Molly Kim

Molly Kim creates oil paintings set in quiet, unfamiliar forest scenes.
Her works often feature girls, boys, animals, and simple objects placed together in a single space.

The forest in her paintings is not a real place, but a space shaped by emotions and memories.
The figures are often shown walking, pausing, or facing something, as if they are in the middle of a quiet moment.

Color is a key part of her process.
She carefully selects and combines colors before painting, then builds the surface in layers to create depth.
Because of this, the paintings feel both calm and slightly unfamiliar at the same time.

Rather than telling a fixed story, her work leaves space for viewers to bring their own memories and feelings into the scene.

Molly Kim graduated from Ewha Womans University with a major in Clothing and Textiles.
After working in the fashion industry for over 15 years, she has been a full-time artist since 2014.
She has held 12 solo exhibitions and participated in various group exhibitions, including ASYAAF, where she was selected as a Hidden Artist in 2019 and 2024.

Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
BFA in Clothing & Textiles, 1997

2025
To Cross the River; Three Layers of Time, Gallery Colorbeat, Seoul, Korea

2024
The Most Holy Place of Sanctuary, Collast Seongsu, Seoul, Korea

2023
The Forest of Allegories: Rosy Tempus, Gallery Colorbeat, Seoul, Korea

2022
The Forest of Allegories: Querencia, Project Space Gaze, Seoul, Korea
Time Standing Still in the Forest, Tomscovery Gondae, Seoul, Korea
The Forest of Allegories, Space UM, Seoul, Korea
Chronicles of the Forest and Playground, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea

2021
Esoteric and Irrelevant Landscape, Gallery The Flux, Seoul, Korea
Child of the Wilderness, H-contemporary Gallery, Pangyo, Korea
The Songs for the Vulnerable and the Innocent, Bincan Hapjeong, Seoul, Korea

2020
Gaze in Sunshine, The Wall Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2018
Adolescence: Playground and Island, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea


Selected Group Exhibitions

2026
2026 MOAF Rising Star, Artfield Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2025
Secret Notes of Bulbul Folder, Space UM, Seoul, Korea

2024
The Beginning Has Begun, Superior Gallery, Seoul, Korea
ASYAAF 2024 Selected Hidden Artist, Baek Seong-hee Jang Min-ho Theater, Seoul, Korea
Body Aches, Gallery the Flux Flow, Seoul, Korea

2023
We Could and I Should, Polestar Art gallery, Seoul, Korea
Divine Gift, Grou...