김지현 Jihyun Kim

Jihyun Kim is an illustrator, a picture book author and a lecturer in Seoul.
She works in various design fields but mostly likes to tell life stories that we can all relate to.
She does so by remembering her own experience as a child, a sister, a young adult, and now a mother of a baby girl.                            

Publication

2024 <Blue Sky Morning>, Floris Books, UK  
2022 <마트료시카>, 사계절(Sakyejul), KOR        
<L'été dernier>, Seuil Jeunesse, FR
<Un’estate>, Emme Edizioni, IT
2021        <Sommer>, Verlag Urachhaus, DE
<El último verano>, Editorial Juventud, ES
<しずかな夏休み>, Mitsumura Educational Co. Ltd, JP
<The depth of the lake and the height of the sky>, Floris Books, UK
<Toen>, Christofoor Uitgeverij, NL
2020        <가을 아침에>, 위즈덤하우스(Wisdom House), KOR
2017        <지난 여름>, 웅진주니어(Woongjin Junior), KOR
2015        Co-author of <일러스트레이터의 작업실>, Art Ejong, KOR
2014        Self-publish <Three Little Pigs>_Participant at Unlimited Edition, NEMO gallery, KOR   
2011        Illustration for children's book <크게 외쳐!>, KOR

Exhibition

2024 Artist-in-Residence for 2024 Winter(online), Foresta Collective, GE
2023 Group Exhibition <Le Immagini della Fantasia 40>, Frisacco Palace, Tolmezzo,  IT
2022 Group Exhibition <Le Immagini della Fantasia 40>, Fondazione Mostra Internazionale d'Illustrazione per l'Infanzia Štěpán Zavřel, Sarmade, IT
Group Exhibition <Lullabies in Lockdown>, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, UK
2020        Solo Exhibition <산보 散步>, 호암교수회관, KOR
2019 Solo Exhibition <replay>, Scoot Proposal, KOR
2017        Participant at <Seoul Illustration Fair>, COEX, KOR
                 Group Exhibition <Space 1326 선물>展, BNK gallery, KOR
2016        Group Exhibition <겨울동화 그림길展>, 경의선 책거리_문화산책, KOR
                 Group Exhibition <For-Rest>, Understand Avenue, KOR
                 Participant at <Maison & Objet Paris>, FR
2015       Group Exhibition <Frame in frame>, Gallery Bluestone, KOR
                 Nami Island International Children's Book Festival, KOR
                 <Korea Travel  Sketches>, Buk-chon small gallery, KOR
2014        Group exhibition <10 solo show>, Hello Museum, Seoul, KOR                                                                           
2013        Grand Parade Book Art Exhibition, University Gallery, Brighton, UK         
2012        MA Sequential Design and Illustration Degree Show, University gallery, Brighton, UK

Awards & Nomination

2024       Selected for ‘A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection’
2023 Selected for 2023 USBBY Outstanding International Books List, US
Nominated for the 2023 PRIX DES SORCIÈRES, FR
2022        Finalist, Spanish Bookstores award (Premio Kirico), ES
       Selected for "Best Books of 2022", The Boston Globe
       Selected for "Best Books of 2022", New York Public Library
       Selected for "Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2022", Booklist
       Selected for "Fanfare 2022 Booklist", The Horn Book
       Selected for "Best Picture Books of 2022", Kirkus Reviews
Selected for "Best Books 2022", School Library Journal
Selected for ‘A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection’
2021        Selected for ‘100 outstanding picturebooks’, dPICTUS
       Winner of German Book Trailer Award, DE
2015        Shortlist on Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours, KOR
                 Winner of Travel Sketch challenge, Korean Ministry of Culture x GRAFOLIO, KOR
2014        Runner-up for the illustration Competition ‘Imagine your Jeju’ by 1300K Design Festival, KOR
2013        Selected for official screening at Be There! Corfu Animation Festival, GR
2012        Best Animation, Thurrock International Film Festival, UK

Works 

2018 Calendar illustration for BC card, KOR
Album cover art for band <Night>
2016        Illustration for the 30th anniversary of Hansalim, KOR
                 Illustration and graphic design of a poster for Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, KOR
2015        Illustration for <Fun-Fun Art Metro (Public art project)> with Seoul Metro, KOR
                 Illustration and graphic design of an exhibition for Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, KOR
                 Illustration and graphic design of a brochure for Seongmo-Namhae kindergarten, KOR
2013-14   Exhibition and Graphic Designer, Hello Museum, Seoul, KOR
2011         Illustration for children's book <크게 외쳐!>, KOR
2008-9  Brand Identity and Packaging Designer, KT&G, Seoul, KOR  

Lecture

2018-   Lecturer at Seoul National University (Illustration), Seoul, KOR
2019-20  Adjunct Professor at Ewha Womans University (Illustration, Design drawing seminar), Seoul, KOR
2021-24 Adjunct Professor at Ewha Womans University (Illustration, Book art), Seoul, KOR

Education

DD  Visual communication Design, Seoul National University, Seoul, KOR (Current)
MA  Sequential Design and Illustration, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
BSc  Human Environment and Design, Yonsei University, Seoul, KOR