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 The New York Times. For any inquiries related to her work at NYT, please email yeji.kim@nytimes.com.
Past collaborators include: Typographics, Poster House, Food Education Fund, National Audubon Society + Audubon Magazine, Nonhuman Teachers, Pratt Institute + Prattfolio, East Village Zine Fair, and Android XR at Google among others.
Full resumé can be found here.
Currently at The New York Times. For any inquiries related to her work at NYT, please email yeji.kim@nytimes.com.
Past collaborators include: Typographics, Poster House, Food Education Fund, National Audubon Society + Audubon Magazine, Nonhuman Teachers, Pratt Institute + Prattfolio, East Village Zine Fair, and Android XR at Google among others.
Full resumé can be found here.
EDUCATION
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BFA, The Cooper Union
FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
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• New York Times Newsroom Fellowship, 2025–26
•The Leroy Neiman Fellowship at Ox-Bow School of Art, 2022
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
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• GDUSA 2022 Students to Watch
• Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund Prize for Excellence in 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, 2022
EXHIBITIONS
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• No Vacancy (Brooklyn, NY; 2025)
• East Village Zine Fair (New York, NY; 2024)
• Clothesline Show (Socrates Sculpture Park; Long Island City, NY; 2023)
• Almost Heaven (Ox-Bow School of Art; Saugatuck, MI; 2022)
• Wife Swap (Ox-Bow School of Art; Saugatuck, MI; 2022)
• Girls Night (7 E 7th St; New York, NY; 2022)
• Fruit Flies (Solo Exhibition; 41 Cooper Sq. Gallery; New York, NY; 2022)
• River Show (Flushing Meadows Corona Park; Queens, NY; 2021)
• See Music, Hear Art (Kaufman Dance Studio at The Juilliard School; New York, NY; 2020)
TEACHING & LECTURES
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• Park Avenue Armory, Advisory Board Zine Workshop (2025)
• Wesleyan University, Zine Talk with Misplaced Press (2025)
• 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
FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
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• New York Times Newsroom Fellowship, 2025–26
•The Leroy Neiman Fellowship at Ox-Bow School of Art, 2022
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
–
• GDUSA 2022 Students to Watch
• Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund Prize for Excellence in 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, 2022
EXHIBITIONS
–
• No Vacancy (Brooklyn, NY; 2025)
• East Village Zine Fair (New York, NY; 2024)
• Clothesline Show (Socrates Sculpture Park; Long Island City, NY; 2023)
• Almost Heaven (Ox-Bow School of Art; Saugatuck, MI; 2022)
• Wife Swap (Ox-Bow School of Art; Saugatuck, MI; 2022)
• Girls Night (7 E 7th St; New York, NY; 2022)
• Fruit Flies (Solo Exhibition; 41 Cooper Sq. Gallery; New York, NY; 2022)
• River Show (Flushing Meadows Corona Park; Queens, NY; 2021)
• See Music, Hear Art (Kaufman Dance Studio at The Juilliard School; New York, NY; 2020)
TEACHING & LECTURES
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• Park Avenue Armory, Advisory Board Zine Workshop (2025)
• Wesleyan University, Zine Talk with Misplaced Press (2025)
• 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)