Minjee Hwang Kim
b. 1991, Seoul / working and living in Helsinki
Upcoming
Rauma Triennale 2025, Rauma, FINLAND
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Moon's Moon, duo show with Risako Yamanoi, Poriginal Gallery, Pori, FINLAND
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Porcupine Bride, monograph with Bored Wolves, Kraków, POLAND
Studies
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2018-2019
Painting, Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki
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2010-2015
Fine Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts
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2019
Painting, Erasmus program, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
Solo Exhibitions
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2024
We Them Girls, tm⋅galleria, Helsinki
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2022
Mood Ring, MAA-Tila Project Space, Helsinki
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2019
Ill Will, Project Room, Helsinki
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2016
Prosaic, Project Space 264, Seoul
Of Teabags and Napkins and Colors and Patterns, Basement Gallery, Kokkola
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2024
HAIHATUS25, Art Center Haihatus, Joutsa
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2023
By the bend, Together Again festival with Kairos Collective, Frame, Helsinki
Searching for a Utopian City, Culture House Laikku, Tampere
Shall we sleep on this, Yö Galleria, Helsinki
Solar Noon, Taattisten Tila, Naantali
Their room washed with hot light, Vuorikatu 8b, Turku
For Something to be Filled, P1tted Dates, Helsinki
Ars Nartae: Whose Landscape, Galleria Kellokas, Ylläs -
2022
Charmed, Haunted 69a, Bergen
Years that Repeat their Days, The Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki
When I was Done Dying, duo show with Shia Conlon, Titanik, Turku -
2021
Fishing in a Flat Scene: Reading Sessions with NO NIIN, Urban Apa, Ateneum, Helsinki
First International Festival of Manuports, Kohta, Helsinki
1 to 100, Katugalleria Mutteri, Helsinki
Summer of the Arts, (organized by KULTA ry), Helsinki
What's the Use of Intersectionality? Stoa Cultural Center, Helsinki / Online
Kosminen Salon: Spring Sales Exhibition, Kosminen, Helsinki -
2020
Goblin Doors, Online
Here Be Dragons, Project Room, Helsinki
Kosminen Salon: Summery Sales Exhibition, Kosminen, Helsinki
The Faint Mirror Formed When It's Night Outside The Window, The Pole Gallery, Online -
2019
Kuvan Kevät, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
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2017
Mythical, K&P Gallery, New York
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2014
Don’t Freeze. Don’t Die. Rise Again, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul
Grants
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2024
Artist Grant for Visual Arts, Art Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
Public Display Grant, Art Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
Project Grant, Art Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) -
2023
Project Grant, Paulo Foundation
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2022
Corona Grant, Art Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
6-month Working Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR) -
2021
Young Artist Grant, Finnish Art Society
Project Grant, Grafia (Association of Visual Communication Designers in Finland)
Corona Grant, Art Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) -
2020
Corona Grant, Art Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
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2019
Young Artist Grant, Anita Snellman Foundation
Residencies
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2024
The Finnish Institute at Athens, Athens, Greece
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2023
Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, Finland
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2022
Öres Residency, Örö, Finland
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2021
HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme), Helsinki, Finland
Zengården, Finnåker, Sweden -
2020
Telegrafen, Utö, Finland
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2019
Academy of Fine Arts Berlin Residency, Berlin, Germany
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2015
The Drake Arts Centre, Kokkola, Finland
Writing & Publication
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2021
The Three-Headed Monster, risograph zine with Venom Zine Library and Obra Press, Copenhagen
What do I call you?, an essay in NO NIIN magazine (3rd Issue), Helsinki
Published Writings
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Aino Frilander, "Neljä näyttelyä, jotka kannattaa nähdä tänä viikonloppuna" Helsingin Sanomat, 9.2.2024
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Sini Mononen, "Minjee Hwang Kim piirtää omakuvia, joissa arkinen valuu kohti taianomaisuutta" Helsingin Sanomat, 8.2.2024
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Sandra Broborn, "Som ett eget vardagsrum – Konsthemmet Kirpilä i Tölö har queerguidade turer året om" Hufvudstadbladet 16.12.2023
My works have been acquired by
Helsinki Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
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The Kirpilä Art Collection (Taidekoti Kirpilä)
Finnish Art Society-Art Lottery
Finnish Office for the European Union, Brussels