Yeji Kim (she/her) is a NYC-based artist, bookmaker, and graphic designer who bakes killer sourdough; co-runs misplaced press, an independent publisher specializing in experimental books, zines, and exhibitions; and looks out the window with her tuxedo cat, Mona.
Currently at Google.
Past collaborators include: Typographics, Herb Lubalin Center for Typography and Design, Poster House, Food Education Fund, Partner & Partners, Museum Hue, National Audubon Society + Audubon Magazine, Nonhuman Teachers, Pratt Institute + Prattfolio, and the East Village Zine Fair, among others.
Full resumé can be found here.
Currently at Google.
Past collaborators include: Typographics, Herb Lubalin Center for Typography and Design, Poster House, Food Education Fund, Partner & Partners, Museum Hue, National Audubon Society + Audubon Magazine, Nonhuman Teachers, Pratt Institute + Prattfolio, and the East Village Zine Fair, among others.
Full resumé can be found here.
EDUCATION
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BFA, The Cooper Union
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
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• New York Times Newsroom Fellowship, 2025–26
• GDUSA 2022 Students to Watch
• Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund Prize for Excellence in Art
• The Leroy Neiman Fellowship at Ox-Bow School of Art
• George & Selma Klett Art Scholarship
• James Craig Designing with Type Award
PUBLICATIONS
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• Grid Drawings Vol 1 (available at Printed Matter)
FEATURES
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• Soft Times Quarterly: Volume 4 (Seasons), 2023
• Studio Ouch Magazine: Knickknacks—Artist Feature
EXHIBITIONS
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• 2024 East Village Zine Fair (East Village, New York, NY; June 2024)
• Clothesline Show (Socrates Sculpture Park; Long Island City, NY; Oct 2023)
• Almost Heaven (Ox-Bow School of Art; Saugatuck, MI; Aug 2022)
• Wife Swap (Ox-Bow School of Art; Saugatuck, MI; Jun 2022)
• Girls Night (7 E 7th St; New York, NY; Apr 2022)
• Fruit Flies (Solo Exhibition; 41 Cooper Sq. Gallery; New York, NY; Mar 2022)
• River Show (Flushing Meadows Corona Park; Queens, NY; Aug 2021)
• See Music, Hear Art (Kaufman Dance Studio at The Juilliard School; New York, NY; Feb 2020)
TEACHING & TALKS
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• The Cooper Union Saturday Program, Artist Talk (2025)
• The Drawing Center, Zine Workshop: The Way I See It (2024)
• Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Texts, T-shirts, and Statements; Art on the Meadow Workshop (2024)
• Parsons School of Design at The New School, BFA Communications Design Guest Critic (2024)
• Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Printmaking To-Go; Art on the Meadow Workshop at Ox-Bow School of Art (2023)
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BFA, The Cooper Union
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
–
• New York Times Newsroom Fellowship, 2025–26
• GDUSA 2022 Students to Watch
• Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund Prize for Excellence in Art
• The Leroy Neiman Fellowship at Ox-Bow School of Art
• George & Selma Klett Art Scholarship
• James Craig Designing with Type Award
PUBLICATIONS
–
• Grid Drawings Vol 1 (available at Printed Matter)
FEATURES
–
• Soft Times Quarterly: Volume 4 (Seasons), 2023
• Studio Ouch Magazine: Knickknacks—Artist Feature
EXHIBITIONS
–
• 2024 East Village Zine Fair (East Village, New York, NY; June 2024)
• Clothesline Show (Socrates Sculpture Park; Long Island City, NY; Oct 2023)
• Almost Heaven (Ox-Bow School of Art; Saugatuck, MI; Aug 2022)
• Wife Swap (Ox-Bow School of Art; Saugatuck, MI; Jun 2022)
• Girls Night (7 E 7th St; New York, NY; Apr 2022)
• Fruit Flies (Solo Exhibition; 41 Cooper Sq. Gallery; New York, NY; Mar 2022)
• River Show (Flushing Meadows Corona Park; Queens, NY; Aug 2021)
• See Music, Hear Art (Kaufman Dance Studio at The Juilliard School; New York, NY; Feb 2020)
TEACHING & TALKS
–
• The Cooper Union Saturday Program, Artist Talk (2025)
• The Drawing Center, Zine Workshop: The Way I See It (2024)
• Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Texts, T-shirts, and Statements; Art on the Meadow Workshop (2024)
• Parsons School of Design at The New School, BFA Communications Design Guest Critic (2024)
• Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Printmaking To-Go; Art on the Meadow Workshop at Ox-Bow School of Art (2023)