Nayoung Kang
ilostpalmtree@gmail.com
www.kangna.studio.com
2016 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art
2013 BA Fine Art, University of Leeds
Solo Exhibitions
2025 A Sunday Outing, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
2024 Heavy-Duty, CR-Collective, Seoul
2023 The Missing Fish, Osisun, Seoul
2019 When the Day Breaks..., OS Space (supported by out_sight), Seoul
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Young Korean Artists 2025, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2023 Doosan Art Lab, Doosan Gallery, Seoul
2022 re;side, Suwon Art Space Gwanggyo, Suwon
2022 Suwon Cultural Heritage Night, Hwaseong Haenggung, Suwon
2022 The Raw, Incheon Art Platform building B exhibition hall, Incheon
2021 Fingers crossed, Out_sight, Seoul
2020 Non-self Standings, Amado Art Space, Seoul
2019 Darlings of the Underground, group exhibition organised and 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 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Hypnogogic Holiday, Safehouse Gallery 2, London, UK
2018 Starring, Laser Gallery, Seoul
2016 Parlour Arboretum, group performance project, Harcourt Arboretum, Oxford, UK
2016 Show RCA; Graduate Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2016 Cuticle Exhibition, Sculpture Garden, London, UK
2016 8 Garden Gate, Camden Art Centre, London, UK
Residencies
2025 MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang
2023 Pureunjidae Changgjak Saemteo, Suwon Cultural Foundation, Suwon
2018 Mas els Igols, Barcelona, Aug-Oct
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
Nayoung Kang draws attention to ‘care labor' and the relationships it fosters, delicately capturing the physical
and emotional tensions that arise within this framework. Her work reveals how the ordinary routines of daily life
can demand immense physical strength and mental focus for some. Kang questions the notion of caregiving as
a solely familial duty. In her exhibition A Sunday Outing, Kang traces the process of accompanying a family
member with a disability on a day out, unraveling its layered psychological dimensions through narrative-driven
video and installation. She reflects on the burdens placed on those who care for non-normative bodies,
investigating the social frameworks that give rise to these obligations, while exploring ways to translate the act
of care into a contemporary visual language.
