min-hyung kang

Min-hyung Kang CV (selected)
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[PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE]

Associate Curator at Media Art Xploration – New York, USA (August 2025–Present)

Managing pre-/post-media art performance production at Media Art Xploration, a non-profit foundation that produces, develops, and deploys groundbreaking live-art experiences at the intersection of artistic expression, scientific inquiry, and technology.

Curator & Producer – Seoul, South Korea & International (2014–Present)

Independent curator and producer focusing on digital, media, and contemporary art. Oversaw all aspects of project development, including curation, communications, budgeting, grant management, production timelines, and international collaboration. Demonstrated strong leadership, audience engagement, and creative team development by coordinating with artists, designers, and technicians.

Directed a non-profit art organization/space, Barim (2014–2024), supporting experimental practices and artist residencies. Co-organized an art-tech festival, Forking Room (2022–), exploring the intersection of technology and culture through exhibitions, performances, and public programs.

Projects include: Nam June Paik Art Center, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Museum of Art, and Arko Art Museum.

Translator – Seoul, South Korea & Remote (2014–Present)

Trilingual translator (English, Korean, Japanese) specializing in the arts and culture sector. Projects include artist publications, talks, symposia, and conferences.

Clients include: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Incheon Art Platform, Asia Culture Center, Arko Art Museum, Doosan Art Center, Art Sonje Center, Gwangju Biennale, Goethe-Institut, Hyundai ZER01NE, Platform-L, Gwangju Museum of Art.

Strategic Planner – Beacon Communications (Leo Burnett/Publicis Group) – Tokyo, Japan (2010–2012)

New-graduate hire responsible for consumer research, brand strategy development, and cross-departmental communications between art and planning teams.

Clients include: Nike, P&G, Philip Morris.

