Artist Introduction: Ayoung Kim

Contemporary artist and media artist Ayoung Kim (1979) has been working on beings and events that resist or deviate from the forces of history, time, and geopolitics. Fascinated by in-between or ambiguous states, she reimagines multidimensional narratives using non-linear storytelling. Her work spans geopolitics, mythological fragments, the dual impact of technology with pros and cons, and futuristic iconography, offering fresh perspectives on history and reality through a diverse array of events. These explorations have been showcased in exhibitions, performances, and publications, utilizing video, moving images, sonic fiction, VR, game simulations, diagrams, and text.

Ayoung Kim has presented her works at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and M+ in Hong Kong in 2024, Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, HEK (House of Electronic Arts) in Basel, IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam, CPH: DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival in 2023. Her work has also been featured at the Taipei Kuandu Biennial in 2022, Taichung Asian Art Biennial in 2021, Berlin International Film Festival and Busan Biennale in 2020, Gwangju Biennale and Ilmin Museum of Art in 2018, Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2016, and the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, among others. Her Delivery Dancer’s Sphere is a recipient of the Golden Nica Award in the New Animation Art category at Austria’s ‘Prix Ars Electronica’ and the Terayama Shuji Prize at the 37th Image Forum Festival in Japan in 2023. In 2019, she was a finalist for the ‘Korea Artist Prize’ at MMCA, and in 2015, she received the ‘Young Artist of the Year Award’ from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea. Her works are included in the collections at Tate Modern in the UK, Frac Lorraine in Metz, Sharjah Art Foundation in Sharjah, Kadist Foundation in San Francisco, MMCA in Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, Busan Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, and Joaquim Paiva Collection at Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, among others.