Haru.K (KIM Hyung-Jin) 

1980 Born in Gwangju, Korea 

2006 BFA in Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea 

2009 MFA in Oriental Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea 

 

Solo Exhibitions : 

2023 Honey, I blew up the food, Astargallery, Taipei, Taiwan 

2022 Dining Scenery, Artspacehouse, Gwangju, Korea 

2022 Delicious food travel, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea 

2019 Pungent-Tasting Jjamppong, Weird Gourmet, GMA Ha Jung-woong Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2018 Landscapes_Collection and Editing, SOOHOH Gallery, Seongnam, Korea 

2018 Landscapes_Collection and Editing, Gallery S, Gwangju, Korea 

2017 Stroll around the Landscape, Gallery Riche, Gwangju, Korea 

2016 Delicious Landscape, KISS Gallery, Seoul Delicious Landscape, Palais de Seoul, Seoul, Korea 

2015 Delicious Landscape, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2014 One day, Namdo Traditional Folk Food Museum, Gwangju, Korea 

2014 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, May Hall, Gwangju, Korea 

2013 Delicious Landscape, GMA Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

2010 Object, Kumho Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 2009 Haru’s Memory, Gallery M, Seoul, Korea 

2007 Live in the City, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

Selected Group Exhibitions :

2023 Landscape Remmake, International Eco-art season and literature Exhibition, Sanghai, China

2023 Jeonnam International Sumuk Biennale, Mokpo Cultuer & Art Center, Mokpo, Korea  

2023 NewIdea, SOOHOH Gallery, Seongnam, Korea

2023 the new peach blossom land paintings, Woljeon Museum of Icheon, Icheon, Korea 

2022 Cheongju Art Studio Result Report Exhibition, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea 

2022 Aesthetic Reasons, Guardian Gallery, Bundang, Korea 

2022 Five Senses, Lotte Department Store Main Building 4~6F, Seoul, Korea 

2022 Synthesis of Difference, Nam June Paik, Korean Cultural Center, India, New Delhi, India 

2022 Growing Strategies of Indoor-Defection, Ivy Lounge Gallery, Bando Cultural Foundation, dongtan 

2022 Our step, Our hope, Artspace San Antonio, San Antonio City, USA 

2022 Damyang Art Week – yuyujajeok, Damidam Art District, Damyang, Korea 

2021 What stories of people who arrived in a strange city, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea 

2021 Between Sansu and Landscape, Asan Jobangwon Art Museum, okgwa, Korea 

2021 New Normal New Wave, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 

2021 From the Imaginary Signifier-Line, Muan-gun Oh Seung-woo Art Museum, Muan, Korea 

2021 Under_200, Centum City Shinsegae Gallery, Busan, Korea 

2020 Untact, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea 

2020 Hot May, Wheat Grain, Haedong Culture & Art Village, Damyang, Korea 

2020 Tansuhwamul hygge, Daejeon Creative Center, Daejeon, Korea 

2020 Each Gaze, Holly Art Polygon, Gwangju, Korea 

2020 Yum Yum Sansu, Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea  

2019 The Allurements of Still-Life, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea 

2019 Contemporary Art in Namdo, Dambit Arts Warehouse, Damyang, Korea 

2019 Visual Delights, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2019 Small Joys and Sorrows, Jeongeup Museum of Art, Jeongeup, Korea 

2019 Art on the Street, Dambit Arts Warehouse, Damyang, Korea 

2018 Manjang Project, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea 

2018 In Search of the Origin of Namdo Culture, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2018 Intangibility, Digital, Fine Art & Fair, Art space Ppong-Ppong, Gwangju, Korea 

2018 Dinner for Gourmets, Dambit Arts Warehouse, Damyang, Korea 

2018 Red Land, Blue River, Black Mudflat_The Origin of Muan Culture, Muan Museum of Art, Muan, Korea 

2018 Book Mountains, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea 

2018 Borrowed Landscapes, Woljeon Museum of Art Icheon, Iceheon, Korea 

2018 Awaken the Light in the Dark, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2017 Yeosu International Art Festival, EXPO Ocean Park, Yeosu, Korea 

2017 Visual Artists Market - Art at Home II, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2017 Food Hunting, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, Korea 

