Yool Kim (b. 1982, Seoul, South Korea) is a contemporary mixed-media artist whose work delves deeply into identity, emotional turbulence, and the subconscious. She graduated in 2015 from Hongik University Graduate School of Industry with a degree in Color Studies. Her paintings often feature repeated faces and fragmented or overlapping bodies, as she seeks to externalize both her internal world and how she thinks others see her. Kim uses bold, saturated color, impulsive mark-making, layers, and sometimes differing or distorted numbers of limbs or facial features to express disordered thoughts, longing for recognition, self-doubt, and aspiration for confidence. Her work has been shown internationally, including in the US, East Asia, and Europe, and is characterised by a maximalist approach that balances chaotic emotional content with compositional care.