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         

Faculty Show, Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton MA, September 2025

The Reality Principle, The Elizabeth Foundation, New York NY, March 2025

Annual Figurative Art Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove PA, October 2024

Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI, April 2024

Faculty Show, Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton MA, September 2023

Recent Work, Pulp Holyoke, Holyoke MA, October 2022*

Among Friend, Equity Gallery, New York, NY, May 2022

Faculty Show, Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton MA, September 2021

Recumbent: The Art of Lying, Equity Gallery, New York, NY, April 2021

Paradise, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI, March 2021

Contemporary Portraiture: Redefining the Figure, Visionary Art Collective, September 2020

Faculty Show, Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton MA, September 2020

Crossing the Delaware: Painting as Fast as We Can (Collaboration), The Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, October 2020

Pushing the Envelope, Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, MA, August 2020

Among Friends / Entre Amigos, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY, March 2019

A Place in the Sun, The Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY, September 2018

Landscape Revisited, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville MD, May 2018

Figure / Ground, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA, September 2017

Recent Work, The Oxbow Gallery, Northampton MA, February 2017*

Questions of Travel: Recent Landscapes, Larock Studios, Greenwich, CT, June 2016*

Questions of Travel: Recent Landscapes, A.P.E. Ltd., Northampton, MA, April 2016*

Justin Kim (AoNE Featured Artist), Silvermine Arts, New Canaan, CT, May 2015*

Faculty Exhibition, Janotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, September 2014

Art of the Boros II, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY, August 2014

Justin Kim: Recent Landscapes, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, May 2014*

Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts, New Canaan, CT, March 2014

Paperworks 2013, B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, October 2013

FLOW, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, September 2013

Works on Paper, LBI Foundation, Long Beach, NJ, July 2013

Project 10 x 10, The Experimental Space, Long Island City, NY, June 2013

Wheaton Biennial, Drawing Out of Bounds, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 2013, May 2013

Project 10x10, The Experimental Space, Long Island City, NY, May 2012

9th Annual Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, March 2012

Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY, August 2011

Small Works Show, Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC, July 2011

Recent Figures, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, May 2010*

Recent Landscapes, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, February 2010

Eight Views, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT, May 2010

The Ages of Man, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, October 2008*

Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, March 2008

Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, October 2006

The Seasons, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, April 2005

Juried Group Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, August 2005*

Solo Exhibit *

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 - 2024

The University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, Lecturer, 2018, 2020, 2021