KIM
HYUNJEE
 




WORKS︎

2019-
  1. Full Bloom
  2. A Pond
  3. Dreaming at the Beach
  4. My Father
  5. My Father’s Dancing Legs
  6. Bed Fight at 10 
  7. Documentation [30.11.2020-11.2.2021] On Potato
  8. I Want to Understand You and I Forgive You
  9. I Can’t Find My Home
  10. Home Dinner [babsang 밥상]
  11. Spiders in My Bed
  12. Toastbook 
  13. My Quiet Room



PROJECTS
2020-
  1. Dancing Leg
  2. In My Dreams
  3. How to Bake a Cake



EXPERIENCES
2023-
  1. Transformation Project, Averill Park, NY, US
  2. Arts Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, NY, US
  3. Aesthetics of Bliss, London, GB





PRESS
2023-
  1. CBS6 Albany, 2023 - 

    “Nopiates committee's transformation project sheds light on substance abuse disorder”








                We all originate from the core of emotion.


                A rock, the nature, our body is a perfect connected metaphor, an allegory in volume. When placed it’s sculptural limits beget a kind of proposition — and when considered with reduced anthropomorphism and ungeologically — produce a ready-made analog to the causation and bounds of our attempts at the understanding of all things.




Kim Hyun Jee is a sculptor who centres her work on 압 (壓, 押) – "the act of pressing”. In reflecting our current socio-political landscape, where radical politics often exploit or diminish the power of language, she engages with the layered meanings of the traditional Chinese character 압 (壓, 押), which can be interpreted as ‘physically pressing’ or ‘psychological, social pressure’.


Using ceramics, silicone rubber, and other mixed media, Kim expresses her philosophies through the concept of "pressing"—fully embracing the primitive pressure, temperature, and emotion. Her work suggests new possibilities for communication, emphasizing the transformative power of poetic expression.



Mark







A Pond





Reflection / 2023
plaster, silicone rubber, pigment, ceramic with clay stain and glaze
 
       

A fragile, but firm sculptures heavily rests, the hint of soot brimming from the inner edges; a perilously stacked ceramics and sculptures, the odd colours that intrigues us into different emotions and imagination.


Navigating the realms of uncertainty, weaving sentiments with fervour.
Intertwining varied hues and layers with intention,
Embarking on a creative journey, defining new colours through invention.

Through the lens of memory, the past unfolds before my eyes,
Yet, she is aware of its distance from the truth, its veiled disguise.
Facts and emotions entangled in a curious dance,
Eclipsed by the ever-shifting tides of time's expanse.

The preservation of emotions becomes a formidable feat,
A constant commitment to remembrance, a mission bittersweet.
Like a cascading waterfall, memories rush and descend,
Their clarity fading, obscured by life's relentless blend.

Rather than clinging to what was, she embraces the winds of change,
Delving into the depths, exploring the causes that rearrange.
With curiosity, she unravels the impact of circumstances and connections,
Witnessing how they shape our recollections, triggering disconnection.

Acknowledging that wounds can never truly stay pristine,
They metamorphose into scars, etched deep within the scene.
Whimsical flesh, an artful display of resilience and strife,
Transforming once-painful wounds into marks, signs of life.