Minju Kang Korean, b. 1993

Minju Kang (b. 1993 -) began her studies in the arts at Sejong University in Seoul, Korea in 2015 and has completed her Masters at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2023 as a Meister student of Professor Thomas Scheibitz. Her solo exhibitions include ‘Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere’(Jean-Claude Maier, Frankfurt, 2024), ‘Stare into space’ (Graduation show, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, 2023) ,‘Dream core’, (Jean-Claude Maier, Frankfurt, 2022). She has participated in group exhibitions including ‘Junge Kunst aus dem Rheinland auf der Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf’(2023), ‘Der Bogen im Auge’(KIT, Dusseldörf, 2022), and ‘Scratches on the surface’(2021). Her upcoming exhibition include ‘Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere’ at Jean-Claude Maier in Frankfurt and ‘Intermezzo’ at Artist Residencies Düsseldorf in 2024. Minju Kang has received the Baker Tilly Künstler-Stipendium at KIT in Düsseldorf in 2022. Minju Kang Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.

MINJU KANG

Born in 1993, Seoul, South Korea

Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany

EDUCATION

2012-2015 Painting, Sejong Uni, Seoul, Korea

2017-2023 Painting, class Prof. Thomas Scheibitz, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

2023 Meisterschülerin of Prof. Thomas Scheibitz

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

• Special Exhibition : Minju Kang, Lotte Hotel World, Seoul 

2024

• Welcome to My Island, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul 
• Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere, Jean-Claude Maier, Frankfurt 

2023

• Stare into space, Graduation show, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

2022

• Dream core, Jean-Claude Maier, Frankfurt

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

• Intermezzo, Artist Residencies Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
• Fresh positions 2024, BBK Kunstforum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
• Academy selection, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf

2023

• Junge Kunst aus dem Rheinland auf der Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf, art-hoc Herbstausstellung, Düsseldorf

• Der Bogen im Auge, KIT, Düsseldorf

2021

• Scratches on the surface, AstA Ausstellungraum, Düsseldorf

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2022

• Baker Tilly Künstler-Stipendium, KIT, Düsseldorf