Kim, Jung Soo
Artist and Creative Director
Chicago based
Born South Korea
Career History
Founder & Director
2024 – Present Dynamic Nature & Art (DNA) — Chicago, IL
Artist Residency
2026 - 27 Core Residency, Chicago Art Department, IL, USA
2026 June, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA, USA
2025 September, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, USA
2024 August, Sím residency, Reykjavik, Iceland
2023 August, Loovlinnak, Pärnu, Estonia
Program
2025 Selected Artist, Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center
2025 Invited Panel discussion, Chinese American Museum of Chicago
Exhibition
Solo exhibition
2021 《Time, Space, Expansion: The space expanded by everyday life》, Cyartspace gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2020 《What Makes Us Human?- Personal space: Offline to online》, Seoul Women’s University Museum Bahrom gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Group exhibition
2026 《Before It Settles: What Passes, What Appears》, Featured Artists Duo Exhibition, OH Art Foundation, Chicago
2026 《Art Korea of Chicago》, invited Artist, Al Larson Prarie Art Center, Schaumburg, IL
2026 《Still After: Threads of Remembrace》, OH Art Foundation, Chicago
2026 《BAC's 14th Annual Juried Art Competition》, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago
2026 《Art Korea of Chicago》, invited Artist, Al Larson Prarie Art Center, Schaumburg, IL
2025 《Tiny works》, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago
2025 《The Wrong Biennale》
2025 《Art Prize Michigan》, The Atrium at Uccello's, Michigan
2024 《Wavelength》, Art on the Mart, Merchandise Market Projection Mapping, Chicago
2024 《21c Wanderer》, Chicago Art Department, Chicago
2024 《EVERYTHING CLOGGED ONCE: a sharing around East Asian self-publishing 》, Inga Books, Chicago
2024 《Night School》, Agitator gallery, Chicago
2024 《lavamoa tumba》, Bogotà, Colombia
2024 《Art Prize Michigan》, The Atrium at Uccello's, Michigan
2024 《Blue Team Conference》, Chicago
2024 《The Second Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival of the Arts》, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago
2024 《Re:Generate》, Maclean Center Flex space, Chicago
2024 《The Grad Show One》, SAIC Gallery, Chicago
2023 《A VILLAGE BEFORE US》, [[Rehearsal]], John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago
2023 《Space for Empathy》, Oh Art Foundation, Chicago
2023 《and the home of the [placeholder]》, //sense, NoNation Gallery, Chicago
2023 《Seaside Salon》, Pärnu, Estonia
2023 《and the home of the [placeholder]—S1E1_pilotComfortStation》, //sense, Comfort Station, Chicago
2023 《We are sitting in a Deleuzian ballroom, experiencing ego death through a Freudian slip》, Maclean center, Chicago
2023 《&& transmission loss through mcluhanian feedback loops across the foucauldian heterotopic border of nonation》,//sense, [[Rehearsal]], NoNation Gallery, Chicago
2022 《open studio》, Maclean center, Chicago
2021 《shelter complex》, online-exhibition (http://sheltercomplex.com/)
2021 《Next Art fair》, online-exhibition (www.metaart.us)
2021 《Mentor-Mentee展 》,Hanwon gallery, Seoul, SouthKorea
2021 《concept 2021展》, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2019 《Cult______.》, Farmland gallery (Nonbat gallery), Heyri Art Village, South Korea
2018 《Hongje-dong X Buam-dong》, gallery Vanditraso, Seoul, South Korea
2018 《blue line-red line展》, opening exhibition of Muak police office gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2017 《POP-UP23/3!!!@》, Sam bakery, Seoul, South Korea
Curatorial Projects & Organize events
2026 《What We Carry Forward》, OH Art Foundation, Chicago
2024 《From Weeds to Wonder: crafting paper from the invasive》, Maclean, Chicago
2023 《Space for Empathy》, Oh Art Foundation, Chicago
2021 《Speech-bubble project》, 23/3(Kim, Jung Soo, Gang Su Bin), Seoul Living Culture Center Sindorim, Seoul, SouthKorea
2020 《Non-face-to-face Knock project》,23/3(Kim Jung Soo, Gang Su Bin) Seoul, South Korea
2018 《KINYKINY PROJECT》, Kim, Jung Soo, Na Hee Won, Seoul, South Korea2018 《Public X Public》, Seoul, South Korea
Press and Publications
Press
2026 chicago kyocharo
2026 Artistcloseup #43
2026 Voyage LA, Meet Jungsoo Kim of Chicago
2026 Bold Journey, Meet Jungsoo Kim
2026 Subo Art Magazine 53 & 54
2026 Arts to Hearts Project / Studio Visit Book Vol. 7
2025 Divide Magazine Issue 16
2025 Voyage LA, Conversation with Jung Soo Kim
2025 Chicago Reader, Abstraction in motion
2025 Bold journey, Kim, Jung Soo personal Interview
2025 Canvas Label, Kim, Jung Soo Personal interview
2024 Art & Market, Press on Show
2024 Village before us, press on show
2024 The Visualist, Press on Show
2021 K-Spirit, Press on Show, Korea
2021 ABC News Korea, Press on Show, Korea
2021 Go Korea, Press on Show, Korea
2021 Art & Map Magazine, Kim, Jung Soo personal Interview, Korea
2019 News Chosun, Press on Show, Korea
Publications
2021 “Study about the expansion of personal space from the body perspective and evocation effect”, published by The Graduate School, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
2021 “2021 Art Talk Talk, ARKO Art Museum professional training for Artist”, Seoul, Arko Museum
Lecture & Workshop
2026, July Artist TalkSummer Art and Design Intensive (SADI), The University of North Carolina-Greensboro, invited by Prof, Maria Lim
2023, Oct, 《3D Printing for beginners》 Workshop in Art and Technology Studies department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC), Invited by Prof, Kristin McWharter
2023, April, Workshop in Art and Technology Studies department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC), Invited by Prof, Kristin McWharter
2022, April, Lecture in Art and Design department, Major of Contemporary Art, Seoul Women’s University Invited by Prof. Young-Wha Lee
2021. Dec, Lecture in School of Art and Design, East Carolina University, Invited by Prof. Borim Song
2021, April, Lecture in School of Art and Design, East Carolina University, Invited by Prof. Borim Song
2021, April, Lecture in Art and Design department, Major of Contemporary Art, Seoul Women’s University Invited by Prof. Young-Wha Lee
Education
Bachelor's degree (2014.03 ~ 2019.02)
Major of Contemporary art, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
Master of Fine Art (2019.03 ~ 2021.08)
Major in New Forms, The Graduate School, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
Master of Fine Art (2022.08 ~ 2024.12)
Major in Art and Technology Studies(ATS), School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC), Illinois Chicago, USA