Kihyun Park is an artist based between Berlin and Seoul. Working across writing, performance, photography, video, and installation, she explores labor, mobility, and material culture through long-term research and personal narratives. Her work examines how social, economic, and institutional structures are inscribed in bodies and landscapes.

Education

2007 - 2011

seoul national university, bachelor of arts, oriental painting

2019 - 2024

weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, MA spatial strategies

Solo Show

2023

a year in search of body, kult., berlin

Group Shows

2021

parkomplex, zk/u, berlin

2020

body and institution, zk/u, berlin

2020

gegenwarten|presences, kunstsammlungen chemnitz, chemnitz

2020

openhaus august, zk/u, berlin

2020

moabiter gesichter iii, nomadic art, berlin

2020

politik poetik des raumes, n.b.k., berlin

2020

transmediale ctm vorspiel, hackmanufaktur, berlin

2019

caution! slippery ground, zk/u, berlin

2019

amma fi amman, mmag, amman

stipends

2026

2026

2021

korean arts council

culture moves europe

mart stam stipendium (deutschlandstipendium)

2021

daad stipendium forderprogramm

2020

creative europe programme of the european union

2020

bezirkskulturfonds mitte

2019

berlin senate for culture and europe, travel grants for cultural exchange

2019

european cultural foundation, travel grants

residencies

2026

2020

yellow brick studio, athens, greece

die vertraute welt - zona d, kunstsammlungen chemnitz, germany

2020

zk/u, berlin, germany

2019

zona sessions ii with spring sessions, mmag makan, amman, jordan 

2019

ständige vertretung at zk/u, berlin, germany

2019

cassis a.i.r., marseille, france

2018

zona sessions with spring sessions, makan, amman, jordan

2013

pilotenküche a.i.r. spinnerei, leipzig, germany

working experiences

2022

artist at work, casco art institute, utrecht

2018 - 2021

curatorial collaborations, zona d, berlin-amman 

2018

production team internship, 10th berlin biennial, kw, berlin

2017 - 2021

community engaging projects coordination, zk/u berlin

2015 - 2016

comic book shop, ugandamazagebooks, leipzig

2013 - 2017

private masseur, leipzig-berlin

2013 - 2014

drawing modeling, spinnerei, leipzig

publication

2026

2023

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 a year in search of body