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Daniel Young Kim
Visual Effects/Ceramic Artist
dan@gldnmnky.com

Daniel Young Kim (b. 1978, Portland, Oregon), known as gldnmnky, creates ceramic works that translate the language of film and animation into physical form.

Working in time-based and sculptural media, his practice draws from a career in visual effects and stop-motion and merges technological precision with the organic variation of clay.

Themes of transformation and nostalgia recur throughout his work. Spinning vessels loop hypnotic sequences that animate over time, and cinematic motifs adorn vessels that appear unearthed and resonate with an uncanny familiarity.

Gldnmnky (pronounced “golden monkey”) is an anagram derived from the consonants in Daniel Young Kim and represents the transmutation of natural elements into form.

History:
  • Oregon Potter’s Association Ceramics Showcase – Portland, OR (2025)
    Ceramics market and exhibition at Oregon Convention Center w/ Sybylla Lindert
  • Visual Effects Artist – Refuge VFX (2022–2024)
    Shōgun (FX on Hulu), Manhunt (Apple TV+), Cross (Amazon Prime), Nature Queen Barbie (Mark Ryden X Mattel)
  • Visual Effects Artist – Shadowmachine (2021–2022)
    Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
  • Stop-Motion Compositor – Shadowmachine (2024)
    The Tiny Chef Show (Nickelodeon)
  • Visual Effects Artist, Stop-Motion Compositor – Bent Image Lab (2014–2021)
    Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon Network), Disjointed (Netflix), Rudolph’s 50th Anniversary (CBS)
    Commercial Clients: El Jimador, CREA, Kellogg’s, Raley’s, Nike, Kreo, Planters, Novo Nordisk, T-Mobile, SoFi
  • Visual Effects, Motion Graphics Artist (2007–2021)
    Music Video VFX (Whitey Films): ZZ Top, Red Fang, OFF!, Summer Cannibals, Gaytheist, Laura Veirs, Lolo
    Music Video VFX (Glacial Pace): Modest Mouse “Ground Walks like Time in a Box”
    Music Video VFX (Audraglint): Litanic Mask “You Release Me”
    Music Video VFX (Kemado): Danava “Where Beauty and Terror Dance”
    Indie Feature & Documentary: Going Dark, MDMA The Movie, Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters
  • Motion Graphics Artist – Various Agencies (2010–2019)
    Video production, motion graphic design and animation for various agencies: Little Giant, Roundhouse, Camp Grizzly, Liquid, Citizen+, Sockeye, Swift, North, Getty Images
    Commercial Clients: Intel, Microsoft, Adidas, Nike, Converse, HTC, AT&T, Ecotrust, MTV
  • Compositing Artist – Nike World Headquarters (2015–2017)
  • Church of Film – Belladonna of Sadness – Portland, OR (2014)
    Live film score performance w/ Emi Maggi, curated by Muriel Lucas
  • PICA Time-Based Arts Festival – Portland, OR (2012)
    Video installation for “Dangerous Women” at Revolution Hall w/ Kathleen Keogh, Alberta Poon, Alicia McDaid, Diana Joy, Angela Fair
  • Nemo Design – Gama Function – Portland, OR (2012)
    Group show w/ Zach Egge, Chris Brunkhart, Matt Donahue, Dan Peterka, Jamie Lynn
  • The Archaic Revival – Los Angeles, CA (2011)
    Video installation for Chromium Dumb Belle. Group Show curated by Dani Tull at Las Cienegas Projects w/ Joanne Burke
  • Pony Club Gallery – Portland, OR (2008)
    Group show w/ Theo Ellsworth, Jennifer Parks, Zack Soto
  • Art Director, Broadcast Designer – Meredith Corp/KPTV-KPDX (2001–2010)
    NW Regional Emmy Nominee (2004–05) – Broadcast Graphics for FOX 12 / UPN 49
    Commercial Clients: Colgate, Crisco, Smuckers, Lowes, Elizabeth Arden.
Contact:
Pinocchio/Grateful Dead VFX Crew DesignGldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
Pinocchio/Grateful Dead VFX Crew Design
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
Pinocchio/Vertigo VFX Crew DesignGldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
Pinocchio/Vertigo VFX Crew Design
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
Abba/Darkthrone DesignGldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
Abba/Darkthrone Design
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
Fenriz (Darkthrone)
Fenriz (Darkthrone)
Fenriz (Darkthrone) & Dennis Dread (Wyrd War)
Fenriz (Darkthrone) & Dennis Dread (Wyrd War)
South Pole (McMurdo Station, Antarctica)
South Pole (McMurdo Station, Antarctica)
Death to False Pop
Death to False Pop
Available here
Flora-Landscape-2-2
Flora_Landscape-2
Flora (2012)
Photography: Gldnmnky
Model: Flora Watling
Jewelry: Cara Swift
Wardrobe: Katie Freedle
Nike x Gldnmnky

Nike x Gldnmnky (2015)
Bioluminescent Cap-Toe Chukka Concept
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

Overlook (2013)Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, ORw/ Emi Maggi
Overlook (2013)
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
w/ Emi Maggi
Church of Film "Belladonna of Sadness" (2014)Emi Maggi & Gldnmnky
Church of Film "Belladonna of Sadness" (2014)
Emi Maggi & Gldnmnky

あ(a),い(i),う(u),え(e),お(o) (2012)
Exhibition: Gama Function - Nemo Design - Portland, OR
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland OR
w/ Zach Egge

Function: Past, Present, Failure
Photography: Zach Egge

El Jimador "Dia De Los Muertos"
Visual Effects/Stop-Motion Compositing
Bent Image Lab - Portland, OR

Voight Kampff (2013)
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
w/ Joanne Burke

Whitey Films - Music Videos (2012-2015)
Visual Effects/Compositing
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

Nike "Run Free" (2015)
Visual Effects/Compositing
Little Giant - Portland, OR

Mother & Daughter (2012)
Exhibition: Dangerous Women - PICA Time-Based Arts Festival - Portland, OR
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
w/ Kathleen Keogh and Alberta Poon

D.B.C. - Music Video (2010)
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

Cape Kiwanda "Sects on the Beach" (2005)
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

Voight Kampff 2 (2014)
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

Litanic Mask "You release me" - Music Video (2014)
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

Chromium Dumb Belle "Sun Testament" (2011)
Exhibition: Las Cienegas Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR
w/ Joanne Burke

Archaic Revival at Las Cienegas Projects - Los Angeles, CA
Chromium Dumb Belle at Las Cienegas Projects - Los Angeles, CA

"Straw Bears" (2016)
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

"Going Dark" Independent Feature (2018)
Visual Effects/Compositing
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

Victoza (2015)
Visual Effects/Animation/Stop-Motion Compositing
Bent Image Lab - Portland, OR

"Nature Queen" Mark Ryden x Barbie (2023)
Visual Effects/Compositing
Refuge VFX - Portland, OR

"Erschreckendglückseligkeit OG" Disjointed S1.E4 - Netflix (2017)
Visual Effects/Stop-Motion Compositing
Bent Image Lab - Portland, OR

Danava "Where Beauty & Terror Dance" - Music Video (2008)
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

"Ground walks with time in a box" Modest Mouse (2015)
Visual Effects/Compositing
Gldnmnky Studio - Portland, OR

"Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio" Netflix (2022)
Visual Effects/Stop-Motion Compositing
ShadowMachine - Portland, OR

"Shōgun" Hulu/FX (2024)
Visual Effects/Compositing
Refuge VFX - Portland, OR