Jieun Kim

I engage closely with my inner self, collecting various images and texts encountered during walks and reading, and I show this process of objectification through my work. The inspiration for my work, which arises from past resolve and natural attraction, is rooted in a life sustained through the everyday collisions and the sensory pains of existence, as well as my relationships with others, both directly and indirectly. ‘Life’ is a continuous paradox, where we experience lack through relationships while also find healing through them. However, there is also a process of seeking the clues of hope within that paradox.

Jieun Kim was born in Seoul and majored in Oriental Painting at Hongik University’s College of Fine Arts and Graduate School. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both domestically and internationally, and has been invited to several international art fairs. She served as a professor in the Department of Space Design at Busan Institute of Science and Technology and is currently based in Seoul.

Kim has participated in fourteen solo exhibitions and dozens of group exhibitions in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong,France, Spain and other countries. She has also been invited to several international art fairs, including Art Busan and Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong.