Master of Architecture, Columbia University GSAPP; B.F.A. Kookmin University
Kyong Kim is a New York–based architect and artist whose work spans architecture, installation, objects, and performance. Trained in architecture and graphic design, she has worked across design studios and cultural institutions for over thirteen years, most notably at 2x4 in New York. This experience has shaped an interdisciplinary practice that moves between architectural thinking, visual systems, and artistic research.
In recent years, exhibition design has become a primary site of spatial experimentation within her practice, where architecture is treated as an active agent that shapes narrative and influences how knowledge is encountered. Her exhibition projects include Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo feat. Takashi Murakami, Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, and Monet & Venice at the Brooklyn Museum.
Kim explores the often-invisible systems that organize space, from standards and measurement to institutional practices and atmospheric conditions. Her recent research project, Exercises in Support, explores support as both a spatial practice and a form of institutional labor through performance, installation, and conversations. The project is being developed into a forthcoming publication.
A 2027 Macdowell fellow, Kim holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP, where she received the Honor for Excellence in Design, the William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize, and the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize. She also holds a B.F.A. in Visual Communication from Kookmin University in Seoul.
