Sehee Kim

My work explore the visualization of the invisible. The biological cell is my subject, understood as an unseen reality of one's own being. I draw and record a cell image everyday to capture the character of my constantly changing biological self.
What am I a composite of? What binds us into a singular entity, and what allows us to become many?
My practice begins with an inquiry into the self—specifically, the cells that constitute my existence. Through this perspective, I observe and express the relationships between matter and life, mind and behavior.
Cells function as a medium through which I reinterpret existence. Their forms and movements capture my attention, drawing me into a state of focused observation. The entity I call “myself” witnesses the phenomena before me, affirming life in the present moment. As I breathe, the cells within me follow their own cycles, guiding and sustaining my being.
I find the essence of my work in the words of William Blake: “To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.”
Impulse embodies nature’s way of living each fleeting moment as if it were eternal. Through sound, light, and organic imagery—repetitive yet asym...

Shirley Sehee KIM is a media artist and educator based in South Korea. She is currently a full-time professor in the Department of the Division of Media Arts at Baekseok Arts University.
She holds a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies from Chung-Ang University’s Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science and Art, Multimedia & Film. She also earned an M.A in Fine Art. from the University of Kent (UK), and a Master’s degree in Animation Production from the same graduate school at Chung-Ang University.
She received her B.F.A. in Western Painting from Ewha Womans University. Her academic and artistic practice spans media art, animation, and the intersection of generative systems and visual culture.

Solo Exhibitions
2024 — Connectome, Nevermind, 5th Solo Exhibition
2022 — Projection, LP Gallery, Selected Proposal Exhibition
2015 — Inside, Lee Sang-sook Gallery, Invited Solo Exhibition
2014 — Cell Division, Gallery Grida, Selected Proposal Exhibition
2014 — The Cell, Gallery New York, Selected Proposal Exhibition

Group Exhibitions & Festivals
2025 — STAF (Start Track Art Festival), Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
2022 — 4th Seoulro Media Canvas, Selected Emerging Artist
2021 — Future Vision Festival
2010 — NordArt, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2009 — Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2009 — New Media Festival in Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2007 — Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival, Official Selection
2006 — Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, Official Selection, Diagonal Film Archive, Seoul, Korea
2006 — New Media Festival in Seoul, Official Selection, Seoul, Korea