The purpose of this study was to comprehensively examine the trends in Korea of art therapy research for the victims of child abuse. A total of 83 master s- and doctoral-level papers and academic journal papers from 1996 to 2020 were analyzed, and the results were as follows. First, the highest proportion of published papers occurred between 2006 and 2010. Second, many studies were conducted on the upper grades of elementary school students, and in terms of gender, there were many studies on female subjects. Co-occurrence of abuse was the most common type of abuse, and the parents were the most common abusers. Third, quantitative research was the most common. Regarding objective test tools, measures related to adaption and problem behavior were frequently used, and regarding the projective test tools, the House‐Tree‐Person test and Kinetic Family Drawing test were frequently used. In addition, the theme of emotional and psychological health recovery was studied the most. Fourth, among the treatment environments, welfare institutions accounted for the most common, and individual treatment showed a high proportion. Many studies were conducted once a week, 60 minutes per session, and mixed programs using various media and techniques were carried out with high frequency. Based on these research results, the significance and limitations of this study were discussed.