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Na Kim is an artist based in Berlin and Seoul. Kim explores the intricate interplay between given structures and serendipitous discoveries. She meticulously collects objects and occurrences from daily life, subsequently rearranging them within fictional frameworks. Alongside her work as an artist and designer, Kim runs the project space LOOM in Berlin. Since 2015, she has initiated a number of projects expanding and responding to her monograph SET, including exhibitions in Seoul, New York, and across Europe.

Kim’s works have been invited to many international exhibitions at Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Gwangju Design Biennale, Kukje Gallery, MMCA, V&A, MoMA, Milan Triennale Museum, and so on. In addition, Kim has been a curator for Fikra Graphic Design Biennial, Chaumont Graphic Design Festival, and Typojanchi: Seoul International Typography Biennale, International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno.



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
2024 Easy Heavy, Kukje Gallery, Busan, Korea
2023 TYVMXZU!!, Efremidis, Berlin, Germany
2023 TESTER, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021 OUTSIDE IN: FFC on 6, 7, 8, ICA, Philadelphia, US
2020 Transitory Workplace, 56, A to Z, Berlin, Germany
2020 Bottomless Bag, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2019 SET v.19, Curatorial Research Bureau, San Fransisco, US
2019 Black and White, FISK, Portland, US
2019 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
2014 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
2022 Framing Spaces, einBuch.haus, Berlin, Germany
2021 Graphic.Designers.Collectors, A to Z, Berlin, Germany
2021 S&D#025, 019gent, Gent, Belgium
2020 DK Festival 2020: K Designer, KIDP, Seoul, Korea
2019 The Politics of Ornament, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, Portugal
2019 Humanity for Next Generation, Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
2019 SET v.17, Us By Night, Antwerpen, Belgium
2019 Typojanchi: Seoul International Typography Biennale 2019, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
2018 Flags for Le Havre, Une Saison Graphique, Le Havre, France
2018 Graphic West, ddd gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2017 The W Show: A List of Graphic Designers, SeMA Storage, Seoul, Korea
2017 Production City, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Seoul, Korea
2017 Korean Design, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Gemany
2016 Gallery Weekend Korea, NEMO, Seoul, Korea
2016 Valley Rock Music & Art Festival, Icheon, Korea
2016 wellknown unknown, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2016 Graphic Design, 2005-2015, Seoul, llmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 On Air, Fine Art Institute of Besancon, Besancon, France
2016 DNA, Daegue Art Museum, Daegue, Korea
2015 Korea Now!, Les Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
2015 Graphic Symphonia, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 A Loner's Guide, Common Center, Seoul, Korea
2015 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
2014 systems 14, Walter Knoll, Beijing, China
2014 All Possible Future, SOMArts, San Francisco, US
2013 Suitable Forms, Common Center, Seoul, Korea
2013 Droit de citation, Chaumont Festival, Chaumont, France
2013 Design; Another Language, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2013 Memory Palace, V&A Museum, London, UK
2012 Life: A User’s Manual, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
2012 Millennium Magazines, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
2012 120409-120511, Daegu Photography Biennale, Daegu, Korea
2011 Graphic Design Worlds, Milan Triennale Museum, Milan, Italy
2010 Situation Room, PAKT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009 Beijing Typography 2009, CAFA, Beijing, China
2007 Show Show Show, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Selected Awards
2024 Amant Siena Residency Program, Siena, Italy
2016- Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), Member
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, Netherlands
2008 Next Generation Design Leaders, presented by Korea Institute of Design Promotion, Seoul, Korea

Selected Public and Private Collections
Die Neue Sammlung–The Design Museum, Munich, Germany
MMCA Art Bank, Seoul, Korea
MoMA Library, New York, US
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia