Work Bio

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Educatin _

2007 Ewha Woman’s University,  M.F.A. in Sculpture, Seoul, Korea

2002 Ewha Woman’s University, B.F.A. in Sculpture, Seoul, Korea  (Second major: Painting and Print Making, History of Art)

Solo Exhibition_ 2020 Sea-scape_Dadaepo2020, Hongti Art Center, Busan S.Korea and other 21 times

Group Exhibition_ 2021. 09 Gangwon Triennale 2021_Warm Revitalization, Hongchun South Korea and other about 300 times

Award_2017 KAP_2017Korea Artist Project, Korean Art Museums, S.Korea and other.

Artist in Residency_ 2006 VSC Vermont (USA), and then resided in 19 International institutions for short and long term

Publish_ 2020 <Weave on Nature>, Kimsoonim, and other 2.

**Full Bio link : http://www.kimsoonim.com/index.php?mid=cv_english

Artist statement

Kim Soonim has interest in the nature of various regions and the consequent stories about people. She observes, discovers and works to find local characteristics and stories in local nature and the faces of those who live in the region. She herself says that she is an artist and a Weaver. She expresses the discovered stories in various ways such as installation, sculpture, videos, photos, performances and drawings in combination with natural objects having characteristic of each region. Kim’s works are based on her residential area and evolve in a way that shows the area as they express the internal and external environment of the residential area and the stories of those who live there.