Stephanie Kim

Artist Statement - Stephanie Kim (48 KB)

Mrs Kim began her fine art education more than twenty years ago in Seoul, Korea. Commencing with oil painting she eventually studied drawing, painting and etching at Sungshin, Kookmin and Sangmyung Universities. Among her teachers were prominent Korean artists Professor Koo Ja Sung and Park Hak Sung from China. Her work was included in significant group shows during 1996, 1997 and 1999 in Seoul. The artist had been reluctant to exhibit widely until recently due to family and work constraints.

Born in Kyoto, Japan Mrs. Kim has a fond childhood memory of things Japanese, especially cuisine. From an early age Mrs. Kim was exposed to a wide range of traditional Korean cultural activities by her parents. During her years as a law student in Seoul she continued writing, drawing and playing piano. Always a perfectionist she seeