HaYoung Kim (b.1983, Seoul) previously studied painting at Hongik University in Seoul, Korea, before going on to complete her Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art at the Royal Academy Schools. Since graduating from the Schools in 2011, she has also completed a Doctorate of Fine Art (DFA) at The School of Arts and Digital Industries in London.
Working primarily with painting on polyester canvas and drafting film, often incorporating it into animation and installation, HaYoung is very much interested in modern technology and science, and their effect on the human mind. She finds it fascinating that people are becoming like characterless characters; by losing some part of their humanity and individuality in the high-technology society, they start living in a big game world. The controlling, cold, rational, and “intelligent” logic make them feel like objects, resulting in the creation of vulnerable and fragile feelings.
Born: 1983 in Seoul, South Korea
RA Schools student from 2008 to 2011
Gender: Female
Contact information:
2014 Characterless Characters, Gallery Absinthe, Seoul
New Paintings by Ha Young Kim, 43 Inverness Street Gallery, London
2013 Virtualium, Window Gallery, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
2012 Eat All You Can, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
2011 HaYoung Kim Show, 43 Inverness Street Gallery, London
2015 Palace Dice, Roper Gallery, Bath
Rain Doesn’t Fall for Nothing, Penny School Gallery, London
Dimension(s) Variable, The waiting room, London
2014 New Visions New Voices, National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul
Pravac Sila, O3ONE Art space, Belgrade, Serbia
University of East London Doctorate in Fine Art Show, London
At Home Salon 2014, Marcelle Joseph Projects, London
2013 When Attitude Become Form, Seoul Museum of Art
Artoll residency exhibition, Bedburgh-Hau
New British 2013, Patch London at Lloyds Club, London
Professional Doctorate in Fine Art Showcase, AVA gallery, London
2012 Ironic Mythologies Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong
Intrinsic Value Investors (IVI) Exhibition, London
Penumbra, eight-day project with eight artists ending in a group exhibition, The Bermondsey Project Space, London
ID Please, New Gallery, London
Pleasure Principle, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
KINARI-ISKAI salon show, London
Map The Korea, The 5th[sasapari] 4482, London
2011 Winter Exhibition, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
Postgraduate Printmaking, London 2011: a survey of London art colleges, Clifford Chance, London
Painting?, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
Tomorrow 2011, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Art Centre
2010 Galeria of Michael Aalders, St Tropez
2009 Mindscape of the 21st Century, AndrewJamesArt, B-TAP, Shanghai