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Jungsoo Kim

Jungsoo Kim

Artist and Creative Director

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Artist and Creative Director

About

Born South Korea

Experience

Founder & Director - Dynamic Nature & Art (DNA) - Chicago, IL

(2024)

Artist Residency - High Desert Test Sites - Joshua Tree, CA, USA

(2026-06 - 2026-06)

Artist Residency - Haystack School of Crafts - Deer Isle, Maine, USA

(2025-09 - 2025-09)

Artist Residency - Sím residency - Reykjavik, Iceland

(2024-08 - 2024-08)

Artist Residency - Loovlinnak - Pärnu, Estonia

(2023-08 - 2023-08)

Selected Artist, Bridge Program - Hyde Park Art Center

(2025 - 2025)

Program

Invited Panel discussion - Chinese American Museum of Chicago

(2025 - 2025)

Program

Solo exhibition - Cyartspace gallery - Seoul, South Korea

(2021 - 2021)

《Time, Space, Expansion: The space expanded by everyday life》

Solo exhibition - Seoul Women’s University Museum Bahrom gallery - Seoul, South Korea

(2020 - 2020)

《What Makes Us Human?- Personal space: Offline to online》

Featured Artists Duo Exhibition - OH Art Foundation - Chicago

(2026 - 2026)

《Before It Settles: What Passes, What Appears》

Group exhibition - OH Art Foundation - Chicago

(2026 - 2026)

《Still After: Threads of Remembrace》

Group exhibition - Bridgeport Art Center - Chicago

(2026 - 2026)

《BAC's 14th Annual Juried Art Competition》

Group exhibition - Fulton Street Collective - Chicago

(2025 - 2025)

《Tiny works》

Group exhibition - The Wrong Biennale

(2025 - 2025)

《The Wrong Biennale》

Group exhibition - The Atrium at Uccello's - Michigan

(2025 - 2025)

《Art Prize Michigan》

Group exhibition - Art on the Mart - Merchandise Market Projection Mapping, Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《Wavelength》

Group exhibition - Chicago Art Department - Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《21c Wanderer》

Group exhibition - Inga Books - Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《EVERYTHING CLOGGED ONCE: a sharing around East Asian self-publishing》

Group exhibition - Agitator gallery - Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《Night School》

Group exhibition - lavamoa tumba - Bogotà, Colombia

(2024 - 2024)

《lavamoa tumba》

Group exhibition - The Atrium at Uccello's - Michigan

(2024 - 2024)

《Art Prize Michigan》

Group exhibition - Blue Team Conference - Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《Blue Team Conference》

Group exhibition - Zhou B Art Center - Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《The Second Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival of the Arts》

Group exhibition - Maclean Center Flex space - Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《Re:Generate》

Group exhibition - SAIC Gallery - Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《The Grad Show One》

Group exhibition - [[Rehearsal]], John David Mooney Foundation - Chicago

(2023 - 2023)

《A VILLAGE BEFORE US》

Group exhibition - Oh Art Foundation - Chicago

(2023 - 2023)

《Space for Empathy》

Group exhibition - //sense, NoNation Gallery - Chicago

(2023 - 2023)

《and the home of the [placeholder]》

Group exhibition - Seaside Salon - Pärnu, Estonia

(2023 - 2023)

《Seaside Salon》

Group exhibition - //sense, Comfort Station - Chicago

(2023 - 2023)

《and the home of the [placeholder]—S1E1_pilotComfortStation》

Group exhibition - Maclean center - Chicago

(2023 - 2023)

《We are sitting in a Deleuzian ballroom, experiencing ego death through a Freudian slip》

Group exhibition - //sense, [[Rehearsal]], NoNation Gallery - Chicago

(2023 - 2023)

《&& transmission loss through mcluhanian feedback loops across the foucauldian heterotopic border of nonation》

Group exhibition - Maclean center - Chicago

(2022 - 2022)

《open studio》

Group exhibition - online-exhibition

(2021 - 2021)

《shelter complex》 (http://sheltercomplex.com/)

Group exhibition - online-exhibition

(2021 - 2021)

《Next Art fair》 (www.metaart.us)

Group exhibition - Hanwon gallery - Seoul, SouthKorea

(2021 - 2021)

《Mentor-Mentee展 》

Group exhibition - CICA Museum - Gimpo, South Korea

(2021 - 2021)

《concept 2021展》

Group exhibition - Farmland gallery (Nonbat gallery) - Heyri Art Village, South Korea

(2019 - 2019)

《Cult______.》

Group exhibition - gallery Vanditraso - Seoul, South Korea

(2018 - 2018)

《Hongje-dong X Buam-dong》

Group exhibition - Muak police office gallery - Seoul, South Korea

(2018 - 2018)

《blue line-red line展》, opening exhibition

Group exhibition - Sam bakery - Seoul, South Korea

(2017 - 2017)

《POP-UP23/3!!!@》

Curatorial Projects & Organize events - Maclean - Chicago

(2024 - 2024)

《From Weeds to Wonder: crafting paper from the invasive》

Curatorial Projects & Organize events - Oh Art Foundation - Chicago

(2023 - 2023)

《Space for Empathy》

Curatorial Projects & Organize events - Seoul Living Culture Center Sindorim - Seoul, SouthKorea

(2021 - 2021)

《Speech-bubble project》, 23/3(Kim, Jung Soo, Gang Su Bin)

Curatorial Projects & Organize events - 23/3 - Seoul, South Korea

(2020 - 2020)

《Non-face-to-face Knock project》, 23/3(Kim Jung Soo, Gang Su Bin)

Curatorial Projects & Organize events - KINYKINY PROJECT - Seoul, South Korea

(2018 - 2018)

Kim, Jung Soo, Na Hee Won

Curatorial Projects & Organize events - Public X Public - Seoul, South Korea

(2018 - 2018)

《Public X Public》

Press - Subo Art Magazine

(2026 - 2026)

Subo Art Magazine 53 & 54

Press - Arts to Hearts Project

(2026 - 2026)

Arts to Hearts Project / Studio Visit Book Vol. 7

Press - Divide Magazine

(2025 - 2025)

Divide Magazine Issue 16

Press - Voyage LA

(2025 - 2025)

Conversation with Jung Soo Kim

Press - Chicago Reader

(2025 - 2025)

Abstraction in motion

Press - Bold journey

(2025 - 2025)

Kim, Jung Soo personal Interview

Press - Canvas Label

(2025 - 2025)

Kim, Jung Soo Personal interview

Press - Art & Market

(2024 - 2024)

Press on Show

Press - Village before us

(2024 - 2024)

press on show

Press - The Visualist

(2024 - 2024)

Press on Show

Press - K-Spirit - Korea

(2021 - 2021)

Press on Show

Press - ABC News Korea - Korea

(2021 - 2021)

Press on Show

Press - Go Korea - Korea

(2021 - 2021)

Press on Show

Press - Art & Map Magazine - Korea

(2021 - 2021)

Kim, Jung Soo personal Interview

Press - News Chosun - Korea

(2019 - 2019)

Press on Show

Publication - The Graduate School, Seoul Women’s University - Seoul, Korea

(2021 - 2021)

“Study about the expansion of personal space from the body perspective and evocation effect”

Publication - Arko Museum - Seoul

(2021 - 2021)

“2021 Art Talk Talk, ARKO Art Museum professional training for Artist”

3D Printing for beginners Workshop - School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC)

(2023-10 - 2023-10)

Workshop in Art and Technology Studies department, invited by Prof, Kristin McWharter

Workshop - School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC)

(2023-04 - 2023-04)

Workshop in Art and Technology Studies department, invited by Prof, Kristin McWharter

Lecture - Seoul Women’s University

(2022-04 - 2022-04)

Lecture in Art and Design department, Major of Contemporary Art, invited by Prof. Young-Wha Lee

Lecture - East Carolina University

(2021-12 - 2021-12)

Lecture in School of Art and Design, invited by Prof. Borim Song

Lecture - East Carolina University

(2021-04 - 2021-04)

Lecture in School of Art and Design, invited by Prof. Borim Song

Lecture - Seoul Women’s University

(2021-04 - 2021-04)

Lecture in Art and Design department, Major of Contemporary Art, invited by Prof. Young-Wha Lee

Education

Bachelor's degree - Major of Contemporary art - Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea (2014-03 - 2019-02)

Master of Fine Art - Major in New Forms - The Graduate School, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea (2019-03 - 2021-08)

Master of Fine Art - Major in Art and Technology Studies(ATS) - School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC), Illinois Chicago, USA (2022-08 - 2024-12)

Skills

Artist and Creative Director

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