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CURATOR/PRODUCER

• Artistic Research Project, Sapjil and Digging (2025) Gwangju, South Korea
  Invited as an artistic researcher at Gwangju Museum of Art
  Led the team of young art researchers at the education department and moderated the public talk
• Margaret Williams Fellows in Asian Art (2024) San Francisco, USA
  Curatorial Fellow at Asian Art Museum. Supervised and reported to Abby Chen, Head of Contemporary Art
  Researched and proposed the development and direction of the museum’s new RAD (Research and Development) department, focusing on the investigation and deployment of cutting-edge technology from an Asian art perspective
• Forking Room (2022-current) Seoul, Korea
  Co-organizer at the platform for research, exhibitions, performances, workshops, lectures, and talks on the intersection of art, technology, and society
  Curated yearly themes and facilitating research groups, artist open calls, exhibitions, talks, and workshops
  Oversaw budget and administrative tasks, including funding applications and artist support
  Co-managed online archive and publication
• Barim Residency Programs (2014-2024) Gwangju, Korea
  Organized international and domestic artist-in-residence programs and curated shows and public programs
  Oversaw publication management, online archive management, and editorial processes
  Managed grant applications, fundraising, curating, and organizing public programs that addressed issues of gender, climate, globalization, and equality
• Curatorial Fellowship (2023) Berlin, Germany
  Selected by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
  Researched post-colonialism and AI colonialism, focusing on cultural implications and ethical considerations of technology
  Worked at the Ehrliche Arbeit, Berlin, Germany, a theater production, researching the bridge between theater and technology and how to implement a new technology in the form of theater.
• Techno-link Autonomy and Synthesizer Club (2023) Gwangju, Korea
  Co-organized a women-only technology research and synthesizer learning group in collaboration with Woman Open Tech Lab, emphasizing the feminist aspects of technology
  Curated and organized the final showcase for the group
• Minimal Geopolitics (2023) Gwangju, Korea
  Organized and led a women’s research group (Unknown Kim, Seunga You, Seoyoung Lee, Inza Lim) focused on the intricate layers of geography and locality
  Curated a series of public programs with artists and facilitated the event
• Art Connectome (2022) Hwasung, Korea
  Invited to curate a digital art exhibition by Dongguk University’s The Laboratory of Multimedia Arts and Technology (Kim Ji-yeon, Stella Kim, Soma Kim, Dokkaebi Factory, Ryu Da-hye, Park Geun-ho (Sparrow), Park Sang-bin, Arcade, Lee Woong-chul, Lee Hae-ryeon, Han Jae-seok, Hwang Jae- hyun)
  Organized the Achievement Show at the end of the program
  Oversaw budget and administrative tasks, including funding applications and artist support
• New Illusion (2022) Gwangju, Seoul Korea
  Line producer for Toshiki Okada (chelfitsch)’s new film theater project
  Premiered at the Asia Culture Center (Virtual Station) and the Ob/scene Festival
  Oversaw budget and administrative tasks
• Post-localization Syndrome (2022) Gwangju, Korea
  Selected by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
  Curated and facilitated the Korean-ASEAN exchange public program at Barim
  3 Gwangju/Korean artists/researchers (Sohyun Park, Siyoung Park, Heekyung Lee), and 5 ASEAN artists/researchers (Dian Arumningtyas, Mira Rizki, Nguyễn Bích Trà, Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai, Tanyapalit Anurak)
• Platform Readers (2022) Online
  Organized an online research seminar by Barim on critical/artistic platforms in South Korea and worldwide
  Coordinated and published contributions and texts (Texts written by Min-hyung Kang, Hyejin Kim, Heejo Kim, Moses, Ahreum Woo, Yison, Hyejin Jung, Jane Hwang)
• 0kcal (2021) Seoul, Korea
  Art film producer, editor, dramaturg, and co-writer of the script for Min Shin’s film
  Film focused on feminism, body, and labor
• From Amazon to Olympic (2021) Gwangju, Korea and Sapporo, Japan
  Co-curated with Tenjinyama Art Space as Barim 
  Focused on migration, communication, distance, international collaboration, political dispute, and COVID (Jaeha Ban, Eugene Jung, Ikhyun Gim, Rumiko Hagiwara, Soichiro Mihara)
  Grant supported by Bunkacho and Gwangju Cultural Foundation
• Click and Run, The Resisters (2021) Seoul, Korea, and Online
  Invited curator for the educational/community learning program for ten young women artists engaged with technology at Woman Open Tech Lab
• Zero Makes Zero (2020-21) Gwangju, Seoul, Online
  Co-organized a two-year public art project including a festival, workshops, screenings, and talks, organized by Barim and sponsored by Art Council Korea
  Examined themes such as art, gender, generation, technology, education, community, climate crisis, environmentalism, equality, LGBTQ+, and locality from a public art perspective
  Oversaw budget and administrative tasks, including funding applications
