Born in Austin, Texas, USA 1993
Lives and works between South Korea and USA
https://justinjinsookim.cargo.site
justinjinsookimart@gmail.com
+16619938534
Selected Solo Screenings
2024 “Guidance by Dokkaebi Fire and Other Works,” REDCAT, CA, USA
Selected Group Screenings
2025 “This Isn't What It Appears—films by Heehyun Choi and Justin Jinsoo Kim,” Accent Sisters, New York, USA
Selected Screenings
And the Moon Sets Over the Temple That Was (HD, Color, Sound, 70'4'', 2025)
2026 Cinéma du Réel, Paris, France
2026 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea
2025 EXiS(Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul), Seoul, South Korea
A Real Christmas (HD, Color, Sound, 12'02", 2025)
2025 New York Film Festival (Currents), New York, USA
2025 Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China
2026 Jeonju International Film Festival. Jeonju, South Korea
2026 Filmforum 50, program 5: Real Life, with the Millennium Film Journal, 2220 Arts + Archives, CA, USA
2026 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea
Guidance by Dokkaebi Fire (HD, Color, Sound, 18’30” 2024)
2024 Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju, South Korea
2024 Transient Visions Festival of the Moving Image, Johnson City, NY, USA
2024 AICOT(Art In Country of Tokyo), Japan
The Far and Near (2K, Color, Sound, 10’3”, 2023)
2023 New York Film Festival (Currents), New York, USA
2023 EXiS(Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul), Seoul, South Korea
2023 WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg, Canada
2023 Light Matters Film Festival, Alfred, New York, USA
2023 Linea d'Ombra Festival, Documentary Competition, Salerno, Italy
2024 Buning Atlas - Mosmote Collective, Shanghai, China
2025 Wonderfruit, Unconditional Space, Chonburi, Thailand
The Exhausted ( HD, Color, Sound, 6’35”, 2021 )
2022 Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju, South Korea
2022 Fantoche International Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
2022 Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, LA, USA
2022 Seoul Independent Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2023 Hello Animation Festival, Tulsa, OK, USA
Personality Test ( HD, Color, Sound, 8’09”, 2021 )
2021 New Yrk Film Festival (Currents), New York, USA
2021 EXiS(Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul), Seoul, South Korea
2021 The 25th Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum, Seoul, South Korea
2021 Mur Murs, a Film Series, REDCAT, Los Angeles, USA
2022 32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Chicago, USA
2022 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg, Canada
2023 Fracto Experimental Film Encounter, Berlin, Germany
2024 RooftopFilms, New York, USA
Jumping Moments ( HD, Color, Sound, 2’42”. 2020 )
2020 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France
2020 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK
2020 Fest Anča International Animation Festival, Žilina, Slovakia
2020 BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao, Spain
2020 Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival (Nemaf), Seoul, Korea
2020 32 Girona Film Festival GFF, Girona, Spain
2020 TOPU International Animation Week, Haimen, China
2021 International Student Moving Image Showcase, Saatchi Gallery, UK
2021 Projektion/Projection, Darmstadt, Germany
Viscus Bunny ( HD, color, sound, 49’57”. 2018 )
2018 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Artist Residencies
2026 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, USA
2022 MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH, USA
Group Exhibitions
2025 Archive Fever, Accent Sisters, New York, USA
2021 Alt Visual Culture Factory city gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2020 SPACE KYEOL Relay Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
2017 Room No.2046, Seoul, South Korea
Honors/Awards/Grants
2022 MacDowell/National Endowment for the Arts Fellows, Peterborough, NH, USA
2022 Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts
2021 Plankton Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
2021 Experimental Animation Named Award, California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
2018 Lillian Disney Scholarship (2018-2021), California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
Artist Talks
2026 Photography & Filmmaking Department, Kansas City Art Institute, USA
2025 “Animation Workshop”, Tsinghua University, China
2021 “Direct Techniques”, California Institute of the Arts, USA
Press / Reviews / Interviews
2026 Sarp Sozdinler. "And the Moon Sets Over the Temple That Was
— Justin Jinsoo Kim [Cinéma du Réel ’26 Review]." In Review Online, March 26.
2026 Matthew Joseph Jenner. "Cinéma du Réel 2026 review:
And the Moon Sets Over the Temple That Was." International Cinephile Society, March 23.
2026 Emma Longeville. "Entretien avec Justin Jinsoo Kim
- And the Moon Sets over the Temple That Was." Le Club de Mediapart, March 18.
Aniamtor / Cinematography / Colorist
2025 Cinematography/Colorist, Film, A Dark Room (Dir. Heehyun Choi)
2024 Animator, Video Art. Untitled (Constellation) (Dir. Kang Seung Lee)
2024 Cinematography/Colorist/VFX artist, Film, Our Cave (Dir. Heehyun Choi)
2023 Animator, Video Art. The Heart of A Hand (Dir. Kang Seung Lee)
2023 Colorist, Film. The Sleepwalker's Song (Dir. Edgar Jorge Baralt)
2022 Colorist, Film, Excerpts from a Field Guide (Dir. Kristy Choi)
2022 Cinematography/Colorist, Film, This Isn't What It Appears (Dir. Heehyun Choi)
2022 Colorist, Film, A Tired Dog is a Good Dog (Dir. Matthew Lax)
2020 Cinematography/Colorist, Film, Birdsaver Report Volume 1 (Dir. Heehyun Choi) |
2019 Cinematography, Film, Origami Tutorial (Dir. Heehyun Choi
Education
M.F.A. 2021 Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
B.A. 2018 Art & Technology, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
Teaching
2026-present Lecturer, Animation Department, Kansas City Art Institute, USA
2026-present Lecturer, Photography & Filmmaking Department, Kansas City Art Institute, USA
2023 Instructor, Radical Stop Motion Workshop, Winter Session, CalArts, USA
2021 Teaching Assistant, Color Correction and Grading, CalArts, Valencia, USA
2020 Teaching Assistant, Animation aesthetics in practice, CalArts, Valencia, CA, USA
2019 Teaching Assistant, Memory Clash, CalArts, Valencia, CA, USA