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Jeongin Kim (b. 1984 Seoul, lives and works in Seoul) is a photographer and photobook maker whose practice is rooted in sequencing and materiality, approaching the book as a primary site where images earn time, rhythm, and trust. Trained in Visual Communication Design at Hongik University, she worked across commercial photography and design before spending seven years as a project manager at Datz Press in Seoul, producing art books and deepening her engagement with contemporary photography. Kim’s projects unfold as long-form narratives shaped by intimacy and the ethics of looking, moving between private experience and shared language. She has presented solo exhibitions, including Silent Prayer (D’Front Space, Seoul, 2018) and Life Signal (Gallery Seoi, Seoul, 2020), and participated in Time of the Earth (MMCA, Gwacheon, 2021). Her photobooks include Silent Prayer (Datz Press, 2018), Life Signal (OHHA ROOM, 2020), and TULSA: My Grandma Speaks Korean (OHHA ROOM, 2023). Her publications are held by the National Library of Korea and the New York Public Library.

Solo Exhibition
2020    Life Signal,  Gallery Seoi, Seoul, KR
2018    Silent Prayer, D’Front Space, Seoul, KR

Group Exhibition
2023    No Subtitles, gallery the C, Seoul, KR
2021    VISION (Cyanotype image-making), Time of the Earth, MMCA, Gwacheon, KR
2021    CoA Project, Seoripul Gallery, Seoul, KR
2019    Country of Green and Gold, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2018    Emerging Artist Group Exhibition, Gallery Life, Seoul, KR
2018     Portrait, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
2013    Art on Paper, Datz Museum of Art, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, KR

Publication
2023    TULSA: My Grandma Speaks Korean, OHHA ROOM, Seoul, KR
2020    Life Signal, OHHA ROOM, Seoul, KR
2020    100 Photographers 100 Photos, Vol. 23, Vostok Press
2018    Silent Prayer, Datz Press, Seoul, KR

Collections
The National Library of Korea
The New York Public Library

Awards / Grants
2018    Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, First Art Support (Visual Art)
2008    Output Project (Germany), Special Distinction, Graduation Catalog (Photography)

Talks / Workshops
2018    Photobook Publishing, Jungjin Lee: ECHO - Exhibition Program, @MMCA, Gwacheon
2018    FNL#12 Book Talk, Silent Prayer - Exhibition Program, @D’ARKROOM, Seoul
2018-present    Independent Publishing for Photographers, @KT&G Academy, Seoul

Interviews
2011    Culture &Design Magazine, g-colon / Artist Interview

Professional Experience
2011–2018    Datz Press, Project Manager, Seoul, KR
2010–2011    L. Y. Investment Company, Designer / Photographer, Tulsa, OK, USA

Selected Stocklists
Seoul: Irasun; Same Dust; Your-mind; D’Ark Room; Photobookshop Gorae
New York: Printed Matter, Inc.
London: The Photographers’ Gallery Bookshop
Bradford: Impressions Gallery Bookshop
Paris: Yvon Lambert








Photographs © Jeongin Kim All rights Reserved.