Na Kim

Na Kim Born in 1979, Gwangju, Korea Education 2008 M.Des in Typography, ArtEZ Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, The Netherlands 2004 M.F.A. in Visual Communication Design, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea 2000 B.S. in Industrial Design, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea Selected Solo Exhibitions 2025 Collective Cosmo: SET v.26 , Galerie der HBKsaar, Saarbrücken, Germany 2024 Easy Heavy , Kukje Gallery, Busan, Korea 2023 TYVMXZU!! , Efremidis, Berlin, Germany TESTER , DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2021 OUTSIDE IN: FFC on 6, 7, 8, ICA, Philadelphia, US 2020 Transitory Workplace, 56 , A—Z, Berlin, Germany Bottomless Bag , Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2019 SET v.19 , Curatorial Research Bureau, San Francisco, US Black and White , FISK, Portland, US Extended Abstracts, Non-Breaking Space, Seattle, US 2017 Red, Yellow, Blue, RIOT, Ghent, Belgium 2015 SET , DOOSAN Gallery, New York, US 2014 Choice Specimen , DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea THE SHOW-ROOM, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 2011 Found Abstracts , Gallery Factory, Seoul, Korea 2006 Fragile , BMH, Seoul, Korea Selected Group Exhibitions 2024 The Terminal Beach, Efremidis, Berlin, Germany 2023 Functional Place , EAREAR, Munich, Germany 2022 History of forms , La Chaufferie, Strasbourg, France Framing Spaces , einBuch.haus, Berlin, Germany 2021 Graphic.Designers.Collectors , A—Z, Berlin, Germany S&D#025 , 019, Ghent, Belgium 2020 DK Festival 2020: K Designer , Korea Institute of Design Promotion, Seoul, Korea 2019 The Politics of Ornament , Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, Portugal Humanity for Next Generation, Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, Korea SET v.17 , Us By Night, Antwerpen, Belgium Typojanchi: Seoul International Typography Biennale 2019 , Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea 2018 Flags for Le Havre , Une Saison Graphique, Le Havre, France Graphic West, ddd gallery, Kyoto, Japan 2017 The W Show: A List of Graphic Designers , SeMA Storage, Seoul, Korea Production City, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Seoul, Korea Korean Design, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Gemany 2016 Gallery Weekend Korea , NEMO, Seoul, Korea Valley Rock Music & Art Festival , Icheon, Korea wellknown unknown , Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea Graphic Design, 2005-2015 , Seoul, llmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea On Air , Fine Art Institute of Besançon, Besançon, France DNA , Daegue Art Museum, Daegue, Korea 2015 Korea Now! , Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France Graphic Symphonia, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea A Loner's Guide, Common Center, Seoul, Korea Artist's Portfolio , SAVINA Museum, Seoul, Korea 2014 Human, Space, Machine - Stage Experiments at the Bauhaus , National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea systems 14, Walter Knoll, Beijing, China All Possible Future , SOMArts, San Francisco, US 2013 Suitable Forms , Common Center, Seoul, Korea Droit de citation , Chaumont Festival, Chaumont, France Design; Another Language , National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Memory Palace , Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK 2012 Life: A User’s Manual, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea Millennium Magazines , The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US 120409-120511 , Daegu Photography Biennale, Daegu, Korea 2011 Graphic Design Worlds , Milan Triennale Museum, Milan, Italy 2010 Situation Room , PAKT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009 Beijing Typography 2009 , Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China 2007 Show Show Show , Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea Selected Awards 2024 Amant Siena Residency Program, Siena, Italy 2015 DOOSAN Residency Program, New York, US 2014 Today’s Young Artist Award, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Seoul, Korea 2013 Doosan Yonkang Arts Awards, Seoul, Korea 2010 Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2008 Next Generation Design Leaders, Korea Institute of Design Promotion, Seoul, Korea Selected Public and Private Collections National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea MMCA Art Bank, Seoul, Korea Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich, Germany