• Degital – NFT (Not For Technology) (2021) Damyang, Korea
  Group exhibition focusing on NFT and digital market criticism
  Curated a critical examination of NFTs and their hype and proposed a thought-provoking NFT model as part of the exhibition (Sojin Kwak, Ikhyun Gim, Jaeha Ban, Hyun-seok Kim, Seong-eun Lee, Eunhee Lee, Jijyun Lee, Jinseung Kang, Eugene Jung, Suji Han)
• Invisible and Existent Workshop (2021) Gimhae, Korea
  Curated workshop for Yeseul Song’s solo exhibition at Clay-Arch Museum, Gimhae, specifically designed for special education teachers, promoting a sensory-inclusive view of the world and challenging reliance on vision
• As I Asked to Call Me (2020) Gwangju, Seoul, Korea, and Berlin, Germany
  Producer for the music theater video project by Berlin Byproduct, experimenting with creating music across distances, practicing, and performing remotely while sharing sentiment and culture
  Grant supported by Gwangju Cultural Foundation
• Degital – Destructive Progressive Mid-tech (2020) Seoul, Korea
  Group exhibition examining the critical aspects of technology related to the concept that technology is never neutral and can be inherently destructive regardless of its application (Seoul Express, Unmake Lab, Tactical Tech, Mimi Onuoha)
  Grant supported by Art Council Korea
• Editing f in Encyclopedia (2020) Seoul, Korea
  Workshop and online exhibition at Woman Open Tech Lab
  Re-examined recent feminism and the reboot movement in Korea, and discussed cybercrimes targeting women and their relation to digital technology
• Offshore (2019) Gwangju, Korea
  Group exhibition at Asia Culture Center
  Examined the fragility and meaninglessness of local identity by imagining a non-existent sea in Gwangju
• July School (2019) Gwangju, Korea
  Co-organized alternative art education programs with two other independent art spaces
  Addressed local needs and fostered collective thinking through art, language, education, and activism
• Degital – in your hands (2019) Sewoon, Seoul
  Group exhibition critiquing mega-spectacle-based media arts
  Addressed anti-entrepreneurial sentiments and advocated for a self-sustaining approach to digital technology, challenging the prevailing media art scene (Eunji Briller Kim, HASC, Hoonida Kim, Hyeonjung Yim, Hyo Hwang, Hyun Parke, Hyunseok Kim, Insook Bae, Seoul Express, Sookyun Yang, Unmake Lab, Younwon Sohn & Lana Murdochy)
• Safezone For Us (2019) Gwangju, Korea
  Facilitated a code of conduct workshop for a safe art scene, addressing issues highlighted by the #MeToo movement with local artists and students
  Translated materials into English for broader accessibility
• Intangibility Digital Fine Art & Fair (2018) Gwangju, Korea
  Alternative art fair curator, Co-organized an art fair as an alternative to mega fairs
  Focused on fostering artists outside the commercial art scene and promoting discussions on survival methods in a local context
• SUBI (2018) Manchester, UK
  An exchange project between Barim and Castlefield Gallery.
  Exhibition on contemporary ceramic practice (Sam Buckley, Joe Hartley, Eunji Briller Kim)
  Selected by British Art Council
• Cheongju Craft Biennale (2017) Cheongju, Korea
  Commissioner for the media art section (Joanie Lemercier, David Ogle, Daniel De Bruin, etc)
  Worked closely on production and presentation to ensure the successful realization of media art installations
• Proyecto Ace (2016) Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Selected and supported by Art Council Korea
  Conducted research on space security, city landscapes, and public art
  Engaged with the local audience and contributed to discussions on urbanism and public spaces
• Einstein on the Beach (2015) Gwangju, Korea
  Line producer of the opera by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson at the Asia Culture Center 
  Managed a large number of staff, oversaw the budget, and handled communications

WRITING/CRITIC/TALK

PUBLICATION

• A Random Record of an Art Space (2024)
  Organizer, writer, editor, translator, and co-publisher Criticism on an alternative art space
• Platform Builders (2022)
  Organizer, writer, editor, and publisher Online seminar on various art platforms
• The Book of Zero (2022)
  Co-organizer and co-publisher
  Weaves various issues facing our time, such as the climate crisis, gender, artificial intelligence, geography, exploitation, and care, under the keyword zero
• 6 Barim Program Archive Book (2015, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
  Organizer, editor, translator, and publisher The yearly publications published by Barim

EDUCATION

• Tokyo University of the Arts 東京芸術大学 大学院 映像研究科 Tokyo, Japan
  Master of Art degree, 2010, Department of New Media, Graduate School of Film and New Media
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  Bachelor of Art degree, 2007, Double Majored in Psychology and Japanese
  

TRANSLATOR/INTERPRETER (Korean, English, Japanese)

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Cheongju Cultural Foundation
Incheon Art Platform
Asia Culture Center
Arko Art Museum
Doosan Art Center
Art Sonje Center
Gwangju Biennale
Open Recent Graphic Design
http://safezoneforus.com/
Platform-L
& More