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

• 2026
  Oblique Time, KAIST Art Museum, Daejeon, Korea
  
  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, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, US
  
  2020
  Transitory Workplace, 56, A—Z, Berlin, Germany
  Bottomless Bag, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  
  2019
  SET v.19: graphic, Curatorial Research Bureau, San Francisco, US
  SET v.16: Black and White, FISK, Portland, US
  SET v.15: Extended Abstracts, Non-Breaking Space, Seattle, US
  
  2017
  SET v.8: 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
  Histoire de Formes, 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
  What is Ornament?, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, Portugal
  Humanity for Next Generation, Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
  SET v.17, Us By Night, Antwerpen, Belgium
  Typojanchi 2019: International Typography Biennale, 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, Germany
  
  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, Institut Supérieur des Beaux-arts de Besançon, Besançon, France
  DNA, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, 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 II, SAVINA Museum of Contemporary Art, 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 Futures, 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 Photo 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
  Design Show! Show! Show! — design now, 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

• Die Neue Sammlung—The Design Museum, Munich, Germany
  National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  MMCA Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
  Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia