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Education and Qualifications

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, UK, 2011
BTEC Foundation Diploma course in Art, University for the Creative Arts, UK, 2008

Relevant Employment

Visual Artist & Co-Director, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, 2014–2016
Graphic Designer, Pull & Bear, London, UK, 2012-2014
Middle-Management Executive of Product MD & V.M.D Design Team, ART-BOX, Seoul, SouthKore; Junior Visual Merchandising Designer, Quicksilver, Seoul, South Korea; Junior Set Designer, Cheil Communications Inc -Samsung Cable TV Division Q Channel, Seoul, South Korea.

Solo Exhibitions

‘INVISIBLE, BUT THEY DO EXIST’, CYART DOCUMENT Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, March-April, 2018
‘As If It is Organic Molecule’, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, June, 2015
‘The Dividing Line Between Light and Dark’, FORM, Seoul, South Korea, June, 2014

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

Spectrosynthesis Seoul, Art Sonje Center, 20 March-28 June, 2026
Signal, Noise, and Time, Space55, 08 November-20 December, 2025
‘Organic Synthesis’, Showna Kim & Jung Woo Bin, Gallery.Project.K, Seoul, South Korea, 01-29, February, 2024
2 Queens 2 Screens, Two Queens, Leicester, UK, April, 2023
Celebration of the gallery’s 10th anniversary, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK, 23 October-20 February , 2021-2022
London Design Biennale: Design in an Age of Crisis – On Show, Somerset House, London, UK, 01-27 June, 2021
Public Art Festival by Video Fenster Projekt: ‘A gradual process happening on the face of the Earth’, K18 Gallery, Cologne, Germany, June, 2021
Architecture of The Elsewhere, Gallery Perchee, New York, 15 May-15 July, 2021
Homeostasis Lab, Sao Paulo, Brazil, May-June, 2021
Video Art Miden, Greece, February, 2021
‘36th Annual Open Exhibition’, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK, 02 December-31 January, 2020
Eulji Art Fair, Daewoo E&C NEW office Eulji Twin Tower, Seoul, South Korea, October- November, 2020
‘OVEN READY’, Film Free and Easy, Primary, Nottingham, UK, 27 August, 2020
Eulji Art Fair, Dong-Woo Building Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, November, 2019
The Liminal: ‘Kiss Me, I am A Man, A Men (Amen), British Museum, Paul Webley Wing, Senate House, SOAS & UCL, London, UK, July, 2019
‘From Here To There’, Seoul Museum of Art - SeMA Storage, Seoul, South Korea, 13-27 April, 2019
‘From Here To There’, CYARTSPACE & DOCUMENT Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 19 February-03 March, 2019
31st Festival Les Instants Video, Marseills, France, 09 November-02 December, 2018
‘Bodies x Borders’, SOAS & UCL, British Museum, London, UK, June, 2018
Delphian Gallery Open Call: ‘Urban Project’, Delphian Gallery, London, UK, May, 2018
Europaische Kulturtage 2018: Open Borders BBK of Karlsruhe curated by HfG-Alumna Lisa Bergmann, Changings, Awakenings: Equal Rights for All, BEZIRKSVERBAND BILDENDER KUNSTL ERINNEN, Orgelfabrik Durlach, Karlsruhe, Germany, 22 April-13 May, 2018
Performance project by Rory Pilgrim: Holographic Bonds, ‘AM I?’, ‘I AM’, mac (Middle Art Center) Birmingham, UK, 09 November, 2017
A Free Breakfast, Kunstlerhaus FAKTOR, Hamburg, Germany, 19-27 November, 2016
‘Bare’ curated by Yanguo Xia, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art / Changdong, Seoul, South Korea, 23 October-08 November, 2015
Ep=mgh, The Obstruction of Obliteration: ‘The Planes of Symmetry Functions Just Like Asymmetry Relationship’, St. Giles Church, Camberwell, London, UK, February, 2014
Art In The Crypt Presents: ‘Insights’, St. Giles Church, Camberwell, London, UK, November, 2013
The Reinterpretation of The Tradition: ‘The Solid And The Void’, 舞縫軒, Seoul, South Korea, January, 2013
‘The Mirror in Urban Landscape’, The Art Pavilion, London, UK, December, 2012
Be Real: ‘1710, 2000, 2013’, Hanmi Gallery, London, UK, October-November, 2012
Europa-Hungary-Balaton: International and Hungarian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Balatonfűzfő Underground Powerhouse, Hungary, September–October, 2011
Artists at Work: Process Recorded ‘The End Has No End’, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK, September, 2011

Group Exhibitions

_phobia: When Truth penetrates into Reality, Waley Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 08-23 October, 2016
‘Perception of Time’, FOAM, Seoul, South Korea, July, 2014
Anthropocene: ‘Artificial Incubator’, FOAM, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2014
Open Exhibition: ‘The Cycle of Death and Rebirth, It is Like a Roller Coaster’, CGP Gallery, London, UK, November, 2013
This does not seem possible but it is: ‘It is a Shard of Blue that Bordered on Iridescent’, The Amersham Arms, London, UK, July, 2013
Performance project: ‘27.3’, George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths University, London, UK, February, 2013
‘Transformation Of The Unethical Gestation’, Bonington Building, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK, June, 2011
Non–Human: ‘Rebirth Of The Soul’, 1851 Gallery, Nottingham, UK, November, 2010
The gates of heaven for a day, 1851 Gallery, Nottingham, UK, November, 2009

Projects & Collaborations (Selection)

