Kurina Sohn is a multidisciplinary designer, artistic researcher, and lecturer from South Korea based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her work explores diverse realms, life forms, and narratives that transcend the ordinary. The projects employ a poetic approach to offer fluid and inclusive interpretations of modern realities. She is inspired by the unknown, fascinated by the limits of our understanding and the new possibilities of the latest technological developments. Through thorough research she gains a broad theoretical knowledge of transformative elements in novel mediums such as soft robotics, artificial intelligence, or digital fabrication. The resulting projects range from sculptural objects [Halo Collection, OFF-BLACK Mirrors, OFF-SURFACE, etc.] to immersive installations [Deepest Unknown, OFF-BLACK Fountain, Crawing, etc.].
Kurina has received multiple residencies and grants and has exhibited both nationally and internationally. She is engaged in various collaborations [Hotel Symbiogenesis, meta:morphosis, etc.], including continuous work with Delphine Lejeune and Clara Schweers [Unearthed.world]. Since 2020, she has co-initiated a fluid Asian collective called NeeNee Collective, through which she has collaboratively curated and exhibition design [COLLETIBLE, Dreamers of the Playscape, Transcrossing Identities, Sunnyside Up, etc.].
Contact via email → sohnkurina@gmail.com
Instagram → @sohnkuri
EDUCATION
2019
MA Contextual Design, Design Academy Eindhoven. Eindhoven, NL
2017
The Fab Academy, Fablab Seoul. Seoul, KR
2015
BFA Fiber, Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, MD, USA, Awarded Cum Laude
RESIDENCIES
2025. 3 - 2026. 3
Art-Science Residency, NeuroNarrative. Amsterdam, NL
2025. 4
AI Ecologies - Flash Residency, Kunsthal Artphy collaboration with the Creative Coding Utrecht, NL
2024. 11 - 2025. 2
Art & Science Residencies, Embassy of Foreign Artists(EoFA) and National Centre of Competence in Research(NCCR) Evolving Language. Geneva, CH
2023. 2
Wintersession - Production Residency, V2_Unstable Media. Rotterdam, NL
2022. 5
EAST to WEST - 10-days Residency, Schloss Hollenegg for Design. Hollenegg, AT
2021. 8
GENIUS LOCI - 10-days Residency, 101PS space. Bremm, DE
ARTISTIC PROGRAMS, FELLOWSHIP & APPRENTICESHIP
2025. 2
Nexus Program, TETEM. Enschede, NL
2024. 6 - 9
CODE 2024: Reclaiming Digital Agency. IMPAKT. Utrecht, NL
2022. 6 - 2023. 4
FORMAT 23 Program, Z33 - Huis voor Actuele Kunst, Design & Architectuur. Hasselt, BE
2021. 3 - 5
Artist in Cooperation Fellowship(AICF), Multidisciplinary Artistic Research Collective(MARC). Amsterdam, NL
2020. 4 - 9
Expoplu Exchange Program, Expoplu(now POST). Nijmegen, NL
2014. 6 - 8
Full-time Apprentice, The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Philadelphia, USA
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2025
Alternatives from the Unexpected; GLUE, Waag Futurelab. Amsterdam, NL
2024
Tangent Media, Gravity Field Art Gallery, CUHK. Shenzhen, CN
2024
HOPE – who will turn the tide, Ars Electronica and IMPAKT. Linz, AT
2024
Deep Nudes and Digital Oblivion. IMPAKT, Utrecht, NL
2024
Re-Framing Material Culture, Frappant Galerie. Hamburg, DE
2024
COLLECTIBLE, Espace Vanderborght. Brussels, BE
2023
Tryday: Wintersession, V2_Unstable Media. Rotterdam, NL
2023
Water Expeditions, Z33. Hasselt, BE
2023
Interior Ecologies symposium - digital archive, MAIA, Master of Arts in Interior Architecture & Institute for Postnatural Studies, Online - Geneva, CH.
2023
COLLECTIBLE, tour & taxis. Brussels, Belgium
2022
Dreamers of the Playscape, Gallery 3, Het Nieuwe Instituut. Rotterdam, NL
2022
CRUISING, Huidenclub. Rotterdam, NL
2022
FOKUS: Ornament, Vienna Design Week. Vienna, AT
2022
Transcrossing Identities. Kazerne, Eindhoven, NL
2022
Mutation II, FIBER Festival. Amsterdam, NL
2022
Invisible, Museum of Applied Art and Design. Vilnius, LT
2022
MULTILOGUE analog & digital, Gold+Beton & Mouches Volantes Galerie. Cologne, DE
2021
SUNNYSIDE UP, Plan B & Dutch Design Week. Eindhoven, NL
2021
ALIENATED, 38CC. Delft, NL
2021
Curated Realities: Survival of the filters. MARC, Amsterdam, NL
2020
Who’s to blame?, Expoplu at Paraplufabriek. Nijmegen, NL
2020
CODE WAR, Ex Ospedale Psichiatrico di Quarto. Genoa, IT
2020
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!, Temporary Art Center(TAC) & Virtual. Eindhoven, NL
2019
G19: Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show, Campina Fabriek. Eindhoven, NL
2018
Overturning Othering, De Elektriciteitsfabriek. The Hague, NL
2015
MICA Commencement Exhibition, Leidy Atrium. Baltimore, USA
2013
Unravel the Code, Roodkapje Gallery. Rotterdam, NL
WORKSHOP, PANEL DISCUSSION, & PRESENTATION
2025. 6
Conductive Stillness meditation performance at the Rooted Connections: A Zoöp Meetup Instituto Cervantes, with Creative Coding Utrecht. Utrecht, NL
2025. 3
Interview session at the Alternatives from the Unexpected, Pakhuis de Zwijger. Amsterdam, NL
2025. 2
crAsh-test/crAsh-son Usine Parker. Carouge, CH
2024. 1
META:MORPHOSIS: A guided digital cleanse workshop, Ars Electronica, Linz, AT
2023. 5
International Clinic - East Asia, Het Nieuwe Instituut. Rotterdam, NL
GRANTS
2025
Glazing into Artificial Flame, Amarte Fonds Foundation
2023 - 2024
Synthetic Halo: Illuminating the Mind-Machine-AI Nexus, Amarte Fonds Foundation and Stimuleringsfonds
2022
Deepest Unknown, Stimuleringsfonds