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