Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung () is a Chinese-American new media artist who lives and works in New York. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Arts degree from

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...

. Hung's works are digital collages of popular culture and current events. His media includes hi-definition video animation, video games, net.art, digital graphics and mixed-media installations. Hung has been called the "

John Heartfield John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld; 19 June 1891 – 26 April 1968) was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Heartfield a ...

of Digital Era". He loans 5 percent of his art earnings to low-income entrepreneurs listed on Kiva Microfunds.

Exhibitions

His work has been exhibited at the

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, New York;

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a multi-disciplinary Contemporary art, contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens, YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that cel ...

, San Francisco; Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California;

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted ...

, Park City, Utah; Postmasters Gallery, New York; Cartwright Hall, Bradford, United Kingdom;

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, Manchester, United Kingdom; Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland; Hebbel am Ufer theatre, Berlin, Germany and ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark.

Awards

Tribeca Film Institute The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) is a non-profit arts organization based in New York City, founded in 2001 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff following the September 11 attacks as a means to revitalize the arts community in lowe ...

Media Arts Fellowships *"VIPER International Award- Internet" in Switzerland *"Honorary Mention- Net Excellence" in the 2002 Prix Ars Electronica.

Works

*腦殘遊記 The Travelogue of Dr. Brain Damages (2011) *In G.O.D. We Trust (2009) *Gas Zappers (2008) *Residential Erection (2008) *Because Washington Is Hollywood For Ugly People (2007) *Global Presidential Election (2003) *60X1.CAM ULTIMATE INTERACTIVE WEBCAM SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR HOMELAND SECURITY (2003) *www.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.com (2001–present)

Commission Works

*In 2004 he is commissioned by architect

Rem Koolhaas Remment Lucas Koolhaas (; born 17 November 1944) is a Dutch architect, architectural theory, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Graduate School of ...

and

Office for Metropolitan Architecture The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is an international architectural firm with offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia. The firm is currently led by eight partners - Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen va ...

to design the cover of their book "Content". *He is hired to design and create illustrations for

electroclash Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave) is a Music genre, genre of popular music that fuses 1980s Electro (music), electro, New wave music, new wave and synth-pop with 1990s techno, re ...

artist Felix Da Housecat's album " Devin Dazzle & the Neon Fever". *He provides designs and illustration for hip-hop artist

The Coup The Coup is an American hip hop band from Oakland, California. Their music is an amalgamation of influences, including funk, punk, hip hop, and soul. Frontman Boots Riley's revolutionarily-charged lyrics rank The Coup as a renowned politica ...

's album " Pick A Bigger Weapon". *He designs and illustrates Italian ska artist Roy Paci & Arestuka's "SuonoGlobal" album. *He is hired by Lane Crawford to create large pop-up book sculptures for their 2009 "Popstatic" campaign.

Press

His work has been reviewed in the following publication among many others: *The New York Times * Art in America *The Village Voice *

Libération (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968 in France, May 1968. Initially positioned on the far left of Fr ...

Le Monde (; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ...

El País (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in ...

Der Spiegel (, , stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of about 724,000 copies in 2022, it is one of the largest such publications in Europe. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...

La Repubblica (; English: "the Republic") is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and l ...

*Art Asia Pacific *San Francisco Bay Guardian *The Miami Herald He is represented by Postmasters Gallery in New York, U.S.A. and Galerie Guy Bärtschi in Geneva, Switzerland.

External links

artist official home page

References

Additional References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hung, Kenneth Tin-Kin Living people American digital artists American collage artists Collage filmmakers Year of birth missing (living people)