Timeline

1979
Born Seoul, South Korea
1997–2002
BA Visual Communication Design, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
2004–2005
ABC Diploma, Professional Photography Practice, London College of Communication, London, UK
2005–2007
BA (Honours) Photography, London College of Communication, London, UK (1st Class Honours in Dissertation, Presentation in Representation)
Awards and Grants
2009 Young Art Frontier Grant, Art Council Korea, Korea
2008 Critical Mass 2008 Finalist, Photo Lucida, US
2008 2nd Prize, The 30th Joong-Ang Fine Arts Prize, Korea
2008 NArt 2008 Grant for emerging artists, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
Public Collections
Art Bank, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea , 2008
Joong-Ang Daily, Korea, 2008
Posco, Korea, 2008

Exhibitions

2009
Joong-Ang Fine Arts Prize Awarded Artists Show, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2009
Korean Eye 2009: Moon Generation, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2009
The Cinematic-Montage, Seoul Museum of Art(SeMA), Seoul, Korea
2009
The Irony, Kimi Art 5th Anniversary, Kimi Art, Seoul, Korea
2009
Window Gallery, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea [upcoming] (solo)
2009
Ephemeral Ephemera, I-MYU Projects, London, UK [upcoming] (solo)
2008
Ephemeral Ephemera, Space VAVA, Seoul, Korea (solo)
2008
The Series of Boundary between Reality and Fantasy: Museum in Gangnamgu Office, Seoul, Korea
2008
4482 Contemporary Korean Artists in London, Bargehouse, London, UK
2008
T.error: Your Fear Is an External Object, Menupont Galeria, Mucsarnok (Kunsthalle) Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2008
The 1st Bridge: Scope in The Bridge, Gana Art 25th Anniversary, Insa Art Center, Korea
2008
Welcome Home Party, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2008
30th Joong-Ang Fine Arts Prize Selected Artist Show, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2008
Lateral Thinkers - from the Mind to the Wall in Darmstadter Tage der Fotografie 2008(Darmstadt days of photography 2008), Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, Germany
2007
The Alchemy of Shadows, The 3rd LIPF 07 (Lianzhou International Photo Festival 2007), Lianzhou, China
2007
4482 Contemporary Korean Artists in London, King’s Park Studio, London, UK
2007
Design Made: Hotelida, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2007
Traces of Document (part of Freerange Festival), The Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
2007
Hills Like White Elephants, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
2006
An Event in London, The Plum Tree, London, UK

Literature

2009
Kang, Sumi (2009) Stages of Ephemeral Images: “Shortcut” of Ayoung Kim, The Photo Montage Works, in The Wonderful Realities of Korean Contemporary Arts, Seoul: Hyunsil Books, p.156~163
2009
“Ephemeral Ephemera”, Graphic, p.120, 159, Issue 10 on Self-Publishing (Summer 2009), Korea
2009
“Hot Trend of Young Artists”, Monthly Art, p.93, Apr 2009, Korea
2009
“Ephemeral Ephemera”, Photo Box, p.92~97, Mar 2009, Korea
2009
“Photo Art Gallery”, Photographic Art, p.54~59, Mar 2009, Korea
2009
“Emerging Artists”, Art in Asia, p.106~107, Jan-Feb 2009, Korea
2009
“Today’s Flak Photo”, Flak Photo, www.flakphoto.com, 19 Jan 2009, US
2009
“New Artist“, Photonet, p.98~101, Jan 2009, Korea
2008
“Artist Prism“, VM Space, p.118~121, Dec 2008, Korea
2008
“Lives in Paper Stage-Sets”, Photography, p.114~119, Nov 2008, Korea
2008
“Young Artist 2008”, Culture+Seoul, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, p.74~77, Nov 2008, Korea
2008
“Lateral Thinkers - from the Mind to the Wall“ - Darmstadter Tage der Fotografie 2008 Catalogue, p. 48~53; p.199, 2008, Germany
2008
“Szintetikus Világok“, Fotóművészet, p.80, Feb 2008, Hungary
2008
“Artist - Ayoung Kim”, Art Price, p.44~46, Feb 2008, Korea
2008
Ayoung Kim (2008) Ephemeral Ephemera, Seoul: Mediabus, ISBN: 978-89-960226-6-4
2007
“Photographer of the future – discovered by Ute Noll”, Photographie, p.60~65, Nov 2007, Germany