About
Rina Kim (b. 1995, Los Angeles) is a painter based in Brooklyn, NY. She received a B.A in Studio Art and Theater at Mount Holyoke College. She then completed her atelier painting training at Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. Upon moving to New York in 2021, she continued studying with Leonid Gervits at the Art Students League while completing her MFA in painting at the New York Academy of Art, from which she graduated in 2025 . She has exhibited in group shows in Venice, Siena, Florence, San Francisco, and New York. Rina’s current work explores sentimentality, consumerism, and environmentalism through still life paintings of discarded objects.
CV
Born
1995 in Los Angeles, California
Lives
Brooklyn, New York
Education
2025
M.F.A. in Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2021
Certificate of Completion, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2017
B.A. in Studio Art and Theater, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition 2025, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Look Again, Rohmer Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Rhythm, Fission, and Folds, Rohmer Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Take Home a Nude, Phillips New York, New York, NY
2024
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Fete du Citron, Maven Art House, New York, NY
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2023
SCNY 45th Annual Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
House Warming, 82 Parris Gallery, Portland, ME
Everyday Rituals, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Titania’s Ball, Era Contemporary, Media, PA
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2022
Faces & Figures 2022, Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT
Crimson Tide, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Post No Bills Pt.1, Julia Seabrook Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Priscilla, Blanchard Gallery, South Hadley, MA
Works Through Paper, Blanchard Gallery, South Hadley, MA
The Really Affordable Art $how, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Verso: Settimana di arte e architettura contemporanea, Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
CITYSCAPE ≤ X ≤ LANDSCAPE, D’Uva Workshop, Florence, Italy
Awards/Honors
2022
16th International ARC Salon Competition, Semifinalist