Yeon Jin Kim

Yeon Jin Kim is a visual artist and filmmaker, born in South Korea and based in New York City. She received her BFA in sculpture from Seoul National University and an MFA in combined media from Hunter College.

Kim's most recent solo exhibitions were at Albright College in Reading, PA and at the  Cluster Gallery in Brooklyn, both in 2019. Her films have recently been screened at the Philadelphia Asian Film Festival, New Filmmakers New York, Blow-Up Arthouse Film Fest Chicago and at the Glimmerglass Film Festival.  

Her work was featured in the book "50 Contemporary Women Artists", edited by Heather Zises and John Gosslee, published by Schiffer Publishing in 2018.

Kim's multi-disciplinary practice encompasses animated films and sets, drawings, cut-paper works and Jogakbo (Korean traditional quilting) inspired plastic quilts. Her work is equally influenced by her early life in South Korea and her last fifteen years in New York City. She is currently working on a solo exhibition to be held in 2020 at Gallery Mak in Seoul, South Korea. Kim currently teaches at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Westchester Community College.

Exhibition

Opening & Film Screening: November 16th, 2019

On Saturday, November 16th, the Society for Domestic Museology hosted an opening for Yeon Jin Kim’s, solo Exhibition, Konglish  (콩글리시 : Korean style English ). The exhibition is open by appointment through December 2019.