About

About Me

Hello. I'm Heezy Yang. I'm a Seoul-born Korean queer artist and activist. I have been active in the LGBTQ+ scene in South Korea and overseas since the early 2010s. I have been creating and exhibiting artworks related to various queer issues, and creating LGBTQ+ community events and spaces, advocating LGBTQ+ rights. I have also been performing and making music as drag queen ‘Hurricane Kimchi’. I become a Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 Artist in 2018, and became an alumnus of the International Visitor Leadership Program by the U.S. Department of State in 2023.

(Photography by Kim Min Soo)

Selected Exhibitions

2024 Jeju Pride Art Exhibition

2022 Pride Expo (Seoul) Group Exhibition

2021 Pride Expo (Seoul) Group Exhibition

2020 Queer Art Group Exhibition: Spectrum

2019 'Queer Asia' Art Exhibition at SOAS, University of London

2019 Heezy Yang Retrospective Show in London, UK

2019 Seoul Drag Parade Photography Exhibition: SEOUL+DRAG

2018 'Queer Asia' Art Exhibition at SOAS, University of London

2017 Drag Queens On Canvas

2016 Seoul Pride Special Event: Boys And The Colours

2015 Seoul Pride Special Event: A Few Pieces In Almaz

Selected Performances

2013-2024 Seoul Pride

2016-2024 Daegu Pride

2023-2024 Chuncheon Pride

2018-2024 Seoul Drag Parade

2023-2024 Transgender Day of Remembrance Rally in Seoul

2019, 2022-2023 Incheon Pride

2019, 2023 Gyeongnam Pride

2017-2022 Jeju Pride

2023 Korea Queer Film Festival

2020 RuPaul's Drag Race Werq The World Tour in Seoul (Opening Act)

2019 Blued VIP Party

2017 Fundraiser for LGBTQ Youth Support Centre ‘Ddingdong’

2017 Solidarity for ‘LGBT Human Rights of Korea’ 20 years Celebration

2017 'Queer Asia' Conference at SOAS, University of London

2013-2016 MeetMarket Seoul (Hongdae Club MGW)

Overseas (NYC, San Francisco, Denver, London, Oslo, Copenhagen, and more)

Selected Talks & Lectures

2024 Korean Drag and Gender at Ewha Womans University

2024 Queer History Tour for Students of University of Utah Asia Campus

2023 Seoul International Pride Film Festival

2023 Diversity and Inclusion Workshop of World Bank Korea Office

2022 Korea Queer Film Festival

2019-2022 Pride Month Talk at Incheon Global Campus

2019 ‘Heezy Yang meets Hurricane Kimchi’ at British Museum

2018 Guest Lecture and Talk at University of the Arts London

2017 'Queer Asia' Conference at SOAS, University of London

About My Drag

I have been active as a drag queen with the name of Hurricane Kimchi since 2014. I have been performing at various LGBTQ+ events (including Seoul Pride, Daegu Pride, Incheon Pride, Jeju Pride, and Gyeongnam Pride) as well as protesting in the streets and at rallies in drag to raise LGBTQ+ awareness. In 2018, I co-founded an annual event/oragnisation called Seoul Drag Parade and have been a chief organiser of it. I have also performed outside of South Korea - in London (UK), New York, Oslo, and Copenhagen. I organise and host shows, sing live, lip sync, and dance. I also write and release original songs, along with music videos, as a singer-songwriter, using my drag name.

(Photography by 강조새)