Ayoung Kim: Delivery Dancer Codex

November 6, 2025—March 16, 2026

MoMA PS1

This fall, MoMA PS1 will present a major exhibition of artist Ayoung Kim (Korean, b. 1979), featuring a suite of video installations throughout the museum’s expansive third-floor galleries. On view November 6, 2025 through March 16, 2026, Ayoung Kim: Delivery Dancer Codex marks the first time all three works from Kim’s celebrated Delivery Dancer trilogy are shown together, alongside the US debut of a major new project. Recognized as an artist on the vanguard of digital innovation, Kim uses generative AI, videogame engines, and live-action footage to create speculative narratives that collide geopolitics, synthesize mythologies, and interrogate technologies. Seen together, her works examine the evolving relationships between data, human beings, and the environment to surface connections between biopolitics, queerness, and xenophobia.

The exhibition is organized by Ruba Katrib, Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, MoMA PS1.

The exhibition is made possible by MoMA’s partner Hyundai Card.

Generous support is provided by Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley, and the Wallis Annenberg Director’s Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art.

Significant support is provided by The Rosenkranz Foundation, the Yang Won Sun Foundation, and YS Kim Foundation and Canal Projects.

Additional support is provided by Gay-Young Cho and Christopher Chiu, Bilge and Haro Cumbusyan, Peter H. Kahng, and Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins.

Special thanks to the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE), and Hee-Jung S. and John J. Moon.

Learn more about the exhibition on our website.

Video available upon request.

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Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Arc: Inverse (still). 2024. Three-channel video, color, two-channel sound, lighting installation, random video playback and lighting synchronization control program, sundial sculptures, graphic sheets and circular screens (27 min). ACC Future Prize Commission. Courtesy the artist and ACC

Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Sphere. 2022. Single-channel video. 25 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Hyundai

Portrait of Ayoung Kim. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Hyundai. Photo: Kanghyuk (snakepool)

Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Arc: Inverse. 2024. Three-channel high-definition video (color, sound). 27 min. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Arc: Inverse (detail). 2024. Three-channel video, lighting installation, random video playback and lighting synchronization control program, sundial sculpture, graphic sheets, and circular screen. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Arc: 0º Receiver. 2024. Three-channel video. 32 min. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. From left: Ghost Dancers B. 2022. Mannequins, costumes, helmets, LED masks, gloves, boots, reinforced cases, and tempered glass. Evening Peak Time Is Back. 2022. Wallpaper. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. From left: Evening Peak Time Is Back. 2022. Wallpaper. Delivery Dancer’s Arc: Inverse. 2024.Three-channel video, lighting installation, random video playback and lighting synchronization control program, sundial sculpture, graphic sheets, and circular screen. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Ghost Dancers B. 2022. Mannequins, costumes, helmets, LED masks, gloves, boots, reinforced cases, and tempered glass. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Evening Peak Time Is Back. 2022. Wallpaper. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Installation view of Ayoung Kim: Delivery Dancer Codex, on view at MoMA PS1 from November 6, 2025, through March 16, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Ghost Dancers A. 2022. Helmets, video, tablets, wire, corrugated tube, and metal chain. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Installation view of Ayoung Kim: Delivery Dancer Codex, on view at MoMA PS1 from November 6, 2025, through March 16, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Orbit Dance 10 O’Clock. 2022. Brass, nickel, and supermirrors. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Installation view of Ayoung Kim: Delivery Dancer Codex, on view at MoMA PS1 from November 6, 2025, through March 16, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Stipulation. 2022. Mobile phone, video, and tablet holder. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Sphere. 2022. High-definition video (color, sound). 25 min. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Roz Akin

Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Arc: Inverse. 2024. Three-channel high-definition video (color, sound). 27 min. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Ryan Muir