BIOGRAPHY
Kim Mine is a contemporary Korean artist best known for her ongoing character-based practice centered on NOBODY, a teddy-bear-like figure that embodies universal human experience. Stripped of fixed identity—such as age, gender, nationality, or social role—NOBODY functions as an anonymous yet deeply relatable presence, standing in for the ordinary individual navigating everyday life.
Through painting, sculpture, and installation, Kim Miné explores moments that are often overlooked: small gestures, quiet emotions, and seemingly meaningless routines. Her work is guided by the idea of “the meaning of the meaningless,” revealing how personal narratives and collective emotions accumulate through ordinary experience. By presenting familiarity without specificity, her practice invites viewers to project their own memories and identities onto the figure, transforming anonymity into empathy.
Kim Mine’s work resonates across cultures by addressing shared emotional states rather than individual stories. In her universe, NOBODY becomes everybody—an open vessel through which contemporary life, vulnerability, and connection are gently but persistently examined.
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Kim Mine
Solo Exhibitions
• NOBODY’s Present : MONSTER
Gallery Gwanram, Seoul, South Korea, 2025
• The Present
TDA Haus, Seoul, South Korea, 2024
• Meeting Global Luxury NOBODY
Doosan Tower Luxury Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2023
• NOBODY and EVERYTHING
Sesame Museum, Incheon, South Korea, 2023
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Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs
• National Hangeul Museum Exhibition
National Museum of World Writing Systems, Incheon, South Korea, 2025 (Group Exhibition)
• Group Exhibition
Saebyeokseisi Gallery, Incheon, South Korea, 2025 (3-person show)
• Art Fair Daegu 2025
EXCO, Daegu, South Korea
• Happy NEW Artist Exhibition
YK Gallery, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 2025
• Gotaek Art Festa 2024
Muju Hyanggyo, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
• URBANBREAK Art Fair 2024
COEX, Seoul, South Korea
• 15th Design Art Fair 2024
Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
• OrangeHare OFFLINE Exhibition
Space OrangeHare, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 2024
• K-Artist Group Exhibition
Gallery Chang, New York, USA, 2024
• Blossom Art Fair
Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2023
• Affordable Art Fair
Battersea Park, London, United Kingdom, 2023
• Gwangju International Art Fair (ART GWANGJU 23)
Kim Dae-jung Convention Center, Gwangju, South Korea, 2023
• Blossom the Hope Art Fair 2023
COEX, Seoul, South Korea
• MSUC Art Fest 2022
Gallery K, Seoul, South Korea
• Blockchain Week in Busan 2022
BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
• Plastic Art Seoul (PLAS) 2022
COEX, Seoul, South Korea
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Art Collaborations
• Korean National Police Agency × Kim Mine
NOBODY “K-HERO” Art Goods Design Project
• DEWL × Kim Mine
“Dewlian” Character Design, Apparel, Emoticons & Pop-up Store
• DEELO × Kim Mine
Modular Furniture Project – Spatial Art Direction
• POSCA × EPSON × Kim Mine
Artist Interview & Live Drawing Collaboration
• EPSON × Kim Mine
Digital Print Collaboration & Artist Interview
• RVN × Kim Mine
Apparel Pattern Design Collaboration
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Awards & Selections
• Youth Focus Film Festival
Selected Artist (Top 5)
• Gangnam Green Canvas Project
Final Selection (Top 10 Artists)
• Art Token × Tent Film Festival
Grand Prize (1st Place)
• DDP NFT Collecting Vol. 1
Final Selection (Top 10 Artists)
• Seoul-ro Media Canvas 2022
Final Selection (Top 10 Artists)
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Lectures & Talks
• “The Future of Digital Art and NOBODY”
Digital Media Tech Show, KINTEX, Seoul, South Korea
• “The Metaverse World and NOBODY”
Korea Institute of Engineering & Technology, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• “The Future of Digital Art and NOBODY”
Korea Smart Tech Professionals Association Inauguration Ceremony, Seoul, South Korea
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