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  • Selected Solo
  • Selected Group

(b. 1980, Beijing, CN) Lives and works in New York City

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2017

  • sleeping in a beam of sunlight, Moran Bondaroff, Los Angeles, US

2016

  • terence koh: bee chapel, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, US

2014

  • toomoorow’s snow, McMichael Museum, Toronto, CA
  • sticks, stones and bones, Entree Gallery and Tag Team Studio, Bergen, NO

2012

  • Yes pleased, the Fireplace Project, East Hampton, US

2011

  • Secret Societies, Musée d’art Contemporain - CAPC, Bordeaux, FR
  • Wunder: Kunst, Religion und Wissenschaft vom 4. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, DE
  • Adansonias, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, AT
  • nothingtoodoo, Mary Boone Gallery, New York City, US

2009

  • Auta no Tama Raku, Domanus Gallery, Port-au-Prince, HT
  • Adansonias: A Tragic Opera in 8 acts, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, FR

2008

  • Flowers For Baudelaire, Vito Schnabel, New York City, US
  • The Whole Family, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
  • Love for Eternity, MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, León, ES
  • Captain Buddha curated by Dr. Martina Weinhart, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE
  • Dirty Blind God, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, CH

2007

  • God, de Pury and Luxembourg, Zurich, CH
  • Blame Canada, (with Bruce LaBruce), Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
  • Terence Koh, curated by Shamim Momin, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, US

2006

  • Terence Koh, curated by Beatrix Ruf, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, CH
  • Buddha Fly Earth, Asia Song Society, New York City, US
  • Sprungkopf, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
  • Terence Koh, Art Statements, Art 37, Peres Projects, Basel, CH
  • Future Cock, Asia Song Society, New York City, US

2005

  • Gone, Yet Still, Wien Secession, Vienna, AT
  • Mein Tod Mein Tod, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
  • The Voyage of Lady Midnight Snowdrops Through Double Star Death, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US

2004

  • Do Not Doubt the Dangerousness of My Butterfly Song, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
  • Koh & 50 Most Beautiful Boy, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US

2003

  • The Whole Family, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017 

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends, Moran Bondaroff, Los Angeles, US
  • Be My Valentine, Alternate Projects, Online, US

2015 

  • Energy and Process, Tate Modern, London, UK
  • Dead: A Celebration of Mortality, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 

2013 

  • Grasso, Grimonprez, Koh: three installations, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, US
  • Call for Ideas, MOMA PS1, Queens, US

2012

  • Wunder: Kunst, Religion und Wissenschaft, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, AT
  • Secret Societies, Musée d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux - CAPC, Bordeaux, FR (Touring exhibition)
  • Wunder: Kunst, Religion und Wissenschaft, Hamburg, DE

2011

  • Nothingness and being skinny curated Gerardo Contreras, Black Cubicle Toilet Gallery, Celeste House, Mexico City, MX
  • Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE
  • Meditation, Trance, curated by Marcio Harum and Pedro Mendes, Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, BR
  • Post 9-11, Oh Wow, Los Angeles, US
  • Gloria Hole, curated by Richard Munson, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, US
  • Don't Do It Etc, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger AG, Zurich, CH
  • BigMinis, CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain, Bordeaux, FR

2010

  • Roundtrip: Beijing – New York Now Selections from the Domus Collection, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, CN
  • Post Monument, XIV Carrara Biennale, IT
  • Art Unlimited, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Art Basel, CH
  • Roundabout, Traveling Exhibition, Hong Kong, CN
  • Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, curated by Jeff Koons, The New Museum, New York City, US
  • The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK

2009

  • Contemporary Artifices and Baroque Difformities, curated by Claudia Gioia, with the scientific direction of Danilo Eccher, ARCOS-Sannio Museum of Contemporary Art, Benevuto, IT
  • Compassion, curated by AA Bronson, The Institute of Art, Religion and Social Justice, New York City, US
  • Degeneration/Regeneration, Marina Abromovic Institute, San Francisco, US
  • Performa - visual performance art biennial, New York City, US
  • The Embassy, curated by Xerxes Cook and Alex Dellal, 33 Portland Place, London, UK
  • Artists' Art / Artists' Books, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, New York State, US
  • Objective Affection, curated by Faris Al-Shathir and Gregory Sparks, BOFFO, Brooklyn Heights, New York City, US
  • New York Minute, curated by Kathy Grayson, Macro Future Museum, Rome, IT
  • Elevator to the Gallows,-Galerie im Regierungsviertel / Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE
  • Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, X Initiative, New York City, US
  • Story without a Name, curated by Blair Taylor, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
  • Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
  • Expected Unexpected Mexico, Collection of Isabel and Agustín Coppel, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
  • A Tribute to Ron Warren, Mary Boone Gallery, New York City, US
  • DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  • Private, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, DE
  • The Collectors, curated by Elmgreen and Dragset, Danish and Nordic Pavilions, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, IT
  • ONEDREAMRUSH, Beijing Independent Film Forum, Beijing, CN;
  • Marina Abramovic Presents..., The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
  • Get a Rope, curated by Kathy Grayson, CTRL Gallery, Houston, US
  • IMAGINE, THERE: Three Contemporary Mythologies, A Space Gallery, Toronto, CA
  • The Porn Identity, curated by Florian Waldvogel, Kunsthalle Wien, DE
  • The Temptation to Exist: Douglas Gordon, Andy Warhol, On Kawara, Terence Koh, Yvon Lambert, London, UK
  • KKK, curated by Javier Peres, three person show with Terence Koh, Jeff Koons, and Mike Kelley, Mary Boone, New York City, US
  • FRAGILE, Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, DE

