Paulina Kim Joo  multimedia artist & photographer
pakimjoo@gmail.com | based in Santiago, Chile.
born in Chile to South Korean parents, 1990


EDUCATION
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Summa Cum Laude.
2018 Master of Fine Arts on Fine Arts, Parsons The New School, New York, USA. With departamental honors.

SOLO SHOWS
2020
"Yohen" Experimento O'Caroll, Rancagua, Chile. Curated by Wladymir Bernechea. Text by Nicole Larrondo.
2018 
“Kiritsugu” Little Underground Gallery, NY, USA.
2015
“Costume Play” at “De Madonna a Madonna”, M100, Santiago. Curated by Paco Barragán.
“Foto + Cosplay” GAM, Santiago, Chile. 
“Maul” Museo de Arte Colonial San Francisco, Santiago, Chile.
2014
“Maul” Biblioteca Viva, Mall Plaza Norte, Huechuraba, Chile.

CURATOR
2019
"Through the Looking Glass" at PIP19, Pingyao, China. 
2017
“Mirabillia” at 25 East Gallery, Parsons, New York, USA.

 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
"Hijes del Bullying" at Galería Nemesio Antúnez UMCE, Santiago. Chile. Curated by Pu Aliwen. 
"Rendering Likeness Vol.2" at La Bodega Gallery, New York, USA. Curated by Johnny Thornton.
"Jet Lag" at Steuben Gallery (Pratt Institute), New York, USA. Curated by Jiwon Rhie.
"South" at 39TH ILASSA Conference at University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
"Personal Identity Matter" at MC Gallery, New York, USA. Curated by Ikson Jin and Don Porcaro.
2018
"Constructing a Praxis of Artist/Educator" at The Smith Learning Center, Columbia University. New York, USA. Curated by Dahye Kim.
“The Diverse Narratives of Contemporary Photography” at PingYao International Photography Festival, China.
“Outsider” at YUI Gallery, New York, USA. Curated by Shenyuan Ke.
2017
“Between” Eugene Lang Sky Bridge, New York, USA.
"Social Photography V" at carriage trade, New York, USA.
2016
“RE/Collection” Eugene Lang Sky Bridge, New York, USA.
2015
“Visiones Territoriales” CCPLM, Santiago, Chile.
 “Premio Arte Joven” en MAC Quinta Normal, Chile.
“Arte Cosplay Zero” Buenos Aires, Argentina. Curated by Fernando Brischetto.
Gallery Tally by Micol Hebron, Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile.
2014
“Pera de Goma Episodio 9”, Espacio Pera de Goma, Montevideo, Uruguay.
2013
“Un esquimal con un zorro que acaba de cazar. Imágenes de Chile”, En Galería Latinoamericana de Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba. Curated by MICH.
2011
“Sodimac para las Artes” (Sodimac for Arts), Santiago, Chile.
“REM” Centro Cultural Chileno de las Artes. Ñuñoa, Chile.
“Jóvenes Fotógrafos Emergentes” at Galeria 13. Ñuñoa, Chile.

ARTFAIR
2019
Bazart UC, Agosto, Santiago, Chile.

 MENTIONS |  PRESS
2020
COPPER Magazine No.1 Self Portraiture. Featured in conversation with Miguel Gonzalez. 
2019
(September) MFA alumnae Paulina Kim Joo curated exhibition ‘Through the Looking Glass’ for the Pingyao Festival of International Photography. At Parsons MTA news.
2018
"AMT Parsons: Selected Student Work". AMT Parsons. [link]
At New York Public Library for solo show at Jefferson Market Library [link]
2015
(December) “De Madonna a Madonna. Virgenes, Muñecas y Liberadas” Artishock. [link]
(January) “Estudio, Paulina Kim Joo, Orientalismo Magico” Dis-up. [link]
“Fotógrafa vuelve realidad anime y videojuegos a través de imágenes de Cosplay” El Dinamo, June, 2015. [link]
Featured at iF Magazine No. 2, June 2015. [link]
2014
Vega, Angeles. “Paulina Kim Joo, Multiple Autoria” (Paulina Kim Joo, Multiple Authorship), CARAS Magazine blog, August, Chile. [link]
“Artistas Emergentes Pisco Mistral”, Pisco Mistral’s Emerging Artists blog, August, Chile. [link]
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