Education
2018 Doctoral course in Metalcraft and jewelry, Kookmin University, Seoul Korea
2011 M.F.A. Kookmin University, Seoul Korea
2008-09 Exchange semester, Pforzheim University, Germany
2007 B.F.A. Kookmin University, Seoul Korea
Awards
2014 Finalist, AJF Artist Award, Art Jewelry Forum (California USA)
2013 Itami International Craft Awards (Itami Japan)
Korea Arts and Crafts Awards (Korea Crafts Culture Association)
2012 Inhorgenta Award (Munich Germany)
2011 Winner of the Prize, Preziosa Young 2011 (Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School & Academy, Firenze Italy)
Marzee Graduate Prize 2011 (Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen Netherlands)
2010 True Colors, New Traditional Jewellery (Amsterdam Netherlands)
2007 Cheongju International Craft Biennale (Cheongju Korea)
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Lunar Blossom, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h (Montreal Canada)
2020 UniverShell – sponsored by Seoul Cultural Foundation, Choice Art Company (Seoul)
2011 Fifth Season, Space Duru (Seoul)
Projects
2023 Experimental Gastronomy, Steinbeisser , Merian Gärten (Basel Swiss)
2022 Experimental Gastronomy, Steinbeisser, Hendrick de Keyser Monumenten (Amsterdam Netherlands)
2017 Experimental Gastronomy, Steinbeisser, Lloyd Hotel (Amsterdam Netherlands)
2012 Jewellery making with building wastes from Kimusa, National Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul)
Special Lectures
2023 Workshop - Portray and Animate, École de Joaillerie de Montréal (Canada)
2021 Electroforming technique, Hongik University (Seoul)
Fifth Season and UniverShell, Keimyung University (Daegu Korea)
2020 Enameling on Texture, China Academy of Art in Hangzhou (China)
Fifth Season and UniverShell, Korean Contemporary Jewellery, China Academy of Art in Hangzhou (China)
2019 Workshop - Enameling on Texture, Alchemy 5, The Enamelist Society, University of Oregon (Eugene USA)
2018 Enameling, Major in Jewelry design, Soongeui Woman’s College (Seoul)
2017 Coloring on Metal, Major in Jewelry design, Soongeui Woman’s College (Seoul)
2016 Fifth Season- Creation and Extinction, Department of Jewelry and Design, Wonkwang University (Iksan Korea)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Traverse, Galerie Marzee (Nijmegen Netherlands)
2022 Frame, Siat gallery, Munich Handwork fair (Germany)
2021 Yeonliji: Two Becoming One, Arumjigi (Seoul Korea)
Earrings-Connecting the Past and Present, Seoul Museum of Craft Art (Korea)
Blue. An Uncertain Spring, Gallery Baum (Heyri Korea)
2020 100 Brooches-Korea Contemporary Jewelry Chronicle, Sueno 339 (Seoul Korea)
2019 HAN Made, NYC Jewelry Week (NYC USA)
Sarangbang, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h (Montreal Canada)
The Color Exhibition, Platina (Stockholm Sweden)
A Contemporary Jewellery Odyssey, Itami Craft Museum (Itami Japan)
21 gram, Galerie Handwerk (Munich Germany)
2018 21 gram-Hangzhou Contemporary International Jewelry and Metal Art Triennial 2018, College of Crafts CAA, Folk Art Museum, (Hangzhou China)
Art Jewelry Exhibition, Yun Gee Park Gallery (Tucson USA)
Artmining Seoul, DDP (Seoul Korea)
炙- International Contemporary Enamel Exhibition, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute (Taipei Taiwan)
A Contemporary Jewellery Odyssey, Munich Jewellery Week, French Institute (Munich Germany)
My Munich, Galerie Biró, Handwerk Messe (Munich Germany)
Schmuck 2018, Special Jewellery Exhibition in Handwerk Messe (Munich Germany)
2017 Pérégrinations Autour Du Bijoux Contemporain-Parcours Bijoux 2017,
Bettina Galerie (Paris France)
