Working... in The Necessaries
Dawon Kang is a curator based in Seoul. She studied Fine Arts at the undergraduate level and completed an M.A. in Aesthetics. Her research interests lie in the interrelationship between fiction and subjectivity—how fictional worlds are inseparable from the self and how this entanglement resonates with the real world. Focusing on the fictive nature of contemporary Korean art, she seeks to explore narratives that emerge from specific places and individuals. Since 2024, she has been working as a curator at The necessaries, and collaborates with curator Eumin Lee as part of the curatorial team The Third Plan.

Education
2023 - Ing... Ewha Woman University, Studies in Visual Arts, MA
2018 - 2023   Sangmyung University, Fine Arts , BA (Graduate)

 Exhibition / Projects Curation

✶collaborative Projecsts
2025 Poongsu Poongsu!: Invest your Future Value
2025 (non)Blind-Spot, PS Center, Seoul
2025 Over Vivarium, Nodeul Island Nodeul Gallery 2, Seoul
2024 Tessera, Pado Space, Seoul
2023 PlanT Houes, Hongcheon Art Museum, Hongcheon, Gangwon-do
2022 Moving Mo, Route Space, Seoul

✶solo Projects
2026 (Project) Mouthless(with Artist Jiyoon Lee), Amado Art Space, Seoul
2025 A Dream on a Blurred Veil, The Necessaries, Seoul
2024 Honestly: Sticky Notes, Annpaak Space, Seoul
2024 Unsaid Island, The Necessaries, Seoul
2024 Nabi, Momo, A, Mihakgwan, Seoul
2023 Full House, Hongje-dong, Seoul
2022 Making Body, Annpaak Space, Seoul

✶Publication Curation
2023 Omnibus in Hongyeon-gil, A Book for Nabi, Momo, A

Writings
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Award & Selection
2026 Art in Culture, Critic Project ‘Pitching’ 28th
2026 AMADO Annualnale
2025 ARKO ARKO Young Artist Support (Team: The Third Plan)
2025 SFAC Nodeul Island Nodeul Gallery Exhibition (Team: The Third Plan)
2023 ARKO Pre-Artist Program
2021 Korean Society of Media and Arts (KOSMA) Student