Keetae Kim

born in 1970 in Seoul. Korea.studied in NY

As light....flickering.
His main subject is of secluded countrysides, not urban sprawl. It is simply the landscape itself, devoid of people. Perhaps it is aboutartificial traces, like the wooden fence, grave yards, and ruined country towns that have been so greatly degenerated into their environment, they are difficult to distinguish from nature. In his pictures, the trace is not only these artificial structures but also people as a suggestive form of the past, traces and absence. This artist’s work points to absence instead of existence. It suggests that there were men at that moment, in the past.
Ko Chung-whan (critics):
Extracted from the preface for Keetae Kim's soloshow "Forgotten Garden" in 2008

Scene 1.
On a bright day, under the deep blue sky, sunlights warmly and breezes gust softly. As you go along a little hill, there was a small tree, making its cool shade by a little meadow. The meadow had a brook that canhardly beseen as it winds it’s way through the overgrown grasses. An unfrequented place, a little while away from the village is a good meadow and shade for a picnic. Probably many people have already done this from a l...

M.F.A Long Island univ. NY. USA
M.F.A HongIk Univ. Seoul.Korea
B.F.A HongIk Univ. Seoul. Korea

19 Times Solo Show
2016 “Unknown Artist” (Teabeak)
2015 “Unknown Artist” (Cheoram Coal-Mine History Town Art House / Teabeak)
2015 “Finite Beauty" (Gallery Sein / Seoul)
2014 “Scene” (Brioche Dorée Yeouido / Seoul)2013 Kim Kee Tae Solo Show / Gallery Guha /Seoul. Korea
2013 Kim Kee Tae Solo Show / Artmanse Gallery /Seoul. Korea
2012 Kim Kee Tae /Incheon culture & Arts Center / Incheon. Korea
2012 Unknown Artist / Baum Art Gallery/ Seoul. Korea
2010 Kim Kee Tae / Sejong Gallery / Korea
2009 ’09 Manif - Kim Kee Tae /Seoul Art Center /Seoul. Korea
2009 “A painting drawn by the Light, A Illusion made by the time”
/Kimyoungseob Photo Gallery/Seoul. Korea
2008 “A Brief Story of a Forgotten Garden” /KwanHoon Gallery/ Seoul. Korea
2008 “Unknown Artist” /Art forum Rhee/ Pucheon .Korea
2006 Omni Gallery/ New York. U.S.A
2006 “The Forgotten Garden” / Second Avenue Fire house/ New York. U.S.A
2005 Gallery of Bryant library / New York. U.S.A
2005 “The Respectable lightness of the Being”/
Hill wood S.A.L Gallery/ New York. U.S.A
2000 Gallery Sungbo/ Seoul. Korea
1999 Gallery Ive/ Seoul. Korea

And Presented over 100 times’ selected group shows