Nampyo Kim was born in Seoul, Korea, and studied Western Art in undergraduate and graduate school of Seoul National University. ‘’Who’s Afraid of Painting?’(Seongnam Cube Art Museum, Seongnam, 2025), The Hole’(Obscura, Seoul, 2024), 'TRAVELER : UNMASK' (Artbn, Seoul, 2024), 'Annapurna: Painterly Reality' (OKNP, Busan, 2024), 'The Last of the Untold Truths' (NAMA Gallery, Seoul, 2023), 'Origin, Instant Landscape' (HORR Artspace & AIF lounge, Seoul, 2022), 'Painting JEJUDO' (Kyobo Art Space, Seoul, 2022), 'Instant Landscape - Goosebumps' (Gana Art Center, Seoul, 2017), 'Instant Landscape' (Gana Art New York, USA, 2009), 'Instant Landscape' (Gallery Hyundai-Window Gallery, Seoul, 2007), He has held about 30 solo exhibitions internationally and domestically, and was invited to over 60 duo, group, and project exhibitions. Also, the artist has attended over 50 international and domestic art fairs including KIAF (COEX in Seoul), TEFAF(Netherlands), Abu Dhabi Art (Arab Emirates), Taipei Art Fair(Taiwan), ARCO Art Fair(Madrid), Asia Contemporary Art Fair(New York, USA), etc. Kim has been awarded as the Selected Artist in the field of Exhibition Plan at Korea Arts & Culture Education Services Contest, won Grand Prize at National University Art Competition, Gold Medal at Creative Arts Association Contest, etc. His works are collected by various organizations including Seoul Museum of Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seongnam Cultural Foundation, Suwon I-Park Museum of Art, Daegu Art Museum, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.(KHNP)