2008

  • Political Minimalism, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Kunst Werke, Berlin, DE
  • Materialized: New Video in the Third Dimension, curated by Kathy Grayson, Bergen Kunsthalle, NO
  • Meet Me Around the Corner, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO
  • Expenditure, Busan Biennale 2008, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, KR
  • 21: Contemporary Art, The Brooklyn Museum, New York City, US
  • The Boys of Summer, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, US
  • Shape of Things to Come, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
  • Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, JP
  • Eurasia. Geographic Cross-Overs in Art, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, IT
  • Expected Unexpected Mexico, Collection of Augustin and Isabel Coppel, curated by Monica Amor, Maison Rouge, Paris, FR
  • The Zabludowicz Collection: When We Build, Let Us Think That We Build Forever, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
  • New York States of Mind, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, US;
  • Gravity: Selected works from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, Museo Artium, Vitoria, ES
  • The Temptation to Exist, Yvon Lambert, London, UK

2007

  • Unholy Truths, Initial Access, Frank Cohen Collection, Manchester, UK
  • Effigies, Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London, UK
  • Fractured Figure, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens, GR
  • Beyond the Zero, Peres Projects, Athens, GR
  • Destroy Athens, First Athens Biennial, Athens, GR
  • Get Lost, Artists Map Downtown New York, New Museum, New York City, US
  • How Much Longer, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, CA
  • Out of Art, from the Collection of Ernesto Eposito, CentrePasquArt: Kunsthaus Centre d'Art, Biel Bienne, CH
  • Sweet Bird of Youth, curated by Hedi Slimane Arndt & Partner, Berlin, DE
  • Chi Peng's Journey to the West, White Space Beijing, China in association with Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin-Beijing, CN
  • New York – States of Mind, curated by Shaheen Merali, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
  • Terence Koh and AA Bronson, Two Person Exhibition, Galerie Fredric Giroux, Paris, FR
  • Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro Gallery. London, UK
  • Between 2 Deaths, curated by Ellen Blumenstein and Felix Ensslin, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, DE
  • Time Difference, Initial Access, Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton, UK
  • Body Politix, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL

2006

  • USA Today, in conjunction with the Saatchi Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
  • The Gold Standard, Curated by Bob Nickas, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, US
  • WAR on .45/MY MIRRORS Are PAINTED BLACK (for you), Bortolami Dayan, New York City, US
  • Let's go Kamping!!, Kamp K48 at John Connelly Presents, New York City, US
  • The Beat, Haswelldiger & Co. Gallery, New York City, US
  • Cosmic Wonder, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, US
  • Dark, curated by Rein Wolfs and Jan Grosfeld, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
  • A Lover's Discourse: Nobuyoshi Araki, Annette Kelm, Terence Koh, Sakiko Nomura, Heinz Peter Knes, Marcos Rosales, curated by Dean Sameshima, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US

2005

  • Blankness Is Not A Void, curated by Gardar Eide Einarsson, Standard, Oslo, NO
  • The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, US
  • No Ordinary Sanctity, curated by Shamim Momin, Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, Salzburg, AU
  • Log Cabin, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Artist Space, New York City, US

2004

  • Do a Book: Asian Artists Summer Project 2004, Plum Blossoms, New York City, US
  • Phiiliip: Divided by Lightning, Deitch Projects, New York City, US
  • The Temple of Golden Piss.;- Extra City, Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, BE
  • The Black Album, Maureen Paley Interim Art, London, UK (2004-2005)
  • Get Off! Exploring the Pleasure Principal, Museum of Sex, New York City, US
  • Harlem Postcards Fall 2004, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, US
  • Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, US

2003

  • DL: The Down Low in Contemporary Art, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, US
  • Today's Man, John Connelly Presents, New York City, US
  • Now Playing, D'Amelio Terras, New York City, US
  • Mixer 03, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, US
  • Game over, Grimm / Rosenfeld, Munich, DE
  • Today's Man, traveling show, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, JP
  • Attack – The Kult 48 Klubhouse, K48 & Deitch Projects, New York City, US

Terence KOH's work has been featured in numerous publications including Flash Art, Art Review, ArtForum, Frieze, The New York Times, The LA Times, artUS, I-D, o32c, PURPLE Fashion Mag, Metropolis El Mundo and many others.

