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SUITMAN HELLO

MY NAME IS

Suitman aka Young Kim Suitman - Artist (www.suitman.org) Suitman aka Young Kim is a Korean born hype artist from New York. His art project character, Suitman is a living art, inspired by his existence in different territories and the identity issue caused by the surrounding. The story rolled out … ‘ Two decades ago, I began to use snapshot photography as a means of documenting my travels. At the time, my first unofficial Suitman session, I was in this process of relocating for my work. My belongings packed - in transit across the continent left me the freedom and alienation of being momentarily rootless and access to only one black suit. At that time, my motivation for choosing a suit as my uniform to carry me through this period of disconnection was unclear then. Several thousand photos later suit as resistance from alienation solidified. Until the age of ten, Seoul was my home; my only cultural reference. As my adolescence and early adulthood was spent in the U.S., my identity became Asian-American. Two cultures in one skin, neither fitting. I considered myself to be American - as did any blind person I encountered. But sighted people could not accept me as culturally American. My next job-induced relocation took me back to Asia. As an Asian in Japan, I expected my face to ease my acceptance into the modern physical society. However, I found my alienation on a par with that which I experienced in America, only in the reverse. My face fit, my persona did not. Suitman is the manifestation, in a physical, plastic form, of this life long alienation. The circle, which my return to Asia closed, eliminated the possibility of fitting in anywhere, and left Suitman the freedom to therefore create his own world everywhere.’ Young Kim

BACKGROUND

WANAKA

CHRISTCHURCH

UDAIPUR

MONGOLIA

TAJ MAHAL

ATHENS

ADDIS ABEBA

BAHARIYA

BOULDER

NEUBEUERN

WHISTLER

MACHU PICCHU

ALTADENA

PROJECTS & EVENTS

AGNES b.- WHAT ABOUT NEW YORK? Suitman was chosen as one of the artist to represent New York art scene in Paris. This was the beginning of Agnes and Suitman’s collaborations and exhibits around the globe in her galleries in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Los Angeles, and New York.

AGNES B.- What about New York?

SUITMAN SOUND SYSTEM

Mobile Sound System built by Suitman.

SUITMAN SOUND SYSTEM

WORLD IN SUITCASE

WORLD IN SUITCASE

Portable Sound System built by Suitman.

WORLD IN SUITCASE

THE NEW GRAND TOUR EXHIBITION


Exhibition at 789 Art Village, Beijing

AGNES B. ASIA TOUR

Suitman was invited by Agnes to Paris for her 30th anniversary Music concert at Olympia theatre to make installations and exhibit for the main event.

AGNES B. @ OLYMPIA THEATRE IN PARIS

SUITMAN PORTRAIT SESSIONS

I have been carrying out the ‘Suitman portrait session’ for the last eight years, and collected hundreds of portraits from all walks of life. I call this particular collection of my work ‘They all look the same to me…’ - the stereotype of Asian appearance, which I heard all the times when I was growing up in the states - the outfit unified the faces, and when the superficial was striped-off, we got to see who we really are.”

SUITMAN PORTRAIT SESSIONS

POW WOW HAWAII

Pow Wow is an annual creative gathering and street art festival in Honolulu, Hawaii. Suitman was invited to participate in Pow Wow2010, 2011, and 2012. In 2012, the event included a five-days long live street painting by artists and a creative seminar in the University of Hawaii Manoa Art Department.

POW WOW HAWAII

K11 Art Mall/New World Development Hong Kong Suitman’s 16 feet inflatable installation anchored at K11 G/F piazza

K11: BRANDING ART EXHIBITION & PROMOTION FOR HKART12

YOHJI YAMAMOTO

PRINTS

SHOW POSTERS

CNN International News

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Spiegel Online International News

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BigReport Issue No. 94 International Art, Design & Lifestyle Magazine

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Eloquence Issue No. 3 International / Art, Design & Lifestyle Magazine

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South China Morning Post Sunday Magazine Issue Hong Kong / Weekly Newspaper Magazine

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New Order Issue No. 3 page 1 International / Art, Design & Lifestyle Magazine

A R T

YOUNG KIM /WRITERJames&Oliver

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What$was$your$childhood$like,$how$do$you$think$it$affected$you$in$a$way$that$you$do$what$you$do$now?Growing-up-in-Seoul,-Korea,-my-only-cultural-reference-and-identity-was-as-an-Asian.-But-when-I-went-to-the-US-at-the-age-of-ten-then,-one,-my-identity-had-altered-from-just-Asian-to-a-hyphenated-AsianMAmerican.-Two,-cultures-residing-in-one-skin-were-� �� American,-as-would-any-blind-person-I-might-encounter.-But-people-who-could-see-me-could-not-accept-me-as-American,-because-of-the-way-I-look.-Later-as-an-adult-my-job-required-me-to-move-back-to-Asia.-So-

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For further enquiry, please contact Julia Kwan via Los Angeles 4643 Los Feliz Blvd. Unit 408 Los Angeles, CA.90027 213 800 2025 Mobile: 646 318 6169 [email protected] Hong Kong 70 Wing tai road Chai Wan Industrial City Phase 2 Suite 2107 Chai Wan, Hong Kong 852 6799 5289 852 6128 1008 email: [email protected] Our web site: www.suitman.org Face Book page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Suitman-aka-Young-Kim/51438343847?ref=hl

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