Nayoung Kang explores the strength, balance, and aspirations that emerge from acts of care. Examining how responsibility and burden are placed within individual bodies and broader social systems, she considers forms of human sensibility that technology cannot replace. Through such physical and affective practices, the artist questions socially constructed boundaries between the “normal” and the “abnormal,” and explores an ethics of relational support. Working across sculpture, installation, video, and sound.
the artist held solo exhibitions at Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (Ansan, 2025), Kumho Museum of Art (Seoul, 2025), and CR Collective (Seoul, 2024), and has participated in group exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon, 2025), Doosan Art Lab (Seoul, 2023), Incheon Art Platform (Incheon, 2022), and Amado Art Space (Seoul, 2020).
Education
2016 Royal College of Art, MA Sculpture, London, UK
2013 University of Leeds, BA Fine Art, Leeds, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Dream House, Project Gallery Emerging Artists Showcase Series, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (GMoMA), Ansan, KR
2025 A Sunday Outing, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2024 Heavy-Duty, CR-Collective, Seoul, KR
2019 When the Day Breaks..., OS Space (supported by out_sight), Seoul, KR
Group Exhibitions
2025 Young Korean Artists 2025: Here and Now, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Gwacheon, KR
2023 Doosan Art Lab, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, KR
2022 re;side, Suwon Art Space Gwanggyo, Suwon, KR
2022 Suwon Cultural Heritage Night, Hwaseong Haenggung, Suwon, KR
2022 The Raw, Incheon Art Platform (Building B Exhibition Hall), Incheon, KR
2021 Fingers Crossed, Out_sight, Seoul, KR
2020 Non-self Standings, Amado Art Space, Seoul, KR
2019 Darlings of the Underground (curated by Dateagle Art), Subsidiary Project, London, UK
2018 De Ultramar (Art Nou, ART BARCELONA), Estudio Nomada Gallery, Barcelona, SP
2018 Hypnogogic Holiday, Safehouse Gallery 2, London, UK
2018 Starring, Laser Gallery, Seoul, KR
2016 8 Garden Gate, Camden Art Centre, London, UK
Selected Projects
2023 The Missing Fish, spatial installation project, Osisun, Seoul, KR
2018 Parlour Geometrique, group performance project, Chiswick House, London, UK
2016 Parlour Arboretum, group performance project, Harcourt Arboretum, Oxford, UK
Residency
2026 Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) Nanji Residency, Seoul, KR
2025 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) Residency Goyang, Goyang, KR
2023 Pureunjidae Changgjak Saemteo, Suwon Cultural Foundation, Suwon, KR
2018 Aug-Oct, Residency Programme, Mas els Igols, Barcelona, SP
Fund Support
2025 Selected for 2025 Gyeonggi Arts Support Visual Arts Creation Preparation Support, Gyeonggi-do, KR
2024 Selected for the 1st Artistic Creation Activity Support by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, KR
2023 Selected for the 2nd RE:SEARCH Programme by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, KR
Experience
Translator (Korean-English), Lee Bul Studio Team -Hayward Gallery, London, UK, 2018
