Kim Hankook is the South Korean noteworthy former professor of visual art of Gangneung Wonju National University and nowadays is an active independent artist. He has been graduated in 1977 at the Department of Painting at the College of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University (B.F.A.) and in 1986 he has been graduated also at the School of Hongik University (M.F.A.).

He has a rich artistic experience as he held numerous local and international group exhibitions, between 1984-2017 and among of them, 19 personal exhibitions in the South Korea and abroad: Japan, Switzerland, Bangladesh, France, Spain, USA, Italy, India.

In 1995, 1999, 2007 he had been honored to be in the jury of the Korean Grand prize Art Exhibition. Between 1997 and 1998 he had experienced the exchange professor at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, (ENSAD).

In 2002 he has been in the jury of Asian Art Awards (Asian Biennale, Bali, Indonesia)
At the present he is an active independent contemporary artist based in South Korea.