Cheng-Yung Kuo (郭正雍)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Cheng-Yung Kuo
- Chinese: 郭正雍
- Era: 1982-2017
- Geography: -
- Core roles: entrepreneur, artist
- Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago BFA, Studio Arts, Photography, Ceramics (2007)
Education
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago — 2007 — BFA, Studio Arts, Photography, Ceramics — The School of the Art Institute of Chicago — 2009 — MFA, Studio Art, Photography
Employment
- Hydro, Inc. — 2014-2017 — Manager of Marketing Design — KCY Art & Photo Studio — 2005-2017 — Art Director & Photographer
Family
- Wife: 黃聖家
Role in the Community
- Working photographer and art director (KCY Art & Photo Studio, 2005–2017; Manager of Marketing Design at Hydro, Inc., 2014–2017), trained at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA Studio Arts/Photography/Ceramics 2007; MFA Studio Art/Photography 2009).
- Community leadership (Taiwanese chambers of commerce, Chicago) — this corrects the earlier characterization of him as purely artist/professional-cohort:
- 2013 — President, Junior Businessmen section, Chicago Taiwanese-American Chamber of Commerce (芝加哥台美商會青商部會長)
- 2015 — President-General, Junior Businessmen section, Federation of Taiwan Chambers of Commerce in North America (北美洲台灣商會聯合總會青商部總會長)
- 2017 — Board member, Chicago Taiwanese-American Chamber of Commerce (芝加哥台美商會理事)
- Died in an accident in 2017. His wife 黃聖家 credits him in the Chicago JC feature 2022) as “一位非常優秀的青年僑領” and her chief inspiration entering the insurance/financial-planning field — she took over the family’s financial-planning practice after his passing.
- Corpus record: 1610. Cheng-Yung Kuo 郭正雍 (TAH Who’s Who, 2017-04).