Illustration Systems
Art Direction
Creative Strategy
Vendor Management
Grace is an award-winning illustrator from Korea based in New York City. She is currently a Brand Illustration Lead at 1Password, where she shapes illustration systems, develops illustration-led storytelling strategies, art directs brand and editorial work in partnership with illustrators.
Email
grace (at) graceheejungkim.com
grace.kim (at) 1password.com
Selected Clients
Adobe / NPR / The New York Times / MIT Tech Review / The Atlantic / SPLC / Scholastic / HarperCollins Publishers / Refinery29 / Edutopia
Awards
American Illustration 40
American Illustration 39
Communication Arts Illustration 2020 Shortlist
World Illustration Awards 2020 Shortlist
Creative Quarterly 59
3x3 International Illustration Awards No. 15
Creative Quarterly 53
American Illustration 37
iJungle Illustration Awards 2017
3x3 International Illustration Awards No.14
Creative Quarterly 100 Best Annual 2016
American Illustration 35
3x3 International Illustration Awards No.13
Penguin Student Design Awards 2015 2nd Prize
3x3 International Illustration Awards No.12
Creative Quarterly 41
Exhibitions & Notables
2026 Society of Illustrators Scholarship Awards Jury
2025 Parsons School of Design Guest Lecture
2024 Pratt Institute Guest Lecture
2022 Society of Illustrators Scholarship Awards Jury
2018 UNBOXED, New Women’s Space
2018 The Great Outdoors 2, Permanent Maintenance
2018 1OF Design Exhibition, Wintercheck Factory
2017 My Petite Bourgeois Revolution, Northern Contemporary Gallery
2017 The Great Outdoors, Gowanus Print Lab
2015 Home Exhibition, Ouchi Gallery
2012 Korean Artists in NYC, Caffé Bene Time Square