Kira Kim
Spring 2011 DOOSAN Residency New York Artist
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Education
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| 2007 | M.F.A. in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, U.K |
| 2002 | M.F.A. in Environmental Sculpture, Kyungwon University, Seongnam, Korea |
| 2000 | B.F.A. in Painting, Kyungwon University, Seongnam, Korea |
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Solo Exhibitions
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| 2012 | Common Good_Climb Every Mountain!, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea |
| 2010 | Great Deed Great Death, BOONTHESHOP, Seoul, Korea |
| 2009 | WOW This Wonderful World, BOONTHESHOP, Seoul, Korea |
| Super Mega Factory, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| The Republic of Propaganda, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Koln, Germany | |
| 2008 | The Republic of Propaganda, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea |
| Gold Crystal, Changdong Art Studio of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2007 | A Palace of Mirages, King's Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk, U.K |
| 2006 | Gagami V-Je t'aime, Moi non plus, Paris Cite 8, Paris, France |
| 2003 | Window Exhibition, Gallery FACTORY, Seoul, Korea, |
| Minority or Cosmopolitan, + Gallery, Nagoya, Japan | |
| 2002 | 0.000 km, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea |
| Standard, gallery boda contemporary, Seoul, Korea | |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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| 2012 | Re-Opening DOOSAN Gallery Seoul : DOOSAN Residency Artists 2009-2011, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea |
| SeMA BLUE 2012 : 12 Events for 12 Rooms, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2011 | Two Gardens, Nanji Studio Gallery, Seoul Korea |
| The spectrum of Korean art, Kaohsiung museum of fine arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |
| 5th Open studio, Nanji Studio, Seoul, Korea | |
| Root of Imagination, Gallery Absinthe, Seoul, Korea | |
| Fashion into Art, Samsung Museum of Art PLATEAU, Seoul, Korea | |
| Korean Rhapsody-Crossing the history, Samsung Museum of Art Leeum, Seoul,Korea | |
| Moving Fast - Inspirational Pan-Asian Artists Screening, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea | |
| Enormous eyes, The Guild Mumbai, Mumbai, India | |
| 2010 | City States - Media Landscape, Zone East, Liverpool Biennial 2010, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, U.K |
| The Korean Cultural Centre U.K, London, U.K | |
| Plastic Garden, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China | |
| A' Documenta, King's Lynn Art Centre, Norfolk, U.K | |
| A Different Similarity - Aktuelle Kunst aus Korea, Kunstverein Bochum, Bochum, Germany | |
| 2009 | Variety, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea |
| Beginning of New Era, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art from Korea, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea | |
| A Different Similarity: Towards the Sea, Santral Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Trans-Dimensional Interesting Dynamics in New Korean Painting, Prague Biennale, Karlin Hall, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| After Gogo: New Era of Korean Art 2009, The Bienniel of Graphic Arts, Cankarjevdom Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
| The Meaning of Meals - Eight Stories, Goyang Aram Nuri Aram Art Gallery, Goyang, Korea | |
| Doors Open - Don’t Panic, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A | |
| Doors Open - Open Doors, Gallery Korea of the Korean Culture Service NY, New York, NY, U.S.A | |
| Saving by Design Plus+, Korea Design Foundation, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2008 | Modest Monuments: Contemporary Art from Korea, King's Lynn Art Centre, Norfolk, U.K |
| Correspondence, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| Expenditure, Busan Biennale 2008, Busan Yachting Range, Busan, Korea | |
| The 3rd Nanjing Triennial, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China | |
| Design Made 2008-Saving by Design, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2008 Catlin Art Prize, LSO Space, London, U.K | |
| Technique of Deviation, Interalia Art Company, Seoul, Korea | |
| Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK, Korean Cultural Centre U.K, London, U.K | |
| Is the World Flat?, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 2007 | Hey Jude, Gallery Royal, Seoul, Korea |
| The Art of Consumption, White Cross Gallery, London, U.K | |
| Black Powder + White Party, Kyung Hee University Museum of Arts, Seoul, Korea | |
| Jungle Juice, Gallery em, Seoul, Korea | |
| Encounter with Contemporary Asian Art, Pocheon Asia Biennale 2007, Pocheon Banweol Art Hall, Pocheon, Korea | |
| Contemporary Korean Art - Wonderland, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China | |
| Multiple Intimacy, Osman Hamdi Exhibition Space, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Contemporary Art from Korea - Peppermint Candy, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile | |
| Postgraduate Visual Arts Degree Show 2007, Goldsmiths College, London, U.K | |
| Pilot :3 - Live Archive for Artists & Curators, Monastery of St. Damien and St. Cosimo, La Giudecca, Venice, Italy | |
| Free Particles: New Generation of Korean Artists in Europe, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France | |
