Kyong Ae Kim (b. 1976, Gyeongju, South Korea) methodically unfolds her visionary landscape from the influence of both eastern and western lineages including calligraphic brush marks, illustration like drawings/paintings and intricate paper cutting. She alters and manipulates digital images sourced from photographs at the initial process. Then she meticulously transforms them to an amalgam of hand drawing, painting, and cutting on paper. Her work opens up an empathetic perspective by portraying vulnerable individuals of endangered animals and metaphorical surroundings to convey the significance and challenge of coexistence in nature and our society.
Kyong’s exhibitions include the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA, Vessel Gallery in Oakland, CA, Root Division in San Francisco, the Marin Museum of Contemporary Arts, OHT Gallery in Boston, Judy Rotenberg Gallery in Boston. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post Arts + Culture and Boston Globe and Seattle Times and New American Paintings. Kyong is a recipient of the Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship from San Francisco Foundation and Korean Honor Scholarship from The Embassy of Korea, Washington, D.C. Her public collection includes the National Museum of Contemporary Art in South Korea, Kenneth Rainin Foundation in Oakland, California, Wellington Management Company LLP and Fidelity Investments Art Collection in Boston. She received her BFA in Painting from Chung Ang University in Seoul, South Korea and her MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. Currently she lives and practices in Los Angeles.
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