Kim Hyunseok

Born in Gwangju, South Korea in 1990. Currently based in Yokosuka, Japan.

Education

• 2021: MFA in Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
• 2018: BFA in Photography, College of Art, Nihon University

Solo Exhibitions

• 2026: Solo Exhibition, Awase gallery, Tokyo (Forthcoming)
• 2026: Solo Exhibition, INNSINN gallery, Seoul (Forthcoming)
• 2025: "Atami Art Grant", Atami (Forthcoming)
• 2023: "Mother Gave Birth to Me", Rise Gallery, Tokyo
• 2023: "Uraraka Art Festival, Searching for the Sky" (Curated by Atsuhiro Miyake), Kannonji Temple, Tokyo
• 2023: "Paintings Don't Speak", Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo
• 2022: "Tell Me", Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo
• 2021: "Windows and Bugs", Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts
• 2020: "Belt and Pants", 7001 Gallery, Tokyo
• 2019: "HB.nezu Kim Hyunseok", HB.nezu, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

• 2025: "Polyphony", INNSINN gallery, Seoul
• 2025: "Collectors’Collective vol.8 kyoto", Kyoto TSUTAYA gallery, Kyoto
• 2023: "Idemitsu Art Award Exhibition 2023", The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo
• 2023: "Happiness," Tokesou, Tokyo
• 2022: "Surrounding the Fire," Kanagawa Prefecture
• 2021: "is that true?", Hagiso Art, Tokyo
• 2021: "YAMANOTE LINE MUSEUM," Ueno Station, Tokyo
• 2021: "À la fin du cher paysage," The 5th floor, Tokyo
• 2018: "Exhibition of Excellent Graduation Works", Nikon Salon Shinjuku, Tokyo
• 2016: "Tokyo Exhibition of New Cosmos of Photography", Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo

Awards

• 2023: Selected for the Idemitsu Art Award 2023
• 2021: 1_Wall Jury Encouragement Award, Selected by Yoshihisa Tanaka
• 2016: Excellence Award, New Cosmos of Photography, Selected by Minoru Shimizu