Ahrong Kim is a New York based artist born in South Korea. She received a BFA in Ceramics from Kon Kuk University in South Korea in 2008 and MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013.  Her works were exhibited at Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, RISD Museum, Providence, RI, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY, LaiSun Keane, Boston, MA, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY, and MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, among other venues. She has completed residencies at Guldagergaard, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2016 and the Office for the Arts at Harvard University, Boston, MA, in 2013-14.  From 2014-18 she was an artist in residence at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. Kim is the recipient of the Excellence in Clay award in 2018 from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA, and received the honor of Best in Show during the 7th Workhouse Clay International, Workhouse Art Center, Loton, VA, in 2017 and Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA, in 2022. Her works are included in the collections of the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pamona, CA, RISD Museum, Providence, RI, and Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA among others. Her works were displayed in publications including Hyperallergic American Craft Magazine, Studio Potter, Ceramics Monthly. She currently teaches ceramics at Brooklyn College.