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Kior Ko

Kior (1985) is a Korean visual artist and illustrator based in South Korea.
Her work focuses on visualizing the intricate narratives of the human mind.

Through recurring motifs, she explores how emotions, memories, and unspoken thoughts take shape, depicting scenes in which inner experience interacts with the external world.

Exhibition

2025
Nanikore—This is Not Art!?, Roro Art Space, Fukuoka, Japan
Thoughts, Suburbs Gallery, Montréal, Canada
FLOWERS—Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2024
100+ Art Fair, Shenzhen, China
B.U.T.T.—Beyond Unique Transformation Twist, Chignitta Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Text Me!, SeattleNFTMuseum, Seattle, US

2023
Mint it!, Uncommon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Oulim World Tour, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
ESTASI, NINFA Labs, Milan & Ibiza
HYPNOS & ESTASI, Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
NFT Paris, presented by NFTAsia, Paris, France
NFT Festival Korea, presented by Superchief Gallery, DDP, Seoul, Korea
Additional feature, Artcrush Gallery World Tour S1, NFT NYC 2023, presented by Artcrush gallery, Times Square, New York, US

2022
A Screen of One's Own, presented by NFTAsia, Superchief Gallery, New York, US
NFT NYC 2022, presented by vismesh, Times Square, New York, US
NFT 101, Artrang, Seoul, Korea
PUNKISM, IHAM Gallery, Paris, France

2020
Animation music video, free diving, Official screening of Korean Music Film Now, 16th Jecheon International Music and Film Festival

Interview

METAL magazine

Education

Hongik University (Seoul, Korea), BFA, Visual Communication Design

Reminiscence

Pause

Thoughts