Na Kim

• Born in 1979, Gwangju, Korea

Education

• 2008     Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, The Netherlands                                                              
  2004     M.F.A. in Graphic design, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea                                                      
  2000     B.F.A. in Product design, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2023
  TESTER, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2022
  Framing Spaces, einBuch.haus, Berlin, Germany
  Chapter No. 3: LESS, LOOM, Berlin, Germany
  
  2021
  OUTSIDE IN: FFC on 6, 7, 8, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, US
  
  2020                                                                                                         
  Bottomless Bag, SeMA, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Transitory Workplace, 56, A—Z, Berlin, Germany
  
  2019                                                                                  
  SET v.16: black and white, FISK, Portland, US
  SET v.15: extended abstracts, Non-Breaking Space, Seattle, US
  
  2017
  Red, Yellow, Blue, RIOT, Ghent, The Netherlands
  
  2015
  Set, Doosan Gallery, New York, US
  
  2014
  Choice Specimen, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2011
  Found Abstracts, Gallery Factory, Seoul, Korea
  
  2006
  Fragile, BMH, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2022
  History of forms, La Chaufferie, Strasbourg, France
  
  2019
  Humanity for Next Generation, Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
  
  2017
  The W Show: A List of Graphic Designers, SeMA Storage, Seoul, Korea
  SEOUL ART STATION, Collaboration with TYPOJANCHI 2017, Seoul, Korea 
  KOREA: DESIGN + POSTER, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munchen, Germany
  
  2016
  On Air, Fine Art Institute of Besancon, Besancon, France
  Gallery Showcase – Kukje Gallery, Nemo, Seoul, Korea
  Valley Rock Music & Art Festival 2016, Incheon, Korea
  wellknown unknown, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  DNA, Daegue Art Museum, Daegue, Korea
  
  2015
  A Loner's Guide, Common Center, Seoul, Korea
  
  2014
  Human, Space, Machine - Stage Experiments at the Bauhaus, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  
  2013 
  Suitable Forms, Common Center, Seoul, Korea
  Memory Palace, V&A Museum, London, UK
  Design; Another Language, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  
  2012 
  Life: A User’s Manual, Seoul Station 284, Seoul, Korea
  Millennium Magazines, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
  
  2011
  Graphic Design Worlds, Triennale di Milano Design Museum, Milano, Italy
  
  2010                                                                                                                  
  Situation Room, PAKT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Selected Awards

• 2015                                                                                                              
  Selected as artist-in-residence for fall 2015, DOOSAN Residency New York  
                           
  2014                                                                                                                     
  Today’s Young Artist Award, presented by the Ministry of Culture in Korea
  
  2013   
  Doosan Artist Award
  
  2008
  Next Generation Design Leaders