Hayen Kim is a South Korean artist based in Rotterdam and Busan, whose conceptual works are her responses to personal and social events. Her artistic practice is the ground to polish her thoughts and the channel to enunciate them to the outside world. Through the process of making, she revisits her position, inner struggles, and the clashes of thoughts residing in herself. Kim uses diverse mediums to transmit her thoughts, ranging from painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and artist books to social practices.
Born in 1997, Kim grew up in South Korea and the Philippines. She studied Visual Art at Walnut Hill School for the Arts (2012-16), foundation in Fine Arts at the School of Art Institute of Chicago (2017), Fine Arts at Paris College of Art (2018-19), and majored in (de)Fine Art at Willem de Kooning Academy in the Netherlands (2023).
In recent years, she has been working around the love and pain of not belonging anywhere fully. Through her recent works “To Where Do We Flow: Finding Our Lost Half” at WdKA, “Conforming” shown at TENT Rotterdam, and “Our Homes” at the Kunsthal Rotterdam, she revisits her roots and redefines her positionality as a stranger.
김하연은 프랑스와 네덜란드, 한국에서 활동하는 순수미술 작가이다. 추상화에서부터 드로잉, 조각, 도예, 사진, 아티스트 북, social practice, 설치 미술까지 여러 미디움을 넘나들며 작업을 하는 interdisciplinary 아티스트로, 그녀의 내면에 담긴 이야기와, 사회적인 상황들에 대한 반응들을 풀어내는 매개체로서 미술을 사용한다.
1997년 부산에서 태어나, 미국 메사추세츠의 월넛힐 예술학교를 졸업하고, 시카고 예술 대학과 파리 예술 대학을 거쳐 네덜란드 로테르담의 윌렘 드 쿠닝 아카데미를 졸업했다(순수미술 전공). 네덜란드의 Drempelprijs 어워드와 영국의 Arts Thread 글로벌 디자인 졸업 전시 어워드 최종후보로 오른 To Where Do We Flow (2023), 로테르담 TENT 아트센터에서 전시한 Conforming (2022), 로테르담 미술관에서 전시한 Our Homes (2022) 모두 작가의 뿌리와 이방인 됨을 다각면에서 해석하고 있다.
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Group Exhibitions:
2023 Willem de Kooning Academy Graduation Show 2023, WdKA, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022 “Aberrant Readings”, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2021 “All You Can Art”, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2021 “Abstract”, Art Room Gallery, USA
2021 “Abstracts”, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, CA, USA
2021 “Colors”, Art Room Gallery, USA
2021 “Skies”, Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, PA, USA
2019 Paris College of Art Fine Art Department Show, Paris, France
2018 Paris College of Art Foundation Show, Paris, France
2016 “Can You See What We See?”, Natick, USA
2016 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Spring Show, Natick, USA
2015 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Fall Show, Natick, USA
2016 Walnut Hill Spring Exhibition, Yongsan Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Spring Show, Natick, USA
2015 Rhode Island National Ceramic Foundation Exhibition, Providence, USA
2014 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Fall Show, Natick, USA
2014 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Spring Show, Natick, USA
2014 Walnut Hill School for the Arts Spring Exhibition, Yongsan Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2013 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Fall Show, Natick, USA
2013-14 SoWa Boston Art Walk, Boston, USA
2013 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Spring Show, Natick, USA
2012 Walnut Hill School for the Arts Visual Art Department Fall Show, Natick, USA
2011 Futuristic, Subic, Philippines
Thesis:
2023 To Where Do We Flow: What Does America’s Presence in South Korea Do to South Koreans?, WdKA BA Degree Thesis, Rotterdam, NL
Publication:
2024 Decolonial Thoughts, To Where Do We Flow: What Does America’s Presence in South Korea Do to South Koreans?, London, UK
2023 Metropolis M INKOMEN & EINDEXAMENS 2023, Utrecht, NL
2023 To Where Do We Flow: What Does America’s Presence in South Korea Do to South Koreans?, Rotterdam, NL
2021 Home: A Bowl Where Our Soul Dwells, Rotterdam, NL
2019 Le Secret, Paris, France
2019 Rice Recipes, Paris, France
2019 Forsythe Studies, Paris, France
2019 Sophomore Year Catalogue, Paris, France
2016 SAIC FIRST Catalogue Participant, Chicago, USA
2014-15 Dance Department Calendar, Natick, USA
2012 Walnut Hill Writing Department: Blue Pencil Publication Cover, Natick, USA
Awards:
2023 Shortlist for Arts Thread Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in Collaboration with Gucci, London, UK
2023 Willem de Kooning Academy Graduation with Cum Laude, Rotterdam, NL
2023 Finalist for Drempelprijs in Social Practice Category, Rotterdam, NL
2021 Finalist for International Art Competition “Abstract,” Art Room Gallery, USA
2021 Special Merit Award for Online Art Competition “Abstracts,” Light Space & Time Gallery, USA
2021 Second Place for International Art Competition “Colors,” Art Room Gallery, USA
