Paul Kim

Exhibitions

2024Making and Breaking, and It Repeats. 

2023 The Function of the Studio & Exhibition Space
Extending Study in Academic Inquires & Personal Doubts

Information

My practice primarily initiates with a labour-intensive process of forming a grid on wood. Repeatedly scoring and carving wooden panels vertically and horizontally, followed by scorching them with fire, and ultimately washing and drying them with water, this primitive and manual methodology becomes a practice intertwined with discipline and meditation. The tangible phenomena and objects derived from this process signify the infinite continuity of spatiotemporal dimensions, embodying the interconnectedness of all independent entities. Thus, the exploration of inevitable and recurrent actions becomes emblematic of my artistic practice.

My work engages with various problematic aspects of painting, including colour, structure, materials, and contemporary phenomena, deeply interwoven with universal themes in human existence. Acceptance of the inevitable phenomena stemming from the inherent vulnerability of human nature, resistance against ensuing ossification, and the repetition thereof manifest intuitively within a controlled composition, resulting in recursive structures. The spatial staging on the plane expressed through this process prompts contemplation on the structure of the painting, seeking to evoke spiritual and emotional resonance within both myself and the viewer.

paulkimarts@gmail.com





Exhibitions

2024
Galleries Art Fair 2024, 
Art Park, COEX, Seoul, Korea

Sunjoo SHIN, Joosung Bae, Paul Kim, 
Art Park, Seoul, Korea

Making and Breaking, and It Repeats.
Gallery DOS, Seoul, Korea

2023The Function of the Studio & Exhibition Space
Gallery Amidi Ahyun, Seoul, Korea

PLAS Art Show Coex
Seoul, Korea  

Extending Study in Academic Inquires & Personal Doubts 
INSA Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

Galleries Art Fair COEX, 
Seoul, Korea 

Small Wonders 
INSA Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2022Lucas Rankin & Gorgeous Paul, Guest & Host
Duke’s Oak Gallery, Cheshire, UK 





Education

Fine Art (BA) 
Central Saint Martin College of Art and Design 
2014 - 2022