김남정은 건축과 조경건축을 전공한 설치미술가로,
도시와 환경, 경계와 존재에 대한 질문을 바탕으로,
인류세를 살아가는 현대인의 불안과 이상 존재의 의미를
탐구하며 구조적이면서도 섬세한 재료를 활용한 설치 작업과
영상, 퍼포먼스를 통해 개인과 사회, 내면과 외부 세계의
교차 지점을 탐구합니다.
최근 전시로는 2024 달성대구현대미술제 연계 청년작가공모 단체전,
2024 개인전 <Flourishing, Then>, 2인전 <흐름, 담음.>,
2023 현대무용-설치 협업 공연 <Grain of Life> 등이 있으며,
2024 달성대구현대미술제 청년작가공모 대상,
2023 청주공예비엔날레 도시랩공모 대상(팀 UVV) 등을 수상했습니다.
2023년도 의정부미술도서관 오픈스튜디오 작가로 선정되어 활동하였습니다.
Nam Jung Kim is an installation artist with architecture and landscape architecture background.
Her work is grounded in questions about cities and environment, boundaries, and existence.
She explores the anxiety of living in the Anthropocene and the pursuit of an 'ideal state of being'
through installations, video, and performance works of structural and delicate materials.
Her practice probes the intersections between the individual and society,
and between inner and outer worlds.
Recent exhibitions include
the <2024 Daegu Dalseong Contemporary Art Festival's Youth Artist Group Exhibition>,
2024 Solo exhibition <Flourishing, Then>, 2023 two-person exhibition <Flow and Containment>,
and 2023 Contemporary Dance -Installation collaborative performance <Grain of Life>.
She received Grand Prize in the 2024 Daegu Dalseong Contemporary Art Festival's Youth Artist Contest, and Grand Prize in the 2023 Cheongju Craft Biennale CityLab Contest (Team UVV).
In 2023, she was selected as an Open Studio Artist at the Uijeongbu Art Library.
CV
SHOWS / EXHIBITIONS
<1.2인의 요새 (Fortress for One point Two)>
Uijungbu Hall of Arts, Uijungbu 2025. 6. 6 - 15
Solo exhibition
Daegu Contemporary Art Festival's Youth Artist Contest
The Arc Plaza, Daegu 2024 9. 7 - 10. 6
group exhibition 출품작 "비일상으로의 항해(Sailing into Unfamiliar)"
<Flourishing, Then: 반드시 만개할 시간에 대해>
Gallery Peace, Uijungbu 2024. 6. 8 - 21
Solo exhibition
<흐름, 담음. (Flow, Contain.)>
Saemoonan Gallery, Seoul 2023. 11. 5 - 27
2 Person exhibition & collaboration with Ceramic artist Choi Enji.
<Grain of Life>
Artcamp Uijungbu 2023. 10. 19 - 20
Collaborated performance - installation Performance
with Performer Ara Cho
Chongju Craft Biennale City Lab
Cheongju Craft Biennale 2023. 8. 31 - 10. 15
City Lab Research Publication & group exhibition
"Fragile City: 도시기능적 공예 연구를 통한 어린이 친화적 도시에 대한 고찰"
ART RESIDENCY
Uijungbu Art Library Open Studio Artist (8기)
2023. 7. 28 - 2024. 01.14
AWARDS
2024 Daegu Contemporary Art Festival's Youth Artist Contest
Awarded as Grand Prize
2023 Chongju Craft Biennale City Lab
Team UVV Awarded as Winner
GRANTS
2025 All Arts 31 Gyeonggi Art Grant <Uijeongbu Majungmul Project> Recipient
2024 All Arts 31 Gyeonggi Art Grant <Uijeongbu Majungmul Project> Recipient
2023 Uijeongbu Cultural and Arts Promotion Support Program
Recipient (as Team UVV)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Mikyoung Kim Design (MYKD) Boston 2019 - 2023
Landscape architecture design & construction works for public parks, waterfront, commercial properties in Michigan, Florida, Massachusetts
Island ECC Hong Kong 2015-2017
Spatial and Graphics design for institutional events and space.
Peace Construction Hong Kong 2014-2015
Interior design & construction works for residential & commercial spaces in Hong Kong
Design Kutec Seoul 2013
Interior design & construction works for residential & commercial spaces in Korea
Danny Forster Design Studio New York 2012
Architectural design & construction works for residential space in NYC
Freelance Works Seoul & Hong Kong
Stage Design and Production for “Painter’s Lab”
Theatre du Pif, Hong Kong (2017)
Stage Design for Performer Ara Cho at i-Dance Festival, Hong Kong (2016)
Jewelry Display Design for B.oq, Seoul (2013)
Diner Building Construction, Uijungbu (2011)
EDUCATION
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD)
-Master of Landscape Architecture
Rhode Islands School of Design (RISD)
-Bachelor of Architecture
-Bachelor of Fine Arts