kimura byol-nathalie lemoine

kimura byol-nathalie lemoine
Born Mihee (Korean name) & Nathalie Lemoine (adopted name)
1968 (age 49–50)
Busan, South Korea
Nationality Korean-Belgium
Other names Nathalie Lemoine, Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine, Kimura Byol, star-kim, kim byul, Cho Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine
Occupation Activist & artist
Years active 1993-present
Known for Activism, feminism, art

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

Biography

Although currently using the name "kimura byol-nathalie lemoine," this artist has also published under the following names: Nathalie Lemoine, Kimura Byol, star-kim, Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine, kim byul and Cho Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine.

Lemoine was born 1968 in Busan, South Korea. They were adopted at three years old from Korea and placed with a Belgium couple then raised in Belgium.[1][2] They found their birth mother in 1991, when they were 23, but their mother did not keep touch with them.[2] However, Lemoine developed a relationship with their biological grandmother and returned to South Korea two years later, and stayed for the next 13 years, between 1993 and 2006.[3]

Lemoine uses the gender neutral pronouns 'ze' and 'zer'.[4] They said they consider themself to be "international" as opposed to any one cultural identity.[2]

Activism

They helped found 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.[3][6][7] In 2005, they were called the "face of overseas adoption" in South Korea.[8]

Art

Lemoine began creating art after moving to South Korea in 1993.[2] Lemoine is a conceptual and multimedia artist who was initially influenced by German expressionism, but came to combine oriental elements.[2] The art's themes touch on racial identity, adoption and feelings of diaspora.[2] The art work attempts to challenge perceptions of national 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.

Their art work was first exhibited in the "Orientity" exhibit at the Hong Kong Fringe Club in Kyoto, Japan in 2005.[1][2] In 2017, they created the documentary ARTivism which features lesbian artists from different parts of the world.[9]

Awards

lemoine has earned the following awards:[10]

  • Prix Regard sur Montréal, Conseil des Arts de Montréal, Office National du Film, SODEC (Montreal, 2017)
  • PowerHouse Prize, La Centrale (Montreal, 2016)
  • 2nd Prize, CineAsie, Montreal Arts Interculturels (Montreal, 2015)
  • 1st Prize, Ciné Asie de la Vidéo, Asian Short video Contest for "Disadoption" (Montreal, 2008)
  • 1st prize, Scenario Competition, Seoul International Documentary Film Festival for "To Korea, Mother Nation" (Seoul, 1996)
  • 3rd & Humor Prize, International Short Film Competition for "Ohida San" (Brussels, 1989)
  • Grand Prix, International Super 8 and Video Film Festival for "Adoption" (Brussels, 1988)

Selected solo exhibitions

The artist's selected solo exhibitions include:[10]

  • Espace Zinéma, "Lausanne Kimchifié" (Lausanne, 2006)
  • Galerie Artinus, "Oui Mais Non" (Seoul, 2003)
  • Galerie Kwanghwamun, "Rainbow Korea" (Seoul, 2002)
  • Centre Culturel Français, "Between TWO" (Seoul, 1998)
  • Galerie Munhwa Ilbo, "Ugly Beauty", (Seoul, 1997)

Selected articles

Following is a short list of selected news paper and magazine articles about lemoine:[4]

  • Vogel, Kevin. "Feminism, lesbianism, artistry, and activism", McGill Tribune, Montreal, 7 November 2017
  • Jones, Maggie. "Why a Generation of Adoptees is Returning‘, New York Times Magazine, 18 January 2015
  • O'brien, Bridget. "Farewell Foreign Femme", The Korea Times, 14–15 January 2006
  • Hua, Vanessa. "Korean-born in U.S. return to a home they never knew. Many locate lost families, others work to change international adoption policy", San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Septembre 2005
  • Woyke, Elizabeth. "Homeland divided", Hyphen, Issue 6, Summer 2005

References

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