Exhibitions

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Artist  Title  Date  Location 
Group ShowDean Sameshima, Paul Lee, Terence KohDean Sameshima, Paul Lee, Terence Koh ARCO Madrid, 2011 2011-02-1616/02/2011–
20/02/2011
Madrid, ESMadrid, ES
Mark Flood, Terence KohMark Flood, Terence Koh The Armory Show, 2010 2010-03-0404/03/2010–
07/03/2010
New York, USNew York, US
Group Showassume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Terence Koh, Agathe Snow, Mark TitchnerGroup Showassume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Terence Koh, Agathe Snow, Mark Titchner Lit 2009-11-1414/11/2009–
23/01/2010
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Group ShowDan Attoe, Antonio Ballester Moreno, Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Amie Dicke, Kaye Donachie, Mark Flood, John Kleckner, Terence Koh, Bruce LaBruce, Paul Lee, Dean Sameshima, Agathe Snow, Dash Snow, Mark TitchnerGroup ShowDan Attoe, Antonio Ballester Moreno, Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Amie Dicke, Kaye Donachie, Mark Flood, John Kleckner, Terence Koh, Bruce LaBruce, Paul Lee, Dean Sameshima, Agathe Snow, Dash Snow, Mark Titchner Minneapolis 2009-07-0202/07/2009–
31/07/2009
Peres Projects, Los AngelesPeres Projects, Los Angeles
Group ShowTerence Koh, Dash Snow, Carol Bove, Andrew LordGroup ShowTerence Koh, Dash Snow, Carol Bove, Andrew Lord Story Without a Name 2009-06-2020/06/2009–
15/08/2009
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Terence KohTerence Koh Boy by the Sea 2009-05-0101/05/2009–
13/06/2009
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Group ShowDean Sameshima, Terence Koh, assume vivid astro focusDean Sameshima, Terence Koh, assume vivid astro focus FIAC, 2008 2008-10-2222/10/2008–
26/10/2008
Paris, FRParis, FR
Terence KohTerence Koh The Whole Family 2008-05-1010/05/2008–
21/06/2008
Peres Projects, Los AngelesPeres Projects, Los Angeles
Group ShowDan Attoe, Larry Clark, Amie Dicke, Kaye Donachie, Terence Koh, Dean Sameshima, Avner Ben Gal, Jen De Nike, Lucio Fontana, Thomas Helbig, Steven Parrino, Robert Therrien, Andro WekuaGroup ShowDan Attoe, Larry Clark, Amie Dicke, Kaye Donachie, Terence Koh, Dean Sameshima, Avner Ben Gal, Jen De Nike, Lucio Fontana, Thomas Helbig, Steven Parrino, Robert Therrien, Andro Wekua Sgozzata 2008-03-0101/03/2008–
26/04/2008
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Group ShowBruce LaBruce, Dan Attoe, Dan Colen, Joe Bradley, Amie Dicke, Dorothy Iannone, John Kleckner, Terence Koh, Paul Lee, Kirstine Roepstorff, Kathryn Garcia, Matthias Herrmann, Tom of Finland, Nobuyoshi Araki, Colt Studios, Bob Mizer, Tamostu YatoGroup ShowBruce LaBruce, Dan Attoe, Dan Colen, Joe Bradley, Amie Dicke, Dorothy Iannone, John Kleckner, Terence Koh, Paul Lee, Kirstine Roepstorff, Kathryn Garcia, Matthias Herrmann, Tom of Finland, Nobuyoshi Araki, Colt Studios, Bob Mizer, Tamostu Yato Read My Lips 2008-01-2626/01/2008–
23/02/2008
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Terence KohTerence Koh Untitled 2008-01-2525/01/2008–
22/02/2008
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Terence KohTerence Koh Art Basel Miami Beach 2007 2007-12-0606/12/2007–
09/12/2007
Miami, USMiami, US
Bruce LaBruce, Terence KohBruce LaBruce, Terence Koh BLAME CANADA 2007-09-3030/09/2007–
10/10/2007
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Group Show Dash Snow, Dean Sameshima, David Adamo, Agathe Snow, Rita Ackermann, Andrew Rogers, Dan Colen, Nate Lowman, Terence Koh, Joe BradleyGroup Show Dash Snow, Dean Sameshima, David Adamo, Agathe Snow, Rita Ackermann, Andrew Rogers, Dan Colen, Nate Lowman, Terence Koh, Joe Bradley Beyond the Zero 2007-09-0808/09/2007–
