Jin Hwa Kim

I’m working in three different forms. They are installation, three dimensions and two dimensions. The form of works I have continuously studied since 2004 are of overlapping several layers of flat images to create a three dimensional space with the planar layers. A resent three dimensional work is of installing several combined sheets of flat images inside of a hexahedron. This piece is like a scaled –down version of a large installation. The overlapped images are combined with LEDs, so that one may view different images in the work when the LED lights are turned on or off. I have been using LEDs in my works since 2007. I had intended a more dramatic atmosphere by installing light between images while overlapping them in several layers and, through a reinterpretation of star sign stories, my use of LED lights have further accentuated the forms of stars.
LED lights in my most recent works play the role of stage lights. The hexahedronal space is like a stage for plays. I reinterpret mythology, star sign stories, opera storylines or arias, themes of classical music or themes obtained from books, etc. On a small stage is as a new story. It appears that life is like a play performed on a small stage. Each performer plays his or her own...

1998. Graduated from Pratt Institute, M.F.A(New York)

Solo Show
2022. , Kim, JinHwa Solo Show “Invisible Landscape” ArtSpace, House, Gwangju
2021. Space-linked type Creative Activity Support Program, Kim, JinHwa Solo Show “SKY”, Hui Culture Creation Space, CheonNam
2019. Invitation Solo show “12ⁿ”, EunAm Museum of Art , Gwangju
2018. “Kim, JinHwa- The Reflection of Dream, Invitation Solo show , Yeongam district art Museum
2018. Kim, JinHwa Solo Show “Comma” Celebrate the opening show of White Cub Gallery, Gwangju
2015.“A Dreaming Window” Invitation Solo show of Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
2015. “The Aesthetic of the Tree”, Art Space Qualia, Seoul
2014. “Kim, JinHwa Solo Show” Yoemi Art Hall Sumi Gallery, JeonNam
2014. “The Aesthetic of the Tree, 나무의 미학” Invitation Solo show of Lotte Gallery, Gwangju
2013. “THE STAGE” The prizewinner’s invitation solo show of 4th Feelux Art Festival, Feelux Lighting Art Museum, Yangju
2013. Invitation Solo show“ The Aesthetic of the Tree” Lotte Gallery, Gwangju
2012. The residency program Exhibition: Time and Space Traveling, Daedam Museum of Art, DamYang, Chonnam, Korea
2011. Invitation solo show , “Something What We Need”, Shinsaegae Gallery, Gwangju
2008. The Winner’s Invitation Exhibition of The 10th Gwangju Shinsaegae Art competition, A Room o...