Open Studio, WORKPLACE SEQUENCE, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
‘AM I?’, ‘I AM’, Korean Video Art Archives, THE STREAM, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
Museum Outing 21, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK, February, 2021
‘Tape Seoul’ by Numen for Use, K Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2017
Seoul Haebangchon: Perspektiven Stadtischer Revitalisierung: Talks, Workshop in collaboration with HBC Regeneration Project, Goethe-Institut Seoul, South Korea, October, 2016
‘Artist Talk’, Waley Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2016
‘Artist Talk’, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, August, 2016
Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign Project with Ministry of Gender Equality and Family: ‘LOOK AGAIN’, Seoul Cheonggye Plaza, Seoul, South Korea, August, 2014
‘Zebra Crossing’, Installation costume works in contemporary dance, Marry Hall Theatre, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Urban Project: ‘Technicolour Utopia’, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2014
‘Artist Talk’, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, South Korea, December, 2012

Solo Curatorial Works

Film
Rooftop Film Screening V: ‘Faces of Seoul’ by Gina Kim director, Space One, May, 2016

Exhibition

‘The Taste of Gazing’, Jung Seung & Paul Zuerker, Space One, South Korea, August, 2016
‘in dialogue’, Bac Ho Un & Ellie Geary, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2016
‘Existence on the Seesaw’, Minsoo Kang, Klara Petra Szabo, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, March, 2016
‘Ten Thousand Li Back Home’, Yangbin Park & Monica Nickolal, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2015
‘Herr Navel von Welt’, Sarah Mock, Gemini Kim, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, September, 2015
‘A Stable Matter & Close Attention’, Carola Deye, Alice Gale - Feeny, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, August, 2015
‘cut, tie, sew’, Taeyoun Kim, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, March, 2015
‘The Dividing Line Between Light and Dark’, FOAM, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2014
This does not seem possible but it is, London, UK, July, 2013
‘Be Real’, Hanmi Gallery, London, UK, October, 2012
Non–Human, 1851 Gallery, Nottingham, UK, November, 2010

Collaborative Curatorial Works

A Free Breakfast, Kunstlerhaus FAKTOR, Hamburg, Germany, 19-27 November, 2016
‘Phobia’ Waley Art, Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2016
‘Friendly Patterns’, Flo Maak & Sascha Pohle, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, June, 2016
‘UPPER’, Rebecca Ann Tess, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, April, 2016
‘The Language of Painting’, Kate Bae & Taehee Kim, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, July, 2015
‘Lake Scratchers’, Heaven Baek & Kenzo Onoda, Toshihiro Fukunishi, Miyuki Fukunishi Performance, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, June, 2015 ‘Two Rooms’, Dooee Jeong, Youngjoo Lee, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, April, 2015
‘is’, Heewoong Jin, Hyunji Kim, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, February, 2015

Residency / Exhibition & Project Grants

Exhibition: Public Art Festival by Video Fenster Projekt: ‘A gradual process happening on the face of the Earth’, K18 Gallery, Cologne, Germany, 2021
Exhibition: London Design Biennale: Design in an Age of Crisis – On Show, Somerset House, London, UK, 2021
Exhibition: Celebration of the gallery’s 10th anniversary, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK, 2021-2022
Exhibition: ‘Queer’ Asia, London, UK, 2019
Exhibition: ‘From Here To There’, Seoul Museum of Art - SeMA Storage, CYARTSPACE & DOCUMENT Gallery, Seoul South Korea, 2019
Korean Artist Welfare Foundation Grant, Seoul, South Korea, 2018
Exhibition: Europaische Kulturtage 2018: Open Borders BBK of Karlsruhe curated by HfG-Alumna Lisa Bergmann, Kultur in Karlsruhe, Germany, 2018
‘INVISIBLE, BUT THEY DO EXIST’, CYART DOCUMENT Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2018
Korean Artist Welfare Foundation Grant, Seoul, South Korea, 2017
Exhibition & Residency: ‘A Free Breakfast’, Kulturbehorde Hamburg, Germany, 2016
Exhibition & Residency: Waley Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2016
‘Haebangchon Regeneration Art Project Grant’, Seoul City Mayor Grant, Goethe-Institut Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 2016
Korean Artist Welfare Foundation Grant, Seoul, South Korea, 2016
‘Zebra Crossing’, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Campaign for Prevention of Domestic Violence, ‘LOOK AGAIN’, Ministry of the Gender Equality & Family Grant, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Exhibition: Artists at Work: Process Recorded, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK, 2011
Exhibition: Europa-Hungary-Balaton: International and Hungarian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Balatonfűzfő Underground Powerhouse, Hungary, September–October, 2011
Exhibition: Non–Human, Nottingham Trent University & Nottingham Trent University Korean Society, Nottingham, UK, November, 2010

Awards

The 3rd place artist for APERO Fine Art Catalogue,‘llluminate’ February, 2020
The Grand Prize Winner of CYART DOCUMENT Gallery, 2018
Winner of The First Professor John Newling, Nottingham, UK, 2011
A Specially Selected Prize in the 24th Korea International Illustration Competition, Seoul, South Korea, 2009

Press

Hobson’s Choice 2.0: ‘Objects More or Less Interesting’(2019), TAM Torrance Art Museum, Southern California, U.S, February, 2021
Museum Outing 21, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK, February, 2021
My Art Pride Story, Sunpride Foundation, April, 2020
https://www.showapero.com/blog/showna-kim, 2020
Interview, Queer Asia, London, UK, 2018 https://queerasia.com/qa18art-blog-kim/
Article, ASIAN Airline Magazine, 2016
https://issuu.com/bracket.magazine/docs/19_june_bracket_small, [b]racket Magazine, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Transformation of the unethical gestation, HYO JUNG KIM (SHOWNA KIM), https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/fine-art-4, UK, 2011