Born in 1976 in Seoul, Yim Tae Kyu received BFA in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University in 2000. Yim has held many solo exhibitions and joint exhibitions. Significant joint shows: 2004, Galerie Paris Gana Beaubourg and "Korean Young Artists Exhibition Series" in Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York; 2006, a group exhibition in "Gwangjiu Biennale". Yim held solo shows in Paris and Seoul.