Andrew Kung is a photographer living and working in New York. His work often centers on contested ideas of place, identity, and belonging. From subverting the male gaze to exploring the absences and omissions in Asian American history, he often draws upon personal experiences to present a reimagined cultural citizenship.
Honors & Awards
2024
Light Work - Artist-in-Residence
En Foco Inc - Photography Fellow
2023
LensCulture - Critics Choice Award: Winner
Der Greif - Guest Room, Bindi Vora: Selected Artist; Guest Room, Marina Paulenka: Selected Artist
AI-AP - American Photography 39: CHOSEN Winner
2022
PhotoVogue - The 100 Next Great Fashion Image Makers: Selected Artist
LensCulture - Summer Open: Top 20 Winner
Photolucida - Critical Mass: Top 50 Winner
Maine Media - Arnold Newman Prize: Top 3 Finalist
The One Club for Creativity - COLORFUL: Winner
Communication Arts - Photography Annual: Winner
2021
The One Club for Creativity - Young Guns 19: Finalist
Adobe - Creative Residency Community Fund: Recipient
Adobe - Rising Stars of Photography: Selected Artist
Exhibitions
Group
2024
Meet Me at the River, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, March 22 - May 26, 2024
2023
LensCulture New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography, Somerset House, London, UK, May 10-14 2023
Imminent Existence - Critical Mass Top 50, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, March 30 - June 4, 2023
2022
Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, October 2022
Selected Press
Opinion Piece - CNN Style: The Desexualization of the Asian American Male
Dreaming on the Hudson - LensCulture: Dreaming on the Hudson
Dreaming on the Hudson - MATTE Editions: Exciting Photography Now
Dreaming on the Hudson - Der Greif: Artist Feature
Perpetual Foreigner - AnOther Magazine: This Powerful New Photo Series Reflects on the Asian American Experience
Perpetual Foreigner - i-D: Photos Celebrating Asian American Pride
Perpetual Foreigner - Vogue Italia: Perpetual Foreigner
Perpetual Foreigner - CNN Style: Photos Explore Asian American Belonging in Everyday Spaces
Perpetual Foreigner - NOWNESS Asia: Perpetual Foreigner
Perpetual Foreigner - Creative Review: Photo Series Perpetual Foreigner Reflects on the Asian American Experience
Interview - Artsy: 6 AAPI Artists Reflect on the Spike in Anti-Asian Violence
Interview - NBC: See the art created by Asian Americans in a year of anti-Asian hate
Interview - Lenscratch: Andrew Kung
Interview - Skillshare: The Creative Leap - Meet Self-Taught Photographer Andrew Kung
Interview - Musée Magazine: Andrew Kung
Interview - Dow Jones Moneyish: Chat Between Eugene Richards and Andrew Kung
To Be Seen - Ignant: Andrew Kung’s To Be Seen Celebrates The Beauty and Individuality of Asian Americans
To Be Seen - It’s Nice That: Andrew Kung on Continuing His Mission to Normalise Asian American Beauty, Belonging, and Individuality
The All-American - i-D: “These Striking Portraits of Asian Men Explore What It Means to Be ‘The All-American’”
The All-American - Dazed: “Andrew Kung is Taking Beautiful, Intimate Portraits of Asian-American Men”
The All-American - Paper Magazine: “Photographer Explores Asian Masculinity with 'The All-American'“
The All-American - Milk.XYZ: “Andrew Kung Redefines ‘All-American’ Masculinity”
The All-American - Ignant: “Andrew Kung’s Photography Explores the Nuances of Asian-American Masculinity”
The All-American - It’s Nice That: “Andrew Kung’s Photography Series Challenges the Stereotypes of Asian American Men”
The Mississippi Delta Chinese - The New York Times: "Neither Black Nor White in the Mississippi Delta"
The Mississippi Delta Chinese - Huffington Post: "Mississippi Delta Chinese-Americans Challenge Idea of Monolithic Asian America"
The Mississippi Delta Chinese - Voice of America: Chinese of the Mississippi Delta - An Audiovisual Journey
Artist Talks & Teaching
Guest Lecturer - Griffin Museum of Photography: Arnold Newman Prize Winners
Guest Lecturer - The School of The New York Times: “Photojournalism as Art”
Guest Lecturer - American University, Smith College, Williams College, School of Visual Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, Pitzer College
Panel Interview - ABC News Live: Racism’s Impact on Asian American Men
Mentor - New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA): Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program
Instructor - Domestika: Narrative Photography: Tell A Community’s Story
Instructor - Skillshare: Narrative Photography: Tell A Captivating Story Through Your Images
Selected Clients
The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paper Magazine, Atmos, Beats by Dre, Glossier
Contact
Email: andrew@apkung.com
Instagram: @andrew_kung Licensing: Thursday’s Child (Nora Cranley - nora@thursdayschild.global)