Kim Joon (Korean, b.1966) was born in Seoul, Korea. He attended Hongik University in Seoul, where he received a BA in Painting and a MA in Painting. He was a soldier in the Korean military and also a professor at the Kongju National University. The artist examines the meaning of tattoo as a social phenomenon and uniquely human act through body painting; he explores the identity of the body as a shell.

Kim Joon’s works have been exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, London (where his work was featured on the cover of the book Korean Eye: Contemporary Korean Art, which accompanied the exhibition); Total Museum, Seoul, Korea; The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwachon, Korea; and the National Taiwan Museum.