Born in 1985 in Seoul, Korea, Gim Ikhyun studied Photography and Media Art at Sangmyung University. His major works include 《Distance, Depth》 (2010–2016), which explores monuments in Korea, 《Link Path Layer》 (2012–2016) on closed mines in Korea, and 《A Future Where Everyone is Connected》 (2016), a project on Google Street View’s algorithm. Gim has held several exhibitions at various venues including SeMA and Platform-L.