Born in China and raised in Ontario, Canada, Terence Koh started his career under the moniker "asianpunkboy," which has since been retired. Koh is best known for his monochromatic (black or white) multimedia installations that have a punk and queer sensibility, though he works in a multitude of media--from sculpture to photography to performance--and a variety of materials that has included cocaine and his own semen. As a testament to the speed with which Koh's career has risen, his first exhibition in New York was at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where Koh exhibited a blinding white spo … (read more)

Born in China and raised in Ontario, Canada, Terence Koh started his career under the moniker "asianpunkboy," which has since been retired. Koh is best known for his monochromatic (black or white) multimedia installations that have a punk and queer sensibility, though he works in a multitude of media--from sculpture to photography to performance--and a variety of materials that has included cocaine and his own semen. As a testament to the speed with which Koh's career has risen, his first exhibition in New York was at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where Koh exhibited a blinding white spotlight inside the museum's lobby.

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