Steve Kim is an artist and illustrator. Born in Seoul, Korea, he immigrated to the states at the age of two and currently resides in Oxford, Mississippi. He received his undergraduate degree from Art Center College of Design in 2006 and his masters from Claremont Graduate University in 2010. He has shown in Korea, Italy, London, Amsterdam, Krakow, Liechtenstein and throughout the United States and clients include The California Sunday Magazine, The Outline, FRAME, Matter/Medium, Adobe, SHOWstudio, Hohe Luft, The New Republic, Arc/New Scientist, Polygon and The Verge. His work has been featured in print in Quiet Lunch, New American Paintings, Computer Arts, Beautiful Decay, PRINT Magazine, and American Illustration and online on Dazed, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, BOOOOOOOM!, The Fox Is Black, Supersonic Art, and Tumblr's Radar. Most recently he completed residencies at Red Bull Arts Detroit and Smiling Gecko in Cambodia.
Born in Seoul, Korea Resides in Oxford, Mississippi
Education: MFA, Claremont Graduate University BFA, ArtCenter College of Design
Residencies: 2017 Smiling Gecko, Kampong Chnang, Cambodia 2017 Red Bull Arts Detroit, Detroit MI
CV / Exhibitions: 2019 Supersonic Invitational 8, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco CA 2018 INCOGNITO, ICA LA, Los Angeles CA 2018 HEAT / WAVE, NOH / WAVE, Los Angeles CA 2018 Possession (solo), NOH / WAVE, Los Angeles CA 2018 On/Off Grid, FAAIM, Chicago IL 2018 Pixel Palette II, Helikon Gallery, Denver CO 2018 Artists For Smiling Gecko, Liechtenstein National Museum 2018 Supersonic Invitational 7, Spoke Art, San Francisco CA 2017 NOH/WAVE X ART MRKT, NOH / WAVE, Los Angeles CA 2017 Duets 2.0, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth TX 2017 Muses of Mount Helikon V, Helikon Gallery, Denver CO 2017 Resident Artists Exhibition, Red Bull Arts Detroit, Detroit MI 2017 _Lo/WAVE_LA_2017, NOH / WAVE, Los Angeles CA 2017 Miyazaki Art Show, Spoke Art, San Francisco CA 2017 Exhibit #2, Prct omni, Traverse City MI 2017 Supersonic Invitational 6, Spoke Art, New York NY 2016 Exhibit #02, Prjct omni, Traverse City MI 2016 Lo_01_LA_2016, DFLA Studio, Los Angeles CA 2016 Pixel Palette, Helikon Gallery, Denver CO 2016 Supersonic Invitational 5, Spoke Art, San Francisco CA 2015 AOKOA, TSA LA, Los Angeles CA 2015 Wild Imagination, JCC, Krakow, Poland 2015 Supersonic Invitational 4, Spoke Art, San Francisco CA 2014 Supersonic Invitational 3, Spoke Art, San Francisco CA 2013 Feathers, Kuvva Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2013 Poor/Fancy, Market Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2013 Supersonic Invitational 2, Spoke Art, San Francisco CA 2013 The Moleskine Project 3, Spoke Art, San Francisco CA 2012 Post Text, Samwon Paper Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2012 The New Cool School, White Box Contemporary, San Diego CA 2012 Go With The Flow, BonelliArte, Villa Bottini, Lucca, Italy 2012 Venice Art Walk & Silent Auctions, Venice CA 2012 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica CA 2012 Supersonic Invitational, Spoke Art, San Francisco CA 2011 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica CA 2011 Beyond the Inner Sphere (duo), ADC Contemporary, Los Angeles CA 2010 Salon No. 7 Works 222-247, Marine Art Salon, Santa Monica CA 2010 80th Anniversary, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA 2010 I Want to Feel At Home Here, MP5 Project Space, Portland OR 2010 Many Faces of Art, LA Contemporary, Los Angeles CA 2009 Without, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Salon No. 2 Works 030-065, Marine Art Salon, Santa Monica, CA 2009 You, Me and Everyone We Know, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley CA