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Jiyoung Kim
Illustrator exploring the anatomy of the mind

Narcissistic personality disorder (Work for me. So that I may continue to drink the fruits of your labor.)
[Awards]
Original Title: Work for me (Narcissistic personality disorder)
Winner : Creative Quarterly 80 (New York, USA)
Merit : iJungle Illustration Awards 2025 (Europe)
Original Title: Work for me (Narcissistic personality disorder)
Winner : Creative Quarterly 80 (New York, USA)
Merit : iJungle Illustration Awards 2025 (Europe)

Narcissistic personality disorder (I am the center of the universe. The whole world exists only to affirm my specialness.)
[Awards]
Original Title: The center of the universe is me (Narcissistic personality disorder)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 81 (New York, USA)
Original Title: The center of the universe is me (Narcissistic personality disorder)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 81 (New York, USA)

Compulsive shopping (I dismantle my daily life to fill my jewelry box. I cannot stop this glittering addiction.)
[Awards]
Original Title: Shopping addiction brain (Compulsive shopping)
Chosen Winner : American Illustration 44 (New York, USA)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 79 (New York, USA)
Original Title: Shopping addiction brain (Compulsive shopping)
Chosen Winner : American Illustration 44 (New York, USA)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 79 (New York, USA)

Intermittent explosive disorder (Don’t touch me—not even with a tiny feather. I am a bomb about to explode.)
[Awards]
Original Title: Don't bother me (Intermittent explosive disorder)
Winner : Creative Quarterly 78 (New York, USA)
Merit : 3×3 Illustration Show No.22 (New York, USA)
Shortlisted: World Illustration Awards 2025– AOI (London, UK)
Original Title: Don't bother me (Intermittent explosive disorder)
Winner : Creative Quarterly 78 (New York, USA)
Merit : 3×3 Illustration Show No.22 (New York, USA)
Shortlisted: World Illustration Awards 2025– AOI (London, UK)

Bulimia Nervosa (A desperate cycle of filling and purging. The terror of gaining weight will not let me stop.)
[Awards]
Original Title: Boundless eat and vomit (Bulimia Nervosa)
Chosen Winner : American Illustration 43 (New York, USA)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 77 (New York, USA)
Original Title: Boundless eat and vomit (Bulimia Nervosa)
Chosen Winner : American Illustration 43 (New York, USA)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 77 (New York, USA)

Obsessive compulsive disorder (The desire for cleanliness has become the handcuffs that bind me. The more I wash, the tighter the loop closes around me; I cannot stop.)
[Awards]
Original Title: Can’t stop (Obsessive compulsive disorder)
Winner : Creative Quarterly 74 (New York, USA)
Original Title: Can’t stop (Obsessive compulsive disorder)
Winner : Creative Quarterly 74 (New York, USA)

Bipolar disorder (Plunging from the peak of ecstasy into the abyss of despair. On this unstoppable roller coaster of emotion, my heart screams as it spins out of control.)
[Awards]
Original Title: Roller coaster like mind (Bipolar disorder)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 72 (New York, USA)
Original Title: Roller coaster like mind (Bipolar disorder)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 72 (New York, USA)

Alcohol use disorder (Fill my glass to the brim. Even if it is a false paradise, I have forgotten the way out of this glass.)
[Awards]
Original Title: A fake paradise (Alcohol use disorder)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 71 (New York, USA)
Merit : iJungle Illustration Awards 2023 (Europe)
Original Title: A fake paradise (Alcohol use disorder)
Runner-up : Creative Quarterly 71 (New York, USA)
Merit : iJungle Illustration Awards 2023 (Europe)

Alzheimer's disease (The world outside keeps darkening, and the room of my memories keeps shrinking, yet I cannot bring myself to fully close my door.)
[Awards]
Original Title: A room of memory (Alzheimer's disease)
Shortlisted : World Illustration Awards 2023– AOI (London, UK)
Original Title: A room of memory (Alzheimer's disease)
Shortlisted : World Illustration Awards 2023– AOI (London, UK)

Vanity, 一場春夢 (Wealth and glory dissolve like a fleeting dream, and the once-splendid flesh returns to a handful of dust.)
[Awards]
Original Title: Vanity
Merit : 3×3 Illustration Show No.20 (New York, USA)
Shortlisted : Communication Arts Awards 2024 (California, USA)
Original Title: Vanity
Merit : 3×3 Illustration Show No.20 (New York, USA)
Shortlisted : Communication Arts Awards 2024 (California, USA)
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