YONGHUN KIM

Seoul, South Korea (b.1998)

Education

(2024) MA in City Design, Royal College of Art (London, UK)

(2022) BFA in Design, School of Visual Arts (New York, USA)

Position

(2024~Present) Adjunct Reporter, Monthly Art world (월간미술세계) in South Korea

(2024) Studio Exhibition Curator, City Design End of Year Show, RCA 2024, Truman Brewery, London, United Kingdom

Selected Project and Exhibition

(2024) Liberated Jarrah (Through_Series), Unbroken Threads, London Design Festival, London, United Kingdom

(2024) Through_Series, RCA Master’s Degree Show, Truman Brewery, London, United Kingdom

(2024) Beyond The Visible, RCA Media Studies II Publication Show, Truman Brewery, London, United Kingdom

(2024) Succession, Yet Creation, Multiple, Repetition, and Seriality, Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, London, United Kingdom

(2023) Between the Past and the Present, City Design WIP Show, Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Group Exhibition

(2023) <2023 no. 13-16 Series>, La Habana Art Festival, Vedado District, Cuba

(2022) Asia Contemporary Young Artists Award Exhibition, Sejong Museum, Seoul, South Korea

(2021) Power and Nature, KSBDA-JCI International Art Special Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute (景德鎭), China

(2021) Gwanghwamun International Art Festival (GIAF), Sejong Museum, Seoul, South Korea

(2021) I·design exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany

(2020) Distant, Yet Connected, Busan International Art Fair (BIAF), BEXCO, Busan, South Korea

(2020) Art and Life, Korea Society of Basic Art and Design (KSBDA), Sejong Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Awards

(2024) Project “Through”, Special Mention Award, Royal College of Art (RCA) City Design MA End of Year Show, Awarded by Head of Programme, Dubravka Sekulić

(2022) Project “2022 Work (Series)”, Grand Prize, Korea Art Awards Young Artist Invitational Exhibition

(2022) Project “Distorted Memory (Series)”, Being Selected (입선), The 26th Ulsan Art Exhibition (울산미술대전), held by The Ulsan Branch of Korean Fine Arts Association

(2021) Project “Relationship”, 2021 Artist Award (올해의 미술가상), The 8th Seoul Art Festival in Forum (SAFF), held by Korean Art Critics Association (한국미술비평가협회) and Seoul International Fine Arts Competition (서울미술협회)

(2021) Project “Relationship”, 2021 Youth Artist Award (올해의 청년미술상), Monthly Gallery Guide Magazine, Seoul, Korea

(2020) Project “Relationship” Seoul Metropolitan Assembly Speaker's Award (서울시의회의장상), The 39th National Art Exhibition of The Republic of Korea in Design Field (대한민국 미술대전), held by Korean Fine Arts Association