Ming-Jer Kuo (born in Taipei, Taiwan) is a New York-based artist. He had worked as an environmental engineer for a decade and came to New York for art. Kuo graduated from MFA Photography, Video and Related Media at School of Visual Arts in NYC. He is a recipient of NYFA New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship in NYC, a member of The Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts Studio Program in NYC, and was awarded as Honorable Mention of Taoyuan Creation Award in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Kuo’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows of New York Hall of Science in NYC, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in NYC, QCC Art Gallery in NYC, EFA 20|20 Gallery in NYC, NARS Foundation in NYC, Trestle Gallery in NYC, Chashama Space in NYC, Gallery 456 in NYC, Longwood Art Gallery in NYC, Gallery Aferro and The 2 Gateway Center in Newark, NJ, Museum Jindřichohradecka in South Bohemia, Czech Republic, Gallery Sejul in Seoul, South Korea, and Fotoaura Institute of Photography in Tainan, Taiwan. He was an artist in residence at Governors Island with TAAC in NYC, NARS Foundation in NYC, and Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT.

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Through photographic images and sculptural installations, my work celebrates the city, playing with perspective and scale to capture the complexity, mystery, and changing patterns of urban culture.  To that end, distinctions between architecture, urban design, and street life are intentionally blurred and abstracted, and new perceptions of our environment emerge as viewers are encouraged to experience a new relationship to their surroundings: to create a living poetics of time and space.