Ha Young Kim

Ha Young Kim (b.1983, Seoul, South Korea) lives and works in London. After completing a BFA in Painting at Hongik University, Seoul, she went on to The Royal Academy Schools where she graduated with a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art in 2011. She is currently represented by Hoxton Art Gallery.

Her work, peopled by “characterless characters”, explores the interface between humanity and technology: “We have become the passive object of technology’s agency and are ‘sold’ technology upon the basis that it facilitates our convenience or elevates our human capacities. But when we allow technology to act for us, our own ability to be effective atrophies; we feel numb because there is a part of our brain that is dying.”

Education
2010 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Royal Academy
2007 BFA Painting, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea

Awards & Residencies
2011 The Dunover de Segonzac Award
2011 Vytlacil AIR program in New York
2010 Glenfiddich artists in residence
2010 Jerwood Prize, Royal Academy Schools, Major Prize
2010 Soloman J Soloman
2009 The Arts Club Prize Excellence in Drawing Award (1st)

Selected Exhibitions
2011 ‘Painting?’, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
2011 Tomorrow 2011, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Art Centre, Korea
2011 Royal Academy Schools Show, London
2011 Royal Academy Summer Show
2011 Solo Show at 43 Inverness-street Gallery, London
2010 Galeria of Michael Aalders, St. Tropez, France
2010 Artists at Glenfiddich First and Second Exhibition, Dufftown, Scotland
2010 4th International Art Fair ArtDaegu, Daegu, Korea
2010 Premiums Royal Academy Interim Exhibition, London
2010 RA Show at the Royal Automobile Club, London
2009 Mindscape of the 21st Century, AndrewJamesArt, B-TAP, Shanghai
2009 The Dover Arts Club Exhibition, London
2006 Zagreb 19:00 – Seoul 02:00 Simultaneous Exhibition between Korea and Republic of Croatia, Gallery COTT, Seoul, Korea

• Royal Academy of Arts