In-Hyung Kim has called Paris home for decades and shown her work throughout the world. Her interest in hue, line and form as well as atmospheric imagery animated by figuration have led the artist through varied series of paintings. Her work at times veers towards abstraction and at others approaches a particular mediated realism. In her work on paper, Kim uses the textures of paint and graphite to give life to the texture of the paper’s surface. In these powerful, small format works, under ten inches square, a bird or plant may be featured, and the confident brushwork and bold marking bring fundamental form into action. Her expressionistic rendering of natural forms and light-touch give a freshness to her work that suggests each piece of paper has just been marked moments before the arrival of the viewer’s gaze.
Kim was educated at L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, and L'Academie Grande Chaumiere Charpentier in Paris and has exhibited her paintings and sculptures in Europe and Asia. In 1994, API brought the work of In-Hyung Kim to New York City for her first exhibition in the United States.
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IN-HYUNG KIM
- Born in Seoul, Korea
- Lives and works in Paris, France
EDUCATION
L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
L'Academie Grande Chaumiere Charpentier, Paris, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
In-Hyung Kim: Undergrowth, Art Projects International, New York, NY
In-Hyung Kim: New Paintings, Art Projects International, New York, NY
In-Hyung Kim: New Works, Art Projects International, New York, NY
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea (Window Installation)
In-Hyung Kim: New Paintings, Art Projects International, New York, NY
In-Hyung Kim: Recent Works, Art Projects International, New York, NY
Gallery Zero, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Paper and Process 2, Art Projects International, New York, NY
Ten Years 1993-2003: Art Projects International, Art Projects International, New York, NY
Marking: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Korea, The Korea Society, New York, NY
Routes of Influence: International Artists from Asia, Art Projects International, New York, NY
New Artists 2000, International Kunstmesse Kongresshaus, Zurich, Germany
Figuration Critique, du Toit de la Grande Arche, Paris, France
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea (Four-person show)
Small Works, Art Projects International, New York, NY
Prix Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Prix Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Monte Carlo, Monaco
La Maison des Jeunes et al Culture, Savigny, France
Societe des Artistes au Grand Palais, Paris, France
L'Espace Delpha, Paris, France
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Sheffield, Margaret. Kim Inhyung, catalogue, reproductions, Paris, December 2006.
- von Przerwa, Xenia Tetmajer. "In-Hyung Kim & Jian-Jun Zhang/Art Projects International," Art Asia Pacific, Art Reviews, reproduction, vol. 38, New York, Fall 2003.
- Sanders, Jung Lee, ed. Art Projects International: Ten Years, reproductions, New York: Art Projects International, 2003.
- Kim, Jin Hyae. “Asian Contemporary Art Week.” The Korea Times, reproduction, New York, November 6, 2002.
- Sheffield, Margaret. “In-Hyung Kim at Art Projects International,” Art in America, January 2002.
- Bakke, Erik. “The Drawn and the Painted in the New Works of Kim In-Hyung,” Space, February 1998.
- “Solo Exhibition of In-Hyung Kim,” The Korea Times, New York, May 5, 1995.
- Galleries USA: New York, Flash Art International, Milan, March/April 1994.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- Lehman Brothers, New York, NY