PERSONAL
Education
The American University, Washington, DC, MFA
Yale University, New Haven, CT, BA
Awards
•The Elizabeth Foundation Studio Membership Program, New York, NY, 2018 - present
Awarded membership at The Elizabeth Foundation, a highly competitive program that provides subsidized studio space in midtown Manhattan and access to collectors and curators in New York City.
• AHL Foundation: Archive of Korean Artists in America, New York NY, 2024
• Working Artist Grant, Working Artist.org, 2014
• Best in Show, Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts, New Canaan, CT, 2014
Commissions & Projects
Neighborhood, PS 46, Bayside Queens, NY, 2021-2023
• Selected from three semi-finalists and awarded the commission to design a 6x26’glass piece to be installed above the entryway to a new wing of Public School 46.Managed $50,000 budget. Coordinated with project manager and fabricator for production and installation.
The Box, Deep Springs CA, 2019 – 2020
• A site-specific sculptural installation in the high desert of Eastern CA, The Box is designed to frame views of the surrounding landscape. Collaborators: Harper Keehn, Tim McGinnis
Collections
• Department of Cultural Affairs, NY
• Fidelity Investments, New York, NY
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York, NY
• Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, CA
Exhibitions
Group:
• Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove PA, Annual Figurative Art Exhibition, October 2024
• Warner Gallery, Millbrook NY, Joyride, January 2023
• Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton MA, Faculty Show, September 2023
• Equity Gallery, New York, NY, Among Friends, May 2022
• Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton MA, Faculty Show, September 2021
• Equity Gallery, New York, NY, Recumbent: The Art of Lying, April 2021
• Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI, Paradise, March 2021
• Visionary Art Collective, Contemporary Portraiture: Redefining the Figure, September 2020
• Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton MA, Faculty Show, September 2020
• The Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, Crossing the Delaware: Painting as Fast as We Can, (Collaboration), October 2020
• Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, MA, Pushing the Envelope, August 2020
• Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY, Among Friends / Entre Amigos, March 2019
• The Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY, A Place in the Sun, September 2018
• Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville MD, Landscape Revisited, May 2018
• Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA, Figure / Ground, September 2017
• Jannotta Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Janotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, September 2014
• Denise Bibro Fine Art, Art of the Boros II, New York, NY, August 2014
• Silvermine Arts, New Canaan, CT, Art of the Northeast, March 2014
• B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, Paperworks 2013, October 2013
• Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, FLOW, September 2013
• LBI Foundation, Long Beach, NJ, Works on Paper, July 2013
• The Experimental Space, Long Island City, NY, Project 10 x 10, June 2013
• Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 2013 Wheaton Biennial, Drawing Out of Bounds, May 2013
• The Experimental Space, Project 10x10, Long Island City, NY, May 2012
• Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 9th Annual Magnitude 7, March 2012
• Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY, Group Show, August 2011
• Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC, Small Works Show, July 2011
• Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, Recent Landscapes, February 2010
• Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT, Eight Views, May 2010
• Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, Recent Work, March 2008
• Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, Recent Work, October 2006
• Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Juried Group Show, August 2005
Solo:
• Pulp Holyoke, Holyoke MA, Recent Work, October 2022
• The Oxbow Gallery, Northampton MA, Recent Work, February 2017
• Larock Studios, Greenwich, CT, Questions of Travel: Recent Landscapes, June 2016
• A.P.E. Ltd., Northampton, MA, Questions of Travel: Recent Landscapes, April 2016
• Silvermine Arts, Justin Kim (AoNE Featured Artist), New Canaan, CT, May 2015
• Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, Justin Kim: Recent Landscapes, May 2014
• Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, Recent Figures, May 2010
• Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, The Ages of Man, October 2008
• Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, The Seasons, April 2005
Bibliography
• Jacob Eigen, The Twenty-First Century, The American Poetry Review, 2024
• Massachusetts Cultural Council / The Art Salon, The University of Massachusetts, September 27, 2024
• “A Creative Atmosphere for NYC Public School Students,” Facilitiesnet, September 6, 2024
• Hannah Baer, Nicole Eisenman: Maker’s Muck, Hauser & Wirth, 2024
• Archive of Korean Artists in America, AHL Foundation, 2024
• “Great Glazing / P.S. 046 Addition, The Alley Pond School,” Glass Magazine, March 20, 2024
• Landscape Revisited, Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, February 2018
• Noelle Newell, “Passion for Art: The Rich History of Connecticut,” Wall St. International, October 12, 2016
• Tamar Akcay, “Justin Kim Plays with our Perception and Immersive Landscapes,” Beautiful Decay, December 8, 2015
• “Justin Kim – Long Island City, NY,” 365 Artists 365 Days, April 2015
• Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue III, April 2014
• “Art by Justin Kim, New York,” Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 15: LA vs. NY, February 2014
• Dialogist: Quarterly Poetry and Art, Vol I, Issue IV, January 2014
• Studio Visit Magazine, June 2012
• Mary Ann Bragg, “Yours, Mine or Ours?” Cape Cod Times, August 2, 2009
• Katie Zezima, “Artist’s Haven: No Electricity, but What Views” The New York Times, August 27, 2003
Teaching
• Smith College, Northampton, M, Lecturer in Art, 2012 - present
• Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, CA, Visiting Faculty, 2007 - 2025
• Yale University, New Haven, CT, Visiting Lecturer, 2021 - Present
• The University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, Lecturer, 2018, 2020, 2021