Yesul Kim majored in Intermedia at the School of Visual Arts of the Korea National University of Arts, where she obtained an M.F.A degree. During these studies she also followed an exchange program at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, Netherlands. She is a visual artist working in mixed media, notably installation, video and performance. As a graphic designer, she co-operates the design studio 'Platinum Design'. Platinum Design has collaborated with various music record labels such as Magic Strawberry Sound, CJ Azit, AOMG, and 8BallTown, producing numerous exhibition/performance posters, promotional material, books and more.
She is currently preparing for a new solo exhibition at Space Alter Side in May 2023. She has given special lectures at the Korea National University of Arts and the ESAAA (Ecole Superieure d'Art de l'Agglomeration d'Annecy) in France and was featured in the book Incomprehensible Beauty by Baek Min-seok, published by RHK in 2021. In 2022, she presented her video work at the book launching event Rendezvous held at the Palais de Tokyo Library in France.
She is scheduled to stay at the ISCP residency in New York in 2024. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions at institutions such as Doosan Gallery, Hapjungjigu, Culture Station Seoul 284, and Alternative Space LOOP. She has participated in residencies at Back Lane West in the UK and Tator Factatory in France, and was selected as a resident artist of the 17th Nanji Residency, Seoul Museum of Art.
Education
2022 M.F.A in Fine Art, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
2021 Fine Arts, ArtEZ University of the Arts(Exchange student program), Arnhem, Netherlands
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 Shot me down, Alternative Space SSAC, Daegu, Korea
2014 Kiss bang, Seogyo Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 DOOSAN Art Lab, Doosan gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021 Mods, Hapjungjigu, Seoul, Korea
2021 Urban Utopia, Tator Factatory, Lyon, France
2020 Borderland, Plymouth Art Weekender, Plymouth, UK
2020 Artist survival, Sehwa Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2019 Hardcore Futuregraphy, 17717, Seoul, Korea
2019 Hardcore Futuregraphy, Culture Station Seoul 284 Seoul, Korea
2019 Endless Void, Democracy and Human Rights Memorial Hall, Seoul, Korea
2018 Night club, Back Lane West, Cornwall, UK
2017 Little dance, Back Lane West, Cornwall, UK
2016 Drive-in, Seogyo Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2015 Craziness, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea
2014 Sensual Landscape, Our MONSTER, Seoul, Korea
Residencies
2023 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2021 Tator Factatory, Lyon, France
2017-2018 Back Lane West, Cornwall, UK
