-26. en-US.
  7. Web site: Adoptee support group celebrates decade of work. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2018-03-26.
  8. News: Homeland Divide. 2005-05-01. Hyphen Magazine. 2018-03-26. en.
  9. News: Feminism, lesbianism, artistry, and activism The McGill Tribune. Vogel. Kevin. 2017-11-07. The McGill Tribune. 2018-03-26. en-US.
  10. News: c.v.. 2014-11-12. star~kim project (kimura byol lemoine). 2018-03-23. en-US.

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