About

Soyeon Kim is a Korean-born artist and educator currently living in Ontario. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts and Bachelor of Education from York University. She has participated in artist residencies at The Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia), Spark Box Studios (Picton, Ontario), The Toronto Public Library for the Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in Residence (Toronto, Ontario), and The Discovery Center Artist in Residence (Mississauga, Ontario).

As a children’s picture book illustrator, she has published: You Are Stardust, Wild Ideas, Is This Panama? Sukaq and the Raven, You Are Never Alone, A Last Goodbye, Once Upon an Hour, and When Sunlight Tiptoes. She has participated in TD Book Week 2018 and 2022, visiting schools and libraries across Canada. In 2017, she was invited to the Adelaide Writers’ Week (Australia) for the Kids’ Weekend, where she collaborated with kids and families to create a collaborative mural based on You Are Stardust. She is also a recipient of Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award.

For any inquiries, please send me an email! artbysoyeon@gmail.com

Clients

Owlkids Books, Inhabit Media, Orca Book Publisher, Crow’s Theatre, Town of Oakville, Oakville Transit, The Junction BIA, Amnesty International, Toronto Public Library, TD Summer Reading Club

Awards

2021 Visual Artists Creation Project, Ontario Arts Council, Canada

2021 Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in Residence Program, IBBY Canada, Canada

2019 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council, Canada

2013 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, Canadian Library Association, Canada

2011 Winner of Best Student Drawing, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, ON

2010 Hermitage Residency Nomination, York University, Toronto, ON

2010 Winner of Best Student Drawing, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON

2010 Willowdale Group of Artists Award, York University, Toronto, ON

2010 First Place Award for Outstanding Artist, Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show, Toronto, ON

2010 Honors in Drawing, York University, Toronto, ON

2007 Fine Arts Talent Award, York University, Toronto, ON

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

2021 BREATHE, Amnesty International, London, UK

ART INSTALLATION

2021 Window Wonderland, The Junction BIA, Toronto, ON

2020 Secret Stories of Our Neighbourhood, Crow’s Theatre, Toronto, ON

SOLO EXHIBITION

2019 Illustrated Diorama, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON

2016 Art Show, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville, ON

2010 Jane, Gales Gallery, Toronto, ON

GROUP/JURIED EXHIBITION

2021 Through My Eyes, Incoming! Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON

2016 In the Round IV, Graven Feather, Toronto, ON

2015 Inspire – QEPCCC Instructors, QEPCCC, Oakville, ON

2013 Festival of Trees, Harbour Front Centre, Toronto, ON

2012 6x8 Exhibition, Paper Place, Toronto, ON

Distillery District Art Market, Toronto, ON

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON

Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto, ON

2011 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON

Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, United States

Open House, York University, Toronto, ON

Best of 2010 Exhibition, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, ON

2010 Toronto Artist Project, Toronto, ON

Young Artists, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show & Sale, Toronto, ON

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON

Open House, York University, Toronto, ON

Drawing Area Show, Gales Gallery, Toronto, ON