KYUNG TAE KIM
Artist Statement
My works are presented in the form of multiple unit frames and expressed with various visual expression techniques that were introduced throughout the history of art. They are symbolic visualization of objects that possess meanings to me. They are also objectification of time, memories, desires, and various emotions associated with the objects. The images shown in the works are visual recordings of myself that deal with complex feelings in life such as positive and negative thoughts, reality and imagination, consciousness and unconsciousness, desire and hope. Throughout the history of art, countless visual expression methods with unique characteristics have been introduced as a result of the development and experiment of various media.
However, in a general sense, an artist expresses his or her thoughts and emotion based on one main visual expression method on a single canvas. I feel that such expression structure is somewhat limited when attempting to freely express my thoughts and emotions in our current contemporary environment of complex and multi-layered structures. In this regard, I try to reveal my personal stories and inner flowing thoughts and emotions that cannot be explained in words through the form of multiple frame structures and various visual expression techniques from illusionistic expression to minimalistic expression, and from painting, drawing, photography to digital media.
object #7DE705
2021, Acrylic on Canvas, 51X41cm
object #FF4137
2021, Acrylic on Canvas, 51X41cm
To Pyongyang
2020, acrylic, spray paint, enamel, found object, cardboard box, digital, image, plexiglass and wood, 51 x 51 x 15.3cm
From Seoul
2020, acrylic, spray paint, enamel, found object, cardboard box, digital image, plexiglass and wood, 91.5 x 45.8 x 15.3cm
Blue Dumbo
2020, acrylic, spray paint, digital image, gold leaf and wood, 63.5 x 43 x 10cm
The Museum of Natural History
2020, acrylic, spray paint, found object, plexiglass and wood
44.5 x 63.5 x 17.8cm
Artist Biography
Born in 1985 in Seoul, Republic of Korea,
Currently lives and works in Republic of Korea
2017 MFA in Fine Art at School of Visual Arts, NY
2015 MFA in Fine Art at Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
2013 BFA in painting at Kookmin University, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 Online Exhibition, ‘30th Annual JCAST Live Studio Tour’, JCAST, Jersey City, NJ
2020 ‘Sematic Net’, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Kookmin Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 ‘Continuum’: Five Decades (50th Anniversary Members ), First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2019 ‘S.CASA 2nd ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF ESTABLISHED AND YOUNG ARTISTS IN NEW YORK’, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2019 ‘YESAMO USA YOUTH ART AWARD AND INIVIDUAL ART EXHIBITION’, Jersey City Hall, Jersey City, NJ
2019 ‘KCC Gala 2019’, Yonhee Gallery, Tenafly, NJ
2018 ‘BORDERLINE – REDEFINING BOUNDARIES’, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2018 ‘ON & OFF THE WALL’, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2017 ‘MFA Competition’, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Thesis Exhibition, ‘Cognitive Dissidence’, Ray Smith Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 ‘Rare Forms’, Joy Gallery, Rochester, NY
2015 ‘Great Expectation’, Gallery R, Rochester, NY
2013 ‘The Southern Slopes of 8 Shadows’, Nampo Museum,Goheung, Korea
2013 ‘Mentor-Mentee’ Sponserd by Korea College of Art Association (KCAA), Seoul, Korea
2012 Graduate Exhibition, ‘The Discourse’ Kookmin Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008 ‘Transform’ S1 Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Awards
2019 Young Artist Award “The Korean Artists” Group Exhibition Awarded by STEVEN M. FULOP Mayor of Jersey City
2019 Contribution to the educational and artistic value of the Korean American Exchange Association, Awarded by Jong Chul Lee, Council Preseident, Borough of Palisades Park
Car #FFF000
2019, Wood, resin and acrylic on canvas, 52 x 104 x 9cm