Junk × User’s Guide, National Folk Museum of Korea (Seoul)
It’s a Pleasure to Meet You! – East Asia Young Jewellers, Gallery Baum (Heyri Korea)
2016 Leder/Leather, Galerie Handwerk (Munich Germany)
Korea Now in Munich_ Contemporary Korean Crafts & Design Exhibition,
Bavarian National Museum (Munich Germany)
Two Person Show: Counterpoint, Galeria Reverso (Lisbon Portugal)
2015 生活/ Live-International Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition, CC gallery (Taipei Taiwan)
Look Aside, Itami Craft Museum (Itami, Japan)
Sofa Chicago, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h (Navy Pier, USA)
Korea Now! Craft, Design Fashion and Graphic Design in Korea, Les Arts Décoratifs (Paris, France)
AJF Artist Award, SNAG’s 44th Annual Conference (Boston, USA)
GBJ Project 3, Galerie Biró Junior to guest with Galerie Jordanow (Munich Germany)
New Spring Exhibition of Jewellery, Expo Arte Smykkedesign (Oslo Norway)
Hang, Event related to Schmuck 2015, Elisabethstr. 16 Rgb. (Munich Germany)
2014 Émaux at this Moment, Curated by Jamie Bennett, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h
(Motreal Canada)
Exposition Bijoux Contemporains, Galerie Diane et Eric Lhoste (Biarritz France)
Craft Platform 2014, Kcdf, Culture Seoul Station 284 (Seoul)
Blossom, La Basilica Galeria (Barcelona Spain)
Craft Festival, Chiwoo Craft Museum, Culture Seoul Station 284 (Seoul)
2013 Schmuck Wander, Bratislava Design week 2013 (Bratislava Slovakia)
Wear/Aware – Asian Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, Mano Contemporary Jewellery (Taipei Taiwan)
Ornament and Illusion - Spectrum of Contemporary Jewelry,
Korea National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul)
Only One, Mok Space (London UK)
Schmuck Malen, Event related to Schmuck 2013 (Munich Germany)
2012 Art Basel Miami 2012, Red Dot Fair, Charon Kransen Arts, Wynwood Art District (Miami, USA)
Two Person Show: Roots of Silence, Hammer Gallery (Hong Kong China)
Wearable Fantasy, Gallery Baum (Heyri, Korea)
Preziosa Young, Satyrykon Gallery (Legnica, Poland)
2011 Sieraad Art Fair, Westergasfabriek (Amsterdam Netherlands)
Sofa Chicago_ Charon Krasen Arts, Navy Pier (Chicago USA)
Preziosa Young, Museo della Specola, (Firenze Italy)
Annual Marzee Selection of Graduate Work Jewellery 2011, Galerie Marzee (Nijmegen Netherlands)
Craft Dream 2011_ Body and Ornament, Chiwoo Craft Museum (Seoul)
True Colors _New Traditional Jewellery, Museum of Modern Art Arnhem (Netherlands)
2010 Contemporary Ornament +10, Korean Craft & Design Foundation (Seoul)
Solo Shows in Art Fairs
2015 Small Treasures and Colored Seeds, Inhorgenta 2015 (Munich Germany)
2013 Small Treasures_ New Ring by Heejoo Kim, Craft Trend Fair, Coex Hall A (Seoul)
Small Treasures_ New Ring by Heejoo Kim, The Jangshingoo, International Jewelry Art Fair, HOMA (Seoul)
Fifth Season the 3rd story_ Inhorgenta Invitational Show, Munich Messe (Germany)
2012 Fifth Season 2, Inhorgenta Invitational Show, Munich Messe (Germany)
Publications
2023 Earrings, Hoaki books (Barcelona Spain)
2018 Korean Metal Art Techniques through the History, Schiffer Publishing LTD (USA)
2017 Designing and Making Rings and Bangles, EM Jewellery (UK)
2014 Contemporary Jewelry Design-Thoughts on inspiration and expression, CYP International Ltd. (UK)
2004 1000 Rings, Lark books (USA)
Collections
Seoul Museum of Craft Art (Korea)
Musée des Arts Décoratifs Paris (France)
FiorGen Foundation Pharmacogenomics (Firenze Italy)
Korea National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul)
Deedie Rose Art Jewelry Collection (USA)
Rotasa Collection (USA)