Seoyoung Kim is a Korean curator and researcher. After completing her studies in Art History and East Asian Art History, she earned a master's degree in History and Cultural Studies from the Free University of Berlin. Her primary research fields include Korean modern and contemporary art, and her interests have recently extended to cultural and museum policy.

As an associate curator at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, she organized the research project talk The Creative Synthesis of Museum and University (2019), exploring collaborative models between these institutions of excellence. In this context, she has also contributed to national policy initiatives while working at the Korean Culture & Tourism Research Institute. She was the recipient of the 5th RIKS Academy Grant (2020) from The Research Institute of Korean Studies at Korea University.

Previously, she served as Artistic Director of Die Neue Aktionsgalerie (DNA Berlin) and curator at ARARIO GALLERY. Her curatorial practice draws upon her expertise in Asia-Pacific art history in dialogue with European and American Art. This has led her to receive various international fellowships and take part in global collaborations with institutions and artists. Notable projects include Nobuko Watanabe, Beyond Beyond Color and Space (2017), Sohn Sookwang, Discovery of Korean Modern Paintings (2016), Park Youngsook, Mad Women - The Utterance (2016) at ARARIO GALLERY Cheonan, Kohei Nawa & Damien Jalet - VESSEL performance in Inujima Island at the Setouchi Triennale(2016), Trienal no Alentejo (2013) featuring Tatsumi Orimoto Performance with 500 Grandmothers in Lisboa, Videonale 14 (2013) on Retrospective Gary Hill at the Kunstmuseum Bonn and ARCO Madrid (2013), among others.

Her recent curatorial works include Evidence (2015), Making Border: Afterimages and Projections (2015), Topological Constellation: Art and Architecture (2014), Res(v)olution: Temporary Screening (2013) and Drawing in Relation(2011) at DNA Berlin. She also organized Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage on the Korean Peninsula (2013) at the Asian Art Museum, National Museums in Berlin, while participating in a related research project at the Free University of Berlin. She joined the curatorial workshop co-organized by Tate London and the Mori Art Museum Tokyo (2014), establishing a global network with fellow curators and artists for deeper cultural dialogue.

She has received grants from Arts Council Korea for international exchanges and collaborations (2011-2013), during which she developed her curatorial project A Radical Place. She also received a Research Grant (2013) and participated in the Visiting Researcher Program (2013-2014) at Harvard University, as well as a Travel Grant for the Curatorial Workshop (2014) from the Korea Arts Management Service and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea.

Her selected publications include: From demilitarized zone to publicly accessible park, (Thesis, FU Berlin, 2015), "On the Systematic Preparation for Cultural Exchanges in the Korean Peninsula, with Germany as the Case Study, in North Korean Atlas (DAMDI Architecture Publishing, 2014), Allgemeines Kuenstlerlexikon (Vol.78/80, Walter de Gruyter, 2013/2014), A Radical Place (Mediabus, 2013), and Reception of western painting in Korea (Thesis, FU Berlin, 2013).

This profile reflects activities up to 2020 and is preserved for archival purposes.

Currently, she is the C.E.O of Heritage Connection Ltd. Corp., a company she founded in 2022.
For the latest information and projects, please visit www.heritageconnection.co.kr.