Artist, Graphic Designer & Art & Design Tutor
Director, Space One, Seoul, South Korea 2014 - 2016
Graphic Designer, Pull & Bear, London, UK, 2013 - 2014
Junior Stage Designer & Interpreter, Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 2009
Head of Accessory MD, ART-BOX; V.M.D, Quicksilver; T.B.J / Set Designer, Cheil Communications Inc - Samsung Cable TV Division Q Channel
Education & Qualifications
Nottingham Trent University, BA Fine Art, UK, 2008 - 2011
BTEC Foundation Diploma Course in Art, UCCA, Canterbury, UK, 2007 - 2008
Solo Exhibitions
‘INVISIBLE, BUT THEY DO EXIST’, CYART DOCUMENT Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, March-April, 2018
‘As If It is Organic Molecule’, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, June, 2015
‘The Dividing Line Between Light and Dark’, FORM, Seoul, South Korea, June, 2014
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
The Turner Contemporary Open, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK, October, 2021
London Design Biennale: Design in an Age of Crisis – On Show, Somerset House, London, UK, June, 2021
Public Art Festival by Video Fenster Projekt: ‘A gradual process happening on the face of the Earth’, K18 Gallery, Cologne, Germany, June, 2021
London Design Biennale: Design in an Age of Crisis – On Show, Somerset House, London, UK, June, 2021
Architecture of The Elsewhere: ‘Objects More or Less Interesting’ (2019), Gallery Perchee, New York, May, 2021
Homeostasis Lab,Sao Paulo, Brazil, May, 2021
Video Art Miden, Greece, February, 2021
‘36th Annual Open Exhibition’, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK, December, 2020
Eulji Art Fair, Daewoo E&C NEW office Eulji Twin Tower, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2020
‘OVEN READY’, Film Free and Easy, Nottingham, UK, August, 2020
Eulji Art Fair, Dong-Woo Building, Seoul, South Korea, November, 2019
The Liminal: ‘Kiss Me, I am A Man, A Men (Amen), British Museum, Paul Webley Wing, Senate House, SOAS & UCL, London, UK, July, 2019
‘From Here To There’, Seoul Museum of Art - SeMA Storage, Seoul, South Korea, April, 2019
‘Perceptions’, Millepiani, Rome, Italy, March, 2019
‘From Here To There’, CYARTSPACE & DOCUMENT Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, February, 2019
31st Festival Les Instants Video, Marseills, France, November, 2018
‘Bodies x Borders’, SOAS & UCL, British Museum, London, UK, June, 2018
Delphian Gallery Open Call, ‘Urban Project’, Delphian Gallery, London, UK, May, 2018
Europäische Kulturtage 2018: Open Borders BBK of Karlsruhe curated by HfG-Alumna Lisa Bergmann, Changings, Awakenings: Equal Rights for All, BEZIRKSVERBAND BILDENDER KUNSTL ERINNEN, Orgelfabrik Durlach, Karlsruhe, Germany, April, 2018
Holographic Bonds: ‘AM I?’, ‘I AM’, mac (Middle Art Center) Birmingham, UK, November, 2017
A Free Breakfast: ‘Today's Job with Yesterday’s Tools with Future Concept’, Kunstlerhaus FAKTOR, Hamburg, Germany, November, 2016
‘Bare’ curated by Yanguo Xia, ‘It is a square which is too big to be circle or too small to be emptiness’, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art / Changdong, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2015
Ep=mgh, The Obstruction of Obliteration: ‘The Planes of Symmetry Functions Just Like Asymmetry Relationship’, St. Giles Church, Camberwell, London, UK, February, 2014
Art In The Crypt Presents: ‘Insights’, St. Giles Church, Camberwell, London, UK, November, 2013
The Reinterpretation of The Tradition: ‘The Solid And The Void’, 舞縫軒, Seoul, South Korea, January, 2013
‘The Mirror in Urban Landscape’, The Art Pavilion, London, UK, December, 2012
Be Real: ‘1710, 2000, 2013’, Hanmi Gallery, London, UK, October, 2012
Europa-Hungary-Balaton: International and Hungarian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Balatonfűzfő Underground Powerhouse, Hungary, September, 2011
