Born in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1962, Minjung Kim studied calligraphy and watercolor painting from an early age and went on to major in oriental painting as an undergraduate and graduate student at Hongik University in Seoul. She then studied abroad at Milan’s Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. During her studies in Europe, she was deeply inspired by artists like Constantin Brâncusi, Carl Andre, and Brice Marden.
Over the past two decades, she has presented her works in Italy, Switzerland, China, the UK, the US, and Israel, among other countries. She has been the subject of solo exhibitions at renowned galleries and museums around the world, including Marco (Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma), Rome (2012); Hermès Foundation, Singapore (2017); White Cube, London (2018); Langen Foundation, Neuss (2019); and Hill Art Foundation, New York (2020).
She introduced her works in Korea in the exhibition Traces (2015) at OCI Museum of Art, Seoul; her solo exhibition Paper, Ink and Fire: After the Process (2017) at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul; and the international invitational exhibition Making the Void, Filling the Void (2018) at Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju.
Kim's presentation at The Light, The Shade, The Depth at Palazzo Caboto in Venice, curated by Jean-Christophe Ammann, received particularly enthusiastic international reviews. Kim participated in the Gwangju Biennale in 2004 and 2018.
Her works are included in the collections of major institutions such as Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio in Turin, Italy; The Museumsbygningen in Copenhagen, Denmark; the British Museum in London, UK; and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in Rhode Island, USA, among others.
She is a participating artist in the forthcoming group show Ninth Street and Beyond: 70 Years of Women in Abstraction organized by Hunter Dunbar Projects in New York. She is currently based in France and the US.
Minjung Kim
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Minjung Kim, Phasing, 2017
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
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Minjung Kim, The Corner, 2019
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
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Minjung Kim, The Corner, 2018
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
200x139cm
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Minjung Kim, Velocity , 2019
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
203.5x145cm
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Minjung Kim, The Street, 2021
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
100x140cm
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Minjung Kim, Pieno di Vuoto, 2020
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
140x200cm
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Minjung Kim, The Street, 2019
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
140x200cm
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Minjung Kim, The Water, 2021
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
160x130cm
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Minjung Kim, Nautilus, 2021
Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper
180x130cm
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Selected press
- 'Minjung Kim with Helen Lee', The Brooklyn Rail, December 2020 — 1.2 MB
- 'Lara Pan Interviews Artist Minjung Kim', White Hot Magazine, December 2020 — 335.8 kB
- 'Langen Foundation, Park Seo-Bo, Minjung Kim', The Artro, March 2020 — 370.4 kB
- 'Minjung Kim, le temps et le sens du geste', by Ann Hindry, Art Absolument, October 2019 — 3.2 MB