Yuni Kim
Born in Busan, South Korea, Kim is a Berlin-based artist.
Her work begins with listening — to places, to materials, and to the quiet stories they carry.She gathers the points where memory, objects, and environment converge, crafting spaces of stillness. Rather than imposing form, she allows it to emerge organically, inviting viewers into experiences of slowness and tactility. In her practice, objects are not mere symbols, but living presences that hold time within them.Through quiet attention and subtle moments of resonance, she gently explores the interconnections between memory and earth. Personal and natural memories are interwoven, opening layered, nonverbal dialogues that transcend language.
Kim received her Meisterschüler degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) in 2018. In 2015, she joined the MFA program at Hunter College University, NYC, as an exchange student.
Exhibitions / Performances
2024
appartement témoin, 31 rue des 7 arpents, 93500 Pantin, FR
kochen, gärtnern, reparieren, TEILE 2o46, Berlin, DE
2023
Jahresendzeitfiguren, SOX, Berlin, DE
Shapes of Action, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, DE
Looking through, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, DE
2022
Winter Garden, Teile 2o46 e.v., Berlin, DE *Solo
Standard Leinwand, Galerie Lusvardi Art, Milano, IT
15 Jahre IBB-Preis für Photographie, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, DE
2021
밥, 배, 나비 – Bab, Bae, NaBi, SOX, Berlin, DE *Solo
WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS, Air-Performance Aerodynamic by Team Magic, Kulturkapellen, Berlin, DE
Air-Performance, Aerodynamic, by Team Magic, 48 stunden neukölln, im Park Lessinghöhe, Berlin, DE
2020
FREITOD, KUNSTSAELE Berlin, DE
Backstage – Hands on the Wall, KUNSTSAELE, Berlin, DE
Retina, Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Berlin, DE
2019
Stilles Leben, Part of the IBB-Preis für Photographie 2019, IBB Atrium Berlin, DE *Solo
Schrein der Freundschaft (2), BKV Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam e.V., DE
2018
DIE KUNST GEHT NACH BROT, Baeckerei, Berlin, DE
Spiele mit der Ewigkeit, Grimmmuseum, Berlin, DE
OFFBEAT, Schau Fenster, Berlin.
Cheated Eyes, Seeing Tongues, Studio Picknick, Berlin, DE
2017
scheinbar|offensichtlich, with Dagmar Weissinger **Duo
Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, DE
Heimsuche, Studio Picknick, Berlin, DE *Solo
Good Friends, Kunstpunkt, Berlin, DE
The presence of Absence, Kunstverein Neukölln e.v.,Berlin, DE
NOON, Projektraum Messing, Berlin, DE
2016
Silence as Attitude, Arndt Gallery, Berlin, DE
VIEW-MASTER, Gallery Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, DE
Fresher than Fresh, Kunstraum Baeckerei Moabit, Berlin, DE
2015
Wo die verschwundenen Dinge sind, Galerie im Tempelhof Museum, Berlin, DE *Solo
Die andere Seite des Lichts: Kein Wunder, dass es zittert, Novila, Berlin, DE
2014
Love, Aids, Riot, Sex, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, DE
IF IT FIT, Streichholzmuseum, Jönköping, SE
Ab sofort: zwei Zimmer möbliert, Galerie Wedding, Berlin, DE
Homo Ludens, nominees for the 12th Kunstpreis des Bezirks Schöneberg-Tempelhof, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, DE
Schauwerk Berlin 06, Malzfabrik, Berlin, DE
Leiko Ikemura’s XXVI, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, DE
2012
キ(KI), Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Grants / Awards / Residencies
2018-2024
Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max – Artists in Residence in Schools
2019
IBB Prize for Photography, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft
2016
Ursula Hanke-Förster Foundation Award
2015
Diffring Award (Diffring Prize for Sculpture)
2014
1st Prize at the 12th Art Prize of Haus am Kleist Park
selected talks / workshops
2024
Whisper of the Tides, Workshop with Students, Performance, IUAV University, Venice, IT
After Work Walk and Talk, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin, DE
Sugungga 수궁가 水宮歌, Workshop with Teachers, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, DE
2023
Beyond UdK, Talk, University of the Arts Berlin, DE
Shapes of Action, Talk, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, DE
Looking through, Talk, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, DE
Sommergarten, Workshop with Teachers and Students, Askanisches Gymnasium, Berlin, DE
2022
Tag der offene Tür, Workshop with Children, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin, DE
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