| The Drawing Show, Gallery Factory, Seoul, Korea | |
| A Matter of Urbanity, Among Other Things (Cuestiones, entre otras, de urbanidad), Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain | |
| 2006 | Still Dynamics: The Korean Contemporary Art Show, The Jerwood Space, London, U.K |
| Alllooksame? / Tutttuguale? - Art from China, Japan and Korea, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Torino, Italy | |
| Circuit Diagram London: An exchange of curatorial ideas from Britain, Japan & Korea, Cell Project Space, London, U.K | |
| Art in Life - Living Furniture, Busan Biennale 2006, Haeundae Beach, Busan, Korea | |
| EXPOSED: Black Box & Crystal Ball, Harrods Department Store, London, UK; London County Hall, London, U.K | |
| On Difference #2, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 2005 | ATTITUDE: Video/ Short & Experimental fFlm/ Photography Festival, Cultural Center Magaza, Bitola, Macedonia |
| Pocheon Asia Biennale 2005, Pocheon Banweol Art Hall, Pocheon, Korea | |
| OK. Video SUB/VERSION, Jakarta Video Festival, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| Banana Surfer, Ieum Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| Post IMF, Art Ark Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| 2004 | Digital Homo Ludens (Game and Play), Media City Seoul - International Biennale of Media Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| JACK!, Contemporary Art and Spirits, Osaka, Japan | |
| Il gioco dell’assurdo - il corpo ludico (The Game of the Absurd - The Body Play), Video. IT 2004 - Il Gioco del Corpo,ESPACE, Torino, Italy | |
| The Hall - The Cutting Edge East Asia, Tsinghua University Museum of Art, Beijing, China | |
| SeNef (Seoul Net Festival), Hollywood Cinema, Seoul, Korea | |
| Digispace 2004, Gallery THE SPACE, Seoul, Korea | |
| Move on Asia: Animation & Single Channel Video Art Festival, SBS Broadcasting Center Mokdong, Seoul, Korea | |
| MAC (Media, Art, Culture) 2004: Crash and Flow, Sinchon Art Festival, Seodaemun Prison History Hall, Seoul, Korea | |
| Unusual Combination, + Gallery, Nagoya, Japan | |
| SEFORMA (Seoul Forum for Media Art), Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea | |
| Out the Window: Spaces of Distraction, Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Project Space Zip, Seoul, Korea | |
| DDM Warehouse, Shanghai, China | |
| Thai Film Festival, Bangkok, Thailand | |
| M Gallery, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea | |
| AVICON (Asia Videoart Conference), VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia | |
| 2003 | Books in Resemblance of Persons, Persons in Resemblance of Books, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea |
| Jiff MIND (Jeonju International Film Festival - Mobile INteractive Digital), [plug.in], Basel, Switzerland | |
| Where is My Friend's Home?, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden | |
| Dumbo Art Festival, New York, NY, USA | |
| Video on Demand, Galerie PICI, Seoul, Korea | |
| Digital Salon, Art Space Hue (休), Seoul, Korea | |
| Wedding, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| Circle for Circle, Gallery FISH, Seoul, Korea | |
| S.O.S.: Junge Kunst aus Korea (Young Artists from Korea), Galerie Weisser Elefant, Berlin, Germany | |
| CITY ZOOM 2003, International Film & Art Festival, Bremen, Germany | |
| Mobile INteractive Digital, Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), Jeonju, Korea | |
| Charity, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea | |
| International +System, Video Festival 2002-2003, BizArt Center, Shanghai, China | |
| A Name Card, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2002 | Variables in the Visual Experiment, The 2nd Indie Video Festival, i-Gong Alternative Visual Culture Factory, Seoul, Korea |
| Crash, The 28th Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF 2002), Seoul Art Cinema, Seoul, Korea; Miro Space, Seoul, Korea | |
| Lucky Seoul, the Alternative Space Network Exhibition - City and Visual Images “My Own Private Seoul”, gallery boda contemporary, Seoul, Korea | |
| Coming to Our House, Darling Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea | |
| The Color of Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea; Iwate Prefectural Museum of Art, Iwate, Japan; Osaka Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan; | |
| Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan | |
| Living Furniture, Supplement Space Stone & Water, Anyang, Korea | |
| Real_interface : Swimming across Your Eyes, Space imA, Seoul, Korea | |
| Interproject - Symbiosis, Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea | |
| Paradise Among Us, Korea Culture Art Foundation (KCAF) Art Center, Seoul, Korea | |
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Awards and Residencies
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| 2011 | DOOSAN Residency New York, NY, U.S.A |
| 2010 | The 5th Nanji Studio Residency Artist, Seoul, Korea |
| 2009 | Today's Young Artist Prize, Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Seoul, Korea |
| 2008 | Nominated the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nominated 2008 Catlin Art Prize, London, U.K | |
| The National Art Studio, Changdong, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2007 | Solo exhibition, A Palace of Mirages, at King's Lynn Arts Centre supported by British Council, U.K |
| The National Art Studio, Changdong, Seoul, Korea | |