H Ryan S Kim (@hryanskim) is a contemporary artist currently based out of Seoul, South Korea. He was born in Syracuse, New York and earned his BFA in Illustration (2017) from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Over the course of his career he has lived and worked out of New York City (USA), Ljubljana (Slovenia), and Seoul (South Korea).
His work is primarily figurative with a large emphasis on vibrant color combinations. Whimsical depictions of animals and flora make up the majority of his thematic focus with recent works shifting attention to the human form. He works mostly with acrylic paints and other water-based mediums but has occasional incorporated fabrics, collage, found objects, and digital tools.
His shows/artwork have been featured in magazines such as Juxtapoz, Artsinsquare, Beautiful Bizarre, Marie Claire, Maison, Creativebloch, and Brut Magazine and has had media coverage done by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), Chosun Daily (조선일보), Kyeonggi Daily (경기일보), Korea Economic Daily (한국경제), Korea Metaverse Journal, and the Korean Journal of Art Criticism (미술평단).
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Memory Lane (A 10 Year Retrospective)- GSIS- Suwon, South Korea
2026 Colorganisms- Galerie Gaia- Seoul, South Korea
2025 Anthropology - Galerie Gaia - Seoul, South Korea
2024 Metonymy - Galerie Gaia - Seoul, South Korea
Group Exhibitions
2026 Meowtopia II - Poetic Tiger Gallery - Boise, Idaho
2023 Four Barrel & Tetto - Four Barrel SM Entertainment - Seoul, South Korea
2022 Distant/Memory - Visionary Projects - New York, NY
2018 Surreal Salon 10 - Baton Rouge Gallery - Baton Rouge, LA (*curated by Ron English)
2017 Good Medicine+ - Van Der Plas Gallery - New York, NY
2017 SVA x Creativebloch - Creativebloch Art Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
2017 Murmurs From The Planet Earth - SVA Chelsea Gallery - New York, NY
Art Fairs
2025 Urban Break (Summer), Galerie Gaia, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Urban Break (Summer), Galerie Gaia, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Urban Break (Winter), Galerie Gaia, Seoul South Korea
2023 Urban Break (Summer), Solo Booth, Seoul, South Korea
Publications
2026 Artsinsquare Magazine (Issue 10) (*curated by Kurt Beers from Beers London)
2025 Convergence- Art Book (Self-designed and published)
2024 Korean Journal Of Art Criticism (미술평단) (Issue No. 152)
2023 artview21 Contemporary Art Magazine (2023.May Edition)
2017 Creativebloch Art Magazine (Issue #3)
2016 Brut Magazine (Issue #5)
