Nayoung Kang
Work and live in Seoul and London

Degrees
MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, 2016
BA Fine Art, University of Leeds, 2013

Solo Exhibition
2025 <Behind the Scene: Desert Time>, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul (upcoming)
2024 <Heavy-Duty>, CR Collective, Seoul
2023 <The Missing Fish>, osisun, Seoul
2019 <When the Day Breaks...>, Space OS (supported by out_sight), Seoul

Selected Exhibition
2025 Young Korean Artists 2025, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea (upcoming)
2023 Doosan Art Lab, group exhibition, Doosan Gallery, Seoul
2022 re;side, group exhibition, Suwon Art Space Gwanggyo, Suwon, South Korea
2022 The Raw, group exhibition, Incheon Art Platform building B exhibition hall, Incheon, South Korea
2021 Fingers Crossed, group exhibition, out_sight, Seoul, South Korea
2020 Non-self Standings, group exhibition, Amado Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
2019 Darlings of the Underground, group exhibition, curated by DATEAGLE ART, Subsidiary Project, London, UK
2018 Parlour Geometrique, group performance project, Chiswick House, London, UK
2018 De Ultramar, group exhibition participated in Art Nou (created by ART BARCELONA), Estudio Nomada, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Hypnogogic Holiday, group exhibition, Safehouse Gallery 2, London
2018 Starring, group exhibition, Art club LASER, Seoul
2016 Parlour Arboretum, group performance project, Harcourt Arboretum, Oxford
2016 Show RCA: Graduate Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
2016 Cuticle Exhibition, group exhibition, Sculpture Garden, London
2016 8 Garden Gate, group exhibition, Camden Art Centre, London

Publication/Press
2024 Public Art, June issue, In the Loop, Nayoung Kang_HEAVY-DUTY, review by Moon Jin Ju contributor
2023 Art in Culture, March, “Newcomer Title”, Focus by Kwon Si Woo
2023 THE ONE ART WORLD, What Lineage of Vitality are They Continuing? : <Doosan Art Lab Exhibition 2023>, Doosan Gallery 11.1-15.2, review by Dong Yeon Koh
2019 Let’s Make Lots of Monet,“SUBSIDIARY PROJECTS: DARLINGS OF THE UNDERGROUND (UNTIL 8TH MARCH 2019)” article by Issey Scott, <https://www.postartclarity.net/2019/03/subsidiary-projects-darlings-of.html>
2019 Floorr magazine issue 18 interview selected, <http://www.floorrmagazine.com/issue-18/nayoung-kang?rq=nayoung%20kang>
2018 Dateagle Art, “Urban Nature” by Anna Souter, <http://dateagle.art/blog_post/urban-nature/>

Residencies

2025 MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, South Korea
2023 Residency, Pureunjidae Changgiak Saemteo, Suwon Cultural Foundation, Suwon, South Korea
2018 Residency, Mas els Igols, Barcelona, Aug-Oct

Experiences
Translation for Lee Bul studio team at Lee Bul’s solo exhibition in Hayward Gallery, London

Fund Support
2024 Selected for the 1st Artistic Creation Activity Support by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul
2023 Selected for the 2nd RE:SEARCH Programme by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul

강나영
서울, 런던에서 거주 및 활동

학력
2016 영국왕립예술학교 Royal College of Art 석사, 조소과 졸업
2013 리즈대학교 University of Leeds 학사, 순수미술과 졸업

개인전
2025 <비하인더 씬: 디저트타임 Behind the Scene: Desert Time>, 금호미술관, 서울 (예정)
2024 <헤비-듀티 Heavy-Duty>, CR Collective, 서울
2023 <The Missing Fish>, 오시선 osisun, 서울
2019 <밤이 오면...When the Day Breaks...>, 공간 OS, 서울

주요 단체전
2025 젊은모색 2025, 국립현대미술관, 과천 (예정)
2023 두산아트랩, 두산갤러리, 서울
2022 re;side, 푸른지대창작샘터 2기 결과보고전, 수언시립아트스페이스광교, 수원
2022 수원문화재야행, 단체전, 수원화성행궁, 수원
2022 날것 The Raw, 인천안트플랫폼 B동 전시장, 인천
2021 Fingers Crossed, 3인전, 아웃사이트, 서울
2020 홀로 작동하지 않는 것들 Non-self Standings, 3인전, 아마도예술공간, 서울
2019 Darlings of the Underground, 단체전, DATEAGLE ART 기획, Subsidiary Project, 런던
2018 Parlour Geometrique, 그룹 퍼포먼스 프로젝트, Chiswick House, 런던
2018 De Ultramar, Art Nou (ART BARCELONA) 참여, Estudio Nomada, 바르셀로나
2018 Hypnogogic Holiday, Safehouse Gallery 2, 런던
2018 별짓, 레이져 (Art club LASER), 서울
2016 Parlour Arboretum, 그룹 퍼포먼스 프로젝트, Harcourt Arboretum, 옥스포드
2016 Cuticle Exhibition, 단체전, Sculpture Garden, 런던
2016 8 Garden Gate, 단체전, Camden Art Centre, 런던

기사/리뷰
2024 [퍼블릭아트] 6월호 리뷰, In the Loop, 강나영_헤비-듀티, 문진주 컨트리뷰터
2023 [아트인컬처] 포커스, 신진이라는 명패, 권시우 (2023년 03월)
2023 [더원미술세계] 리뷰, 그들은 어떤 생명성의 계보를 이어가고 있는가, 고동연 (2023년 03월)
2019 Let’s Make Lots of Monet, “SUBSIDIARY PROJECTS: DARLINGS OF THE UNDERGROUND (UNTIL 8TH MARCH 2019)” article by Issey Scott, <https://www.postartclarity.net/2019/03/subsidiary-projects-darlings-of.html>
2019 Floorr magazine issue 18 interview selected, <http://www.floorrmagazine.com/issue-18/nayoung-kang?rq=nayoung%20kang>
2018 Dateagle Art, “Urban Nature” by Anna Souter, <http://dateagle.art/blog_post/urban-nature/>

레지던시
2025 국립현대미술관 고양레지던시, 고양
2022 수원문화재단 푸른지대창작샘터, 수원
2018 Mas Els Igols, 아티스트 레지던시 프로그램, 스페인, 바르셀로나

기금 수혜 내역
2024 서울문화재단 1차 예술창작활동지원 선정, 서울문화재단, 서울
2023 서울문화재단 2차 <RE:SEARCH> 선정, 서울문화재단, 서울

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