Namdoo Kim is an artist exploring human desire and consumer culture through glass and ceramics.
His playful yet critical works blend humor, satire, and intellect, revealing contradictions and disillusionment in material pursuits.
Educated in Korea, the US, and Australia, he continues to expand global dialogues on art.
Nationality
South Korea, 1985-
Education
2023 Ph.D., Glass (The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)
2015 Master of Fine Art, Glass (Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA)
2011 Bachelor of Fine Art, Glass & Ceramic (Hong-ik University, Seoul, South Korea)
Artist in Residence
2023 Invited Visiting Artist, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Invited Visiting Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT, USA
2021 Invited Visiting Artist in Residence, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL, USA
2016 Artist in Residence (AiR), Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY, USA
2015 Emerging Artist in Residence (EAiR), Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, USA
2013-2016 Artist in Residence, Glass dept. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA
Artist Lecture / Symposium / Demonstration
2024 Wesleyan Potters, Middletown CT, USA
2023 Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
2021 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL, USA
2018 Glass Works, Canberra ACT, Australia
2018 Night Co. Sydney NSW, Australia
2017 China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2016 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY, USA
2015 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, USA
2014 Studio 34, Rochester NY, USA
Teaching Experience
2026 Instructor, Ceramic Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO, USA
2025 Visiting Professor, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Instructor, Ceramic dept. Sculpture dept. Loomis Chaffee School, CT, USA
2023 Instructor, Glass Workshop (Session 6), Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA
2019 Instructor, Flameworking Workshop, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra ACT, Australia
2018 Lecturer, Glass dept. The Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
2016 Instructor, Workshop with Samsung at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY, USA
2013~2016 Lecturer, Glass dept. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA
Exhibition (Solo)
2025 Underland: Golden Binoculars, Gallery SKLO, Seoul, South Korea
2025 Underland: A Unique Lens on the Hidden Realities, College of East Asian Studies Gallery, Middletown CT, USA
2021 Present, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale IL, USA
2021 허구와 실재의 공존, Gallery SKLO, Seoul, South Korea
2020 Revealing the Invisible, ANU Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2013 Life is Good, Ohringer Gallery, NY, USA
Exhibition (Group)
2026 44th Korea Galleries Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2026 A Very Asian Lunar New Year, Duane Reed Gallery & The Very Asian Foundation, MO, USA
2025 24th KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2025 43th Korea Galleries Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2024 23th KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Connected: The Language of Objects, Gallery SKLO, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA, USA
2023 22th KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2023 Industrial Rhapsody, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung (Museum), Munich, Germany
2023 Frames from Art, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey
2023 41th Korea Galleries Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Dialogue, The Hyundai Department Store, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Breaking Boundaries, Gallery SKLO, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Strefy Autonomiczne, BWA Wrocław Główny, Wrocław, Poland
2022 Autonomous Zones, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
2022 21th KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2022 40th Korea Galleries Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2021 20th KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2021 39th Korea Galleries Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2020 19th KIAF: Korea International Art Fair (virtual exhibition), Gallery SKLO, South Korea
2020 Glass Flex (Studio Glass in Korea), Gallery SKLO, Seoul, South Korea
2020 Collect: International Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
2019 18th KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2019 Style in Glass II, Gallery SKLO, Seoul, South Korea
2019 37th Korea Galleries Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2019 Perspective, Red Moon Art Glass Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Glass Kanazawa Triennial, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Kanazawa, Japan
2019 Glass Kanazawa Triennial, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima, Japan
2018 SOFA Expo, Gallery SKLO at SOFA Chicago, IL, USA
2018 Big Awards, CAGE Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2018 17th KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Gallery SKLO at COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2018 Material Imagination: Glass & Ceramics, Gallery SKLO, Seoul, South Korea
2018 International Ceramic & Glass Exhibition, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey
2018 National Emerging Art Glass Prize 2018, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2017 Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, CAA, Hangzhou, China
2017 Art in Craft Media 2017, Burchfield Penney Art Center, NY, USA
2017 Random, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2017 Flame on glass, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Small works show (National juried competition), Main Street arts gallery, NY, USA
Award / Scholarship / Grant
2022-2024 Sponsorship by YM & Korea Mecenat Association
2020-2022 Grant by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism & Korea Arts Management Service, South Korea
2019 Award by The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan
2018 Award by National Emerging Art Glass Prize, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2016 Award by The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan
2016 Award by Art Kudos: International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition, USA
Publication
2025 Woodplanet. 2025,08,15
2025 Public Art Magazine: No. 227
2025 About Glass: Contemporary Sculpture and Installation Art, Hirmer Verlag, Munich
2024 Woodplanet. 2024,05,29
2023 The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Yale Press Public Art Magazine: No. 202
2022 Dialogue, Korea Arts Management Service
2021 Noblesse Magazine: September Issue
2021 Revealing the Invisible, Gallery SKLO
2021 Public Art Magazine: No. 181
2019 House Organ of Byuck-San Engineering (Cover page): Vol. 46 Winter
2019 Neues Glas Magazine (Cover page): No. 4
2019 Ruminate Magazine (Cover page): Volume 51. ‘Consume’
2016 Art Premium Magazine: Fall 2016 Issue. ‘South Korea Under the Spotlight’
2014 GAS (Glass Art Society) NEWS: Summer 2014 ‘Identity’, by Karen Donnellan
2013 Democrat and Chronicle News: August 3, 2013, Rochester NY, USA
Collection
2024 Pureun Bank, South Korea
2022 Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Museum, Germany
2021 Hanil Cement, South Korea
2019 Byuck-San Engineering, South Korea
2019 Sorak Cultural Center, South Korea
2016 Corning Museum of Glass / Studio, USA
2010 Haitai Confectionery & Foods Co., South Korea
2008 Agatha, South Korea