kimura byol lemoine is a multi-disciplinary artist, activist and archivist. Busan, South Korea, and adopted in Belgium, kimura-lemoine returned to South Korea as an adult in 1993 where ze lived until 2006. A conceptual multimedia feminist artist whose work focuses on identities (diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, gender), kimura-lemoine expresses zer artistic vision through calligraphy, paintings, digital images, poems, videos and collaborations. Adoption is a re-occuring theme in kimura-lemoine’s extensive body of work.

kimura-lemoine’s work has been exhibited, screened, published and supported nationally and internationally. Ze is also cofounder of a long list of organizations including K.O.A (Korean Overseas Adoptee, 1996, Korea), GOAL (Global Ovesears Adoptees’ Link, 1998), and more recently A.Q.A (Asians/Autochtones/Afro-descendants Queer Adoptees, 2015), IbyangIN (2022), FKRG (2024).

kimura-lemoine is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the Prix Regard sur Montréal, Conseil des Arts de Montréal, Office National du Film, SODEC (Montreal, 2017) and the PowerHouse Prize, La Centrale (Montreal, 2016). Zer film « Adoption » won the Grand Prix, International Super 8 and Video Film Festival (Brussels, 1988).

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starkimproject.com
vimeo.cm/kimurabyol
@starkimproject
@kimurabyol

Artist Code: 1084.01