Bio

Jung S Kim is a Korean-American photographic artist based in New Jersey. Originally from Seoul, Korea, she studied Fine Art Photography at Chung-Ang University before immigrating to the United States in 2001. Her work centers on self-portraits that explore identity, cultural dissonance, and the space between belonging and estrangement.

 

Kim was selected for Photography NOW at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, invited to the New York Times-Lens Portfolio Review, and recognized as a Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist by Photolucida in both 2025 and 2019. Kim’s work has been shown at the Center for Fine Art Photography, Filter Photo Festival, the Griffin Museum of Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Internationally, her exhibitions include Rencontres d’Arles, the 3rd Asian Women Photographers Showcase at the Obscura Festival, the Kwangju Biennale, the Daegu Photo Biennale, and the Seoul Museum of Art and Daelim Museum in Korea.

 

She has received awards including the Robert Cornelius Portrait Award, Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Grand Prix Juror Award, Director’s Choice from C4FAP, and the AHL Foundation Visual Arts Award. Her series Circle was published as Zine Collection No.10 by Editions Bessard in Paris (2013) and by Suyoumokseo Books in Korea (2024).

 

Her work is in the collections of FNAC (France), Imago Mundi Collection (Italy), the Center for Photography at Woodstock (USA), Daelim Museum, and Samtan Art Mine (Korea).