Artists at Work: Process Recorded ‘The End Has No End’, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK, September, 2011
Group Exhibitions
_phobia: When Truth penetrates into Reality, ‘Philosophy, Science And The Space in Between Things’, Waley Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2016
‘Perception of Time’, FOAM, Seoul, South Korea, July, 2014
Anthropocene: ‘Artificial Incubator’, FOAM, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2014
Open Exhibition: ‘The Cycle of Death and Rebirth, It is Like a Roller Coaster’, CGP Gallery, London, UK, November, 2013
This does not seem possible but it is: ‘It is a Shard of Blue that Bordered on Iridescent’, The Amersham, London, UK, July, 2013
‘Transformation of The Unethical Gestation’, Bonington Building, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK, June, 2011
Non–Human: ‘Rebirth Of The Soul’, 1851 Gallery, Nottingham, UK, November, 2010
The gates of heaven for a day, 1851 Gallery, Nottingham, UK, November, 2009
Projects / Collaborations (Selection)
Open Studio, Workplace, Sequence, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
“AM I?’, ‘I AM’, (2018), Korean Video Art Archives [The Stream], Seoul, South Korea, 2022
Museum Outing 21, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK, February, 2021
‘Tape Seoul’ by Numen for Use, K Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2017
Seoul Haebangchon: Perspektiven Stadtischer Revitalisierung: Talks, Workshop in collaboration with HBC Regeneration Project, Goethe-Institut Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2016
‘Artist Talk’, Waley Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2016
‘Artist Talk’, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, August, 2016
‘Zebra Crossing’, Installation costume works in contemporary dance, Marry Hall Theatre, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea, November, 2014
Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign Project with Ministry of Gender Equality and Family: ‘LOOK AGAIN’, Seoul Cheonggye Plaza, Seoul, South Korea, August, 2014
Urban Project: ‘Technicolour Utopia’, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2014
‘Artist Talk’, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, South Korea, December, 2012
Performances
'27.3’, George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths University, London, UK, February, 2013
Producer: Hany Park / Dramaturge: Stephanie Smith / Music: Ansheng Zhang / Costume Design: Cat Park / Poster Design: Showna Kim / Chinese Interpreters : Wenjie Sun, Lin Zhang
Performers: Sulhee Lee, Showna Kim, France Addyman, Young Eun Yoon
‘Darkness Becomes Shadow’, Nottingham, Playhouse, Nottingham, UK, June, 2009
Solo Curatorial Works
'The Taste of Gazing', Jung Seung & Paul Zuerker, Space One, South Korea, August, 2016
'in dialogue', Bac Ho Un & Ellie Geary, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2016
Film 'Faces of Seoul' by Gina Kim, Space One, June, 2016
'Existence on the Seesaw', Minsoo Kang, Klara Petra Szabo, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, March, 2016
'Ten Thousand Li Back Home', Yangbin Park & Monica Nickolal, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2015
'Herr Navel von Welt', Sarah Mock, Gemini Kim, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, September, 2015
'A Stable Matter & Close Attention', Carola Deye, Alice Gale - Feeny, Spaceone, Seoul, South Korea, August, 2015
‘cut, tie, sew', Taeyoun Kim, Spaceone, Seoul, South Korea, March, 2015
'The Dividing Line Between Light and Dark', FOAM, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2014
'This does not seem possible but it is', The Amersham, London, UK, July, 2013
'Be Real', Hanmi Gallery, London, UK, October, 2012
'Non- Human', 1851 Gallery, Nottingham, UK, November, 2010
Collaborative Curatorial Works
'Phobia', Waley Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2016