2017 Beyond Korean-style Painting - Reality and Sense, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea 

2016 Beijing Blaze, Beijing Residency Report Exhibition 

2017-2015, GMA Sangrok Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea 

2016 Korea-China-Japan Art Festival, Ningbo Cultural Center, Ningbo, China 

2016 Suncheon Bay International Eco-Environment Art Festival, Suncheon Bay National Garden, Suncheon, Korea 

2016 Eat, Drink Man Woman, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2015 200 Years of the Namdo Art, The Birth and its Prospect, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea 

2015 Light 2015, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2014 Neo-Sansu, Daegu Museum, Daegu, Korea 

2014 Family Love, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea 

2014 In Search of the Origin of Namdo Culture_Suncheon, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2014 A Day at a Time, Pyo Gallery, Beijing, China 

2014 Found Me, Namthung Gallery, Bangkok, Tailand 

2014 From Gwangju to Sofia, XYZ Gallery, Beijing, China 

2014 VIVA ExCon 2014, Gallery Orange, Bacolod, Philippiness 

2014 GMA Beijing Residency Report Exhibition, Force Gallery, Beijing, China 

2013 You may not taste any more, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2013 Selected Artist Exhibition, 15th Gwangju Shinsegae Art Festival, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2013 Happy Love Song, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2012 GMA Art Studio Resident Artist Report Exhibition, Jeollanam-do Okgwa Art Museum Gokseong, Korea 

2012 Interesting Imagination, Whimsical Friends, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju 

2012 Art Studio Network, Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea 

2011 Elegance and Beauty in Contemporary Ink-wash Painting, Uijae Museum of Korean Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2011 Art Studio Report Exhibition, Uijae Museum of Korean Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2011 Seoul Contemporary Art Star Exhibition, Seoul, Korea 

2011 Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 

2010 Literary Taste, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Nanjing, China 

2009 Artist Contest Selected Artists Exhibition, Art Space MITE, Gwangju, Korea 

2009 Korea-China Ink-wash Painting Exchange Exhibition, Uijae Museum of Korean Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2007 The Extension of the Horizon of Korean Painting, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea  

2014 Neo-Sansu, Daegu Museum, Daegu, Korea 

2014 Family Love, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea 

2014 In Search of the Origin of Namdo Culture_Suncheon, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2014 A Day at a Time, Pyo Gallery, Beijing, China 

2014 Found Me, Namthung Gallery, Bangkok, Tailand 

2014 From Gwangju to Sofia, XYZ Gallery, Beijing, China 

2014 VIVA ExCon 2014, Gallery Orange, Bacolod, Philippiness 

2014 GMA Beijing Residency Report Exhibition, Force Gallery, Beijing, China 

2013 You may not taste any more, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2013 Selected Artist Exhibition, 15th Gwangju Shinsegae Art Festival, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2013 Happy Love Song, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 

2012 GMA Art Studio Resident Artist Report Exhibition, Jeollanam-do Okgwa Art Museum Gokseong, Korea 

2012 Interesting Imagination, Whimsical Friends, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju 

2012 Art Studio Network, Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea 

2011 Elegance and Beauty in Contemporary Ink-wash Painting, Uijae Museum of Korean Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2011 Art Studio Report Exhibition, Uijae Museum of Korean Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2011 Seoul Contemporary Art Star Exhibition, Seoul, Korea 

2011 Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 

2010 Literary Taste, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Nanjing, China 

2009 Artist Contest Selected Artists Exhibition, Art Space MITE, Gwangju, Korea 

2009 Korea-China Ink-wash Painting Exchange Exhibition, Uijae Museum of Korean Art, Gwangju, Korea 

2007 The Extension of the Horizon of Korean Painting, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 

 

Awards / Residencies / Joint Work :

2021 Cheongju Art Studio 15th(6months), Cheongju, Korea

2019 Young Artist Invistional, Ha Jung-woong Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

2018 Joint work for the cover of a middle and high school textbook, Mijinsa 

2017 Chef Collection Family Hub refrigerator art collaboration, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 

2016 Silver Prize, The 5th ETRO Art, Baekwoon Gallery, Seoul Daein Market Art Vision, Gwangju 

2015 Art Bus, Gwangju 

2014 Bijing Residency, Gwngju Museum of Art, Beijing 

2013 Grand Prize, The 15th Gwangju Shinsegae Art Festival, Shisegae Gallery, Gwangju 

2012-2013 Yangsan-dong Art Studio, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju 

2010-2011 Uijae Art Studio, Uijae Cultural Foundation, Gwangju