13/10/2007
Peres Projects, AthensPeres Projects, Athens
Terence KohTerence Koh Art LA Contemporary 2007 2007-01-2525/01/2007–
28/01/2007
Los Angeles, USLos Angeles, US
Terence KohTerence Koh Sprungkopf 2006-08-1212/08/2006–
12/08/2006
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Terence KohTerence Koh Mein Tod Mein Tod 2005-09-2929/09/2005–
05/11/2005
Peres Projects, KreuzbergPeres Projects, Kreuzberg
Terence KohTerence Koh THE VOYAGE OF LADY MIDNIGHT SNOWDROPS THROUGH DOUBLE STAR DEATH 2005-03-2626/03/2005–
26/04/2005
Peres Projects, Los AngelesPeres Projects, Los Angeles
Group Showassume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Chris Ballantyne, Dan Colen, Amie Dicke, Kaye Donachie, Jim Drain, Matt Greene, Folkert de Jong, John Kleckner, Terence Koh, Andrew Mania, Dean Sameshima, Mark Titchnerassume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Chris Ballantyne, Dan Colen, Amie Dicke, Kaye Donachie, Jim Drain, Matt Greene, Folkert de Jong, John Kleckner, Terence Koh, Andrew Mania, Dean Sameshima, Mark Titchner Art Basel Miami Beach 2004 2004-12-0202/12/2004–
05/12/2004
Miami, USMiami, US
Terence KohTerence Koh KOH & 50 MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY 2004-07-1717/07/2004–
07/08/2004
Peres Projects, Los AngelesPeres Projects, Los Angeles
Terence KohTerence Koh Do not doubt the dangerousness of my butterfly song 2004-07-0303/07/2004–
07/08/2004
Peres Projects, Los AngelesPeres Projects, Los Angeles
Group Showassume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Chris Ballantyne, Keith Boadwee, Amie Dicke, Matt Greene, Terence Koh, Bruce LaBruce, Anna Sew Hoy, Dean Sameshimaassume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Chris Ballantyne, Keith Boadwee, Amie Dicke, Matt Greene, Terence Koh, Bruce LaBruce, Anna Sew Hoy, Dean Sameshima LISTE 2004 2004-06-1515/06/2004–
20/06/2004
Basel, CHBasel, CH
Group Show Elliott Hundley, assume vivid astro focus, Terence Koh, Kim Fisher, Bruce LaBruce, Mathew CerlettyGroup Show Elliott Hundley, assume vivid astro focus, Terence Koh, Kim Fisher, Bruce LaBruce, Mathew Cerletty Such Things I Do to Be Pretty for You 2004-01-1010/01/2004–
14/02/2004
Peres Projects, Los AngelesPeres Projects, Los Angeles
Group Showassume vivid astro focus, Lucas Ajemian, Bruce LaBruce, Charles Anastase, Vanessa Beecroft, Libby Black, Jeff Burton, François Cadiere, Nicola Carignani, Larry Clark, Amie Dicke, Alesha Fiandaca, Tierney Gearon, Leeta Harding, Stuart Hawkins, Muntean and Rosemblum, Joyce Kim, Terence Koh, Yoshua Okon, Anneè Olofsson, Gabriele Picco, Constanze Schweiger, Dean Sameshima, Marcello Simeone, Jeremy Scott, Collier Schorr, Raf Simons + David Sims, Willy Wanderperre, Tim Wilson, Rebecca Veit, Matthias Vriens, Abbey WilliamsGroup Showassume vivid astro focus, Lucas Ajemian, Bruce LaBruce, Charles Anastase, Vanessa Beecroft, Libby Black, Jeff Burton, François Cadiere, Nicola Carignani, Larry Clark, Amie Dicke, Alesha Fiandaca, Tierney Gearon, Leeta Harding, Stuart Hawkins, Muntean and Rosemblum, Joyce Kim, Terence Koh, Yoshua Okon, Anneè Olofsson, Gabriele Picco, Constanze Schweiger, Dean Sameshima, Marcello Simeone, Jeremy Scott, Collier Schorr, Raf Simons + David Sims, Willy Wanderperre, Tim Wilson, Rebecca Veit, Matthias Vriens, Abbey Williams HOVERING 2003-10-1818/10/2003–
22/11/2003
Peres Projects, Los AngelesPeres Projects, Los Angeles
Terence KohTerence Koh The Whole Family 2003-05-1010/05/2003–
14/06/2003
Peres Projects, Los AngelesPeres Projects, Los Angeles