'Friendly Patterns', Flo Maak & Sascha Pohle, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, June, 2016
'UPPER', Rebecca Ann Tess, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, April, 2016
'The Language of Painting', Kate Bae & Taehee Kim, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, July, 2015
'Lake Scratchers', Heaven Baek & Kenzo Onoda, Toshihiro Fukunishi, Miyuki Fukunishi Performance, Space One, Seoul, South Korea, June, 2015
'Two Rooms', Dooee Jeong, Youngjoo Lee, Spaceone, Seoul, South Korea, April, 2015
'is', Heewoong Jin, Hyunji Kim, Spaceone, Seoul, South Korea, February, 2015
Exhibition / Project / Residency Grants
Exhibition: Public Art Festival by Video Fenster Projekt: ‘A gradual process happening on the face of the Earth’, K18 Gallery, Cologne, Germany, 2021
Exhibition: London Design Biennale: Design in an Age of Crisis – On Show, Somerset House, London, UK, June, 2021
Exhibition: ‘Queer’ Asia, London, UK, 2019
Exhibition: Millepiani, Rome, Italy, 2019
Exhibition: ‘From Here To There’, Seoul Museum of Art - SeMA Storage, CYARTSPACE & DOCUMENT Gallery, Seoul South Korea, 2019
Korean Artist Welfare Foundation Grant, Seoul, South Korea, 2018
Exhibition: Europäische Kulturtage 2018: Open Borders BBK of Karlsruhe curated by HfG-Alumna Lisa Bergmann, Kultur in Karlsruhe, Germany, 2018
Korean Artist Welfare Foundation Grant, Seoul, South Korea, 2017
Exhibition & Residency, ‘A Free Breakfast’, (Förderung der bildenden Kunst), Hamburg, Germany, November, 2016
Exhibition & Residency, Waley Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, September-October, 2016
‘Haebangchon Regeneration Art Project Grant’, Seoul City Mayor Grant, Goethe-Institut Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 2016
Korean Artist Welfare Foundation Grant, Seoul, South Korea, 2016
‘Zebra Crossing’, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Campaign for Prevention of Domestic Violence, ‘LOOK AGAIN’, Ministry of the Gender Equality & Family Grant, Seoul, South Korea, August, 2014
Exhibition, Artists at Work: Process Recorded, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK, September, 2011
Exhibition, Non–Human, Nottingham Trent University & Nottingham Trent University Korean Society, Nottingham, UK, November, 2010
Graphic Designs
Logo Design: 37 Productions, 2015, Space One, 2014
Catalogue Design: Artist Inyoung Yeo, 2015
Symbol Design: Campaign for Prevention of Domestic Violence, 'LOOK AGAIN', Seoul, South Korea, August, 2014
Poster Designs (Exhibitions & Projects)
2019
'FROM HERE TO THERE’ (Seoul Museum of Art - SeMA Storage, CYARTSPACE & DOCUMENT Gallery)
2018
'INVISIBLE, BUT THEY DO EXIST'
2016
'A Free Breakfast'
‘The Taste of Gazing’
‘in dialogue’
‘Friendly Patterns’
'Existence on the Seesaw’
2015
'Herr Navel von Welt’
‘A Stable Matter & Close Attention'
‘Sound Performance by Passing Josh & Ian John H’
'two plus one: The Hierarchy of Gaze & subject = object’;'cut, tie, sew’
2014
‘The Dividing Line Between Light and Dark’; ‘Perception of Time’
2013
‘This does not seem possible but it is’
‘27.3’
Awards
The 3rd place artist fro APERO Fine Art Catalogue, ‘Illuminate’, February, 2020
The Grand Prize Winner of CYART DOCUMENT Gallery, 2018
Winner of The First Professor John Newling, Nottingham, UK, 2011
A Specially Selected Prize in The 24th Korea International Illustration Competition, 2009
Press (Selection)
Interview series: Language/Material (5/5), No Jobs in the Arts CIC, UK, May, 2022
Hobson’s Choice 2.0, TAM Torrance Art Museum, Southern California, U.S, February, 2021
Museum Outing 21, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK, February, 2021
#MyArtPrideStory, Showna Kim, Sunpride Foundation, April, 2020
https://www.showapero.com/blog/showna-kim
Interview, ‘Showna Kim’, Queer Asia Conference 2018: Bodies X Borders, London, UK, 2018
Article, Asiana Airline Magazine, 2016
[b] racket Magazine, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/fine-art-4, UK, 2011