Jin Hee Kim

Through minimalist compositions and carefully controlled light, Kim abstracts architectural forms into quiet yet charged images. The repetition of geometric structures and glowing surfaces evokes both monumentality and fragility, revealing a tension between material excess and emotional emptiness. While her work reflects a critical awareness of modern civilization and its systems of value, it does not simply condemn them.

Instead, Kim seeks subtle moments of hope within the artificial cityscape. Light functions not only as a symbol of consumption and spectacle, but also as a fragile sign of human longing and possibility. Her paintings invite viewers to pause and reflect on the psychological and emotional conditions of contemporary life, suspended between desire, isolation, and quiet optimism.

2016 M.F.A. in Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Daegu University

2025.12 Desire, Named Desire, Geumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2024.11 Desire, Named Desire, TY ANC, Changwon, Korea
2024.08 Invitational Solo Exhibition, Gubok Art Village Museum, Changwon, Korea
2023.05 Desire of the Present, TY ANC, Changwon, Korea
2021.11 Desire of the Present, ET Gallery, Changwon, Korea
(A total of 8 solo exhibitions)