Cheolyu Kim

How do we perceive our world? Many people perceive the world in words. Some perceive it mainly by contact or experience, some rely on sounds, while a few may use colors and shapes. Visual images have always fascinated me. They give me intense pleasure. I understand things through their visual arrangement and rearrangement. When something is strange and overpowering, I can manipulate and play with its imagery so that it becomes less terrifying and even familiar. I grew up in a small rural village that was embraced by layers of mountains. The mountains also embraced the dividing line of South and North Korea. No one in the village talked about the line; it was just a thorny part of our simple lives. Things were definitely slower and simpler there. The distinction between reality and imagination was vague and blurred. Adults talked about monsters in a deep forest and UFO's in the night sky; kids spent hours discussing such things as a land mine that blew up two children, and a spy plane that had crashed near my village. The mountains provided the village with numerous flying objects. Therefore, seeds, leaves, insects, birds, balloons, planes, helicopters or UFO's, anything that flies in the air has attracted me since early childhood. ...

Kim cheol yu Resume cheolyuk@yahoo.com



Education:
2002 M.F.A. Sculpture,Brooklyn College,city Univ of New York,NY
1995 B.F.A. Sculpture, Chung-Ang Univ,Seoul,Korea

Kim cheol yu Resume cheolyuk@yahoo.com



Education:
2002 M.F.A. Sculpture,Brooklyn College,city Univ of New York,NY
1995 B.F.A. Sculpture, Chung-Ang Univ,Seoul,Korea

Slected one person Exhibition
2017 Be High,Journey to nowhere, gallery artbn,Seoul,Korea
2013 Solo Show" Lotte Gallery,Ilsan,Korea
2012 Nowhere “Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 Delta Quadrant(Nowhere)” Samtoh Gallery-Seoul,Korea
2008 Solo Exhibition of Recent Works” Slate Gallery-Brooklyn,NY
2003 Cue Art Foundation,Curated by Nikki S,Lee -New York,NY

Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 : The other art fair" Victoria House,London
2017 : The other art fair" Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Journey to Nowhere”two person show,Art space Hue,Paju,Korea
2014 "Line-Drawing, Wumin art center,Chung ju,Korea
2012 “Montage” Gaain Gallery, Seoul ,Korea
2012 “Korea Galleries Art Fair” Coex Hall D, Seoul, Korea
2011 “Doors Art Fair” Seoul., Korea
2011 “KIAF 2011“ Coex, Seoul,Korea
2011 “Culture Nadam Festival” Mongolia
2011 “It’s All Good!! Apocalypse now” Sideshow,Brooklyn,NY
2010 “Storytelling” infusion Gallery,Brooklyn,NY
2010 “Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center” Brooklyn,NY
2010 “ArtHamptons T...