Stephanie Seungmin Kim, PhD, is an internationally recognized art curator, gallerist, writer and speaker. She is the founder of the Stephanie Kim Gallery, Iskai Contemporary Art , a curatorial research center, Sleepers Summit Korea, one of the most recognized and influential developers of art and cultural events, and Legions of Insomniacs New York, a strategic and creative experiential and curation company working with brands, organizations and municipalities. Legions has been recognized for its work developing the SoHo Salon Series, a monthly art and cultural happening in Lower Manhattan.

Stephanie directed over 80 international exhibitions with more than 600 artists in over 20 cities. They include Liverpool Biennial City States exhibitions Media Zone East in 2010, Terra Galaxia in 2012, A Soldier’s Tale commemorating 130 year of UK Korea diplomatic relations (London Asia House 2013), Crystallize the official exhibition for the biggest KBEE in Europe (London Old Billingsgate 2013), Sleepers in Venice (Parallel exhibition for Venice Biennale 2015, with Mark Wallinger, Jia Chang and five other artists), Heritage exhibition at UNESCO (Paris 2014), Singapore Open Media Festival (Singapore2015, includes Laure Prouvost and more), 1st Jikji Korea International Festival’s title exhibition Jikji, the Golden Seed (Cheongju 2016 features 40 artists including Willimam Kentridge, Ron Arad, Marshmellow Laser Feast and more), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP 13 exhibition (Ordos 2017), Seoul Biennale of Architecture & Urbanism Project Seoul Apparel (Seoul, 2017),  the inaugural exhibitions of Myungwon Museum Vision & Visionary (Seoul, 2022, Bridget Riley and more),  the first Open Curatorial exhibition Mobius of Body and Mind for SOMA Museum, the opening exhibition for Madberry Hydroponic Farm Re:Store, and Into the Light for UNESCO's ICDH (International Center for Documentary Heritage) to name but a few. 

Stephanie is a frequent writer, speaker and expert media source on all things art, culture and business. Her monthly column Kimseungmin Curator’s Art Money Market for Hankook Ilbo (Korea Times) is a must-read for collectors and corporates, and her writing and commentary has appeared in many media outlets including BBC, KBS, Guardian and EnVi Media, among others. 

Stephanie was the founding Curator of the Korean Cultural Centre UK, Embassy of the Republic of Korea from 2007 to 2011. Her shows included award winning Present from the Past, Supervision, Earth Alert: Photographic Response to Climate Change, Future’s Future Future, Crossfields, Entry Form, to name but a few. 

She earned her PhD from the Royal College of Art (RCA), and has Master’s degree from University College London (UCL) and Honors BA from Sotheby’s Institute. 

Stephanie produced the 2018 documentary, Sleepers in Venice, which was widely lauded for its integration of art and music through a collaboration with Fluxus Music which produced an OST album under the same title. Stephanie’s second film Fragments won Best Feature Documentary for Moscow International Film Festival, and finalist for Cannes Worlds Film Festival and New York International Film Awards.