2016 Comcast Founders Leaders and Achievers Scholarship, MA, USA
2016 Walnut Hill School for the Arts Graduation with High Honors, MA, USA
2015-16 Cum Laude Society Award, USA
2016 The Hester R. Davies Award, MA, USA
2015 The Catherine ‘Cathy’ Chen Award, MA, USA
2015 First Place for The National K-12 Ceramic Competition, Rhode Island Convention Center, USA
2015 Highest Scholarship Award at Kansas City Art Institute, MO, USA
Work Experience
2025 Piano Music Forum Designer & Photographer, Busan, KR
2024-2025 The Henry Chief Design Officer, Paris, FR
2023-2024 Henrystay Spatial Designer, Paris, FR
2022 Willem de Kooning Academy (de)Fine Art Student as Tutor, Rotterdam, NL
2017-2022 Élysée Graphic Designer, Gyeonggi-do, KR
2021 From 2016 Onwards Project Organizer & Online Platform Curator
2019 Paris College of Art BFA Degree Show Assistant, Paris, FR
2019 Paris College of Art BFA Show Chief Curator, Paris, FR
2019 Paris College of Art Fine Art Department Show Publication Editor, Paris, FR
2017 Good Amore Graphic Designer, KR
2016 Perfectly-Puzzled Graphic Designer, USA
2016 Walnut Hill School for the Arts Senior Show Curator
2015-2016 Walnut Hill School for the Arts Community Council President, Natick, USA
2014-2016 Cum Laude Society Member, USA
2015-2016 Community Service Association Member, MA, USA
2014-2016 Walnut Hill School for the Arts Darkroom Proctor, Natick, USA
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학력
2021-2023 Willem de Kooning Academy 윌름 드 쿠닝 아카데미, 순수미술 전공, 문화의 다향성 부전공, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2018-19 Paris College of Art 파리 예술 대학, 순수미술 전공, 파리, 프랑스
2016 School of Art Institute of Chicago 시카고 예술 대학, 순수미술 전공, 일리노이, 미국
2012-16 Walnut Hill School for the Arts 월넛힐 예술 고등학교 시각예술 전공, 메사추세츠, 미국
그룹전
2023 Willem de Kooning Academy Graduation Show 2023, 윌름 드 쿠닝 아카데미, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2022 Aberrant Readings, TENT 미술관, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2021 All You Can Art, 쿤스트할, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2021 Abstract, Art Room Gallery 아트 룸 겔러리, 미국
2021 Abstracts, Light Space & Time Art Gallery 라이트 스페이스 & 타임 아트 겔러리, 켈리포니아, 미국
2021 Colors, Art Room Gallery 아트 룸 겔러리, 미국
2021 Skies, Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, 컬러스 오브 휴머니티 아트 겔러리, 필라델피아, 미국
2019 Paris College of Art Fine Art Department Show, 파리 예술대학, 파리, 프랑스
2018 Paris College of Art Foundation Show, 파리 예술대학, 파리, 프랑스
2016 Can You See What We See?, 푸크 겔러리, 메사추세츠, 미국
2013-2016 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Spring Show, 메사추세츠, 미국
2014, 2016 Walnut Hill School for the Arts Spring Exhibition, 용산 아트센터, 서울
2012-2015 Walnut Hill Visual Art Department Fall Show, 메사추세츠, 미국
2015 Rhode Island National Ceramic Foundation Exhibition, 로드아일랜드, 미국
2013, 2014 SoWa Boston Art Walk, 메사추세츠, 미국
2011 Futuristic, 라이트 하우스, 수빅, 필리핀
논문
2023 To Where Do We Flow: What Does America’s Presence in South Korea Do to South Koreans? 논문, 로테르담, 네덜란드 / 2024 <Decolonial Thoughts>에 등재, 런던, 영국
발행/발간물
2023 Metropolis M INKOMEN & EINDEXAMENS 2023, 위트레흐트, 네덜란드
2022 Put A Pause, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2021 Home: A Bowl Where Our Soul Dwells, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2019 Le Secret par Paul Armand Silvestre, 파리, 프랑스
2019 Rice Recipes, 파리, 프랑스
2019 Forsythe Studies, 파리, 프랑스
2019 Sophomore Year Catalogue, 파리, 프랑스
2016 SAIC FIRST Catalogue, 일리노이, 미국
2014, 2015 Dance Department Calendar, 메사추세츠, 미국
2012 Blue Pencil Publication, 메사추세츠, 미국
수상
2023 Arts Thread Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in Collaboration with Gucci 텍스타일 아트 부문 최종 후보, 런던, 영국
2023 Willem de Kooning Academy 최우등, 쿰라우데로 졸업, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2023 Drempelprijs 사회 연구 부문 최종후보, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2021 국제 예술 대회 “Abstract” 최종후보, 미국
2021 아트 컴페티션 “Abstracts” 스페셜 메릿 어워드, 캘리포니아, 미국
2021 국제 아트 컴페티션 “Colors” 2등상, 미국
2016 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Award, 메사추세츠주 의회 의사당, 보스턴, 미국
2016 Walnut Hill School for the Arts 최우등, 쿰라우데로 졸업, 메사추세츠, 미국
2015, 2016 쿰라우데 협회상, 미국
2016 The Hester R. Davies Award, 메사추세츠, 미국
2015 The Catherine ‘Cathy’ Chen Award, 메사추세츠, 미국
2015 전미 K-12 세라믹 대회 우승, 로드아일랜드, 미국
2015 Kansas City Art Institute 최고 장학금상, 미주리, 미국
경력
2025 Piano Music Forum 디자이너 & 사진작가, 부산
2024-25 The Henry, Henrystay 디자이너, 프랑스
2022 Willem de Kooning Academy (de)Fine Art Student as Tutor 강사 역임, 로테르담, 네덜란드
2021 From 2016 Onwards Project Curator, 메사추세츠, 미국
2019 Paris College of Art BFA Degree Show Assistant, 파리, 프랑스
2019 Paris College of Art Fine Art Department Show 출판물 에디터, 파리, 프랑스
2016 Do You See What We See? 전시 큐레이터
2015-16 Walnut Hill School for the Arts 총학생회장, 메사추세츠, 미국
2014-16 Cum Laude Society Member, 미국
2015-16 Community Service Association Member, 메사추세츠, 미국