TIME100 AI 2026 · Thinkers
Ayoung Kim
Artist
To make her AI and game-engine films about delivery workers, she rode along with a motorbike courier through Seoul during the pandemic.
- Born
- 1979, Seoul, South Korea
- Now
- Artist
- Studied
- Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, Kookmin University
Interesting facts
- Numbers
Delivery Dancer grew into a film trilogy plus seven spin-off works, including games, performances and installations.
koreaherald.com - First
Won the Golden Nica, Prix Ars Electronica's top prize, in the animation art category.
koreaherald.com - Connection
Her father spent 10 years as a construction engineer in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, a Gulf link that runs through works like Al-Mather Plot 1991.
koreaherald.com - Detour
Studied design in Seoul, spent five years at art school in London, then moved to Berlin for a residency where she made PH Express.
koreaherald.com - Side project
Works from a studio in Seoul's Nakwon Arcade, a downtown building put up in 1967.
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Education
- MA, Fine art, Chelsea College of Arts, 2010
- BA (Hons), Photography, London College of Communication, 2007
- BFA, Visual communication design, Kookmin University, 2002
Sources1ayoungkim.com