Ayoung Kim

ISEA2024

Ayoung Kim (KR) synthesizes the outcomes of far-reaching speculation, establishing connections between biopolitics and border controls, the memories of stones and virtual memories, and ancestral origins and imminent futures. These narratives take the forms of video, virtual reality (VR), game simulation, sonic fiction, diagrams, and texts that the artist presents as exhibitions, screenings, performances, theatrical projects, and publications. Kim decisively integrates geopolitics, mythology, technology, and futuristic iconography in her work, and she retroactively seeks speculative time to infiltrate the present.

Kim has held solo shows and events at various venues, including Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea (2022); Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2022); Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2018) and Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2016). Her group shows, screenings, and performances include Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE (2023); International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2023); Beijing Biennial, Beijing, China (2022); STRP Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2022); Asian Art Biennial, Taichung, Taiwan (2021); IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands (2020); Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany (2020); Korea Artist Prize, MMCA Seoul, Korea (2019), and Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2015). Ayoung Kim has been an artist in residence at Pavillon Neuflize OBC Research Lab, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015-2016) and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2011). Kim has received the Young Artist of the Year Award presented by the Ministry of Culture, Korea (2015), and the British Institution Award presented by the Royal Academy of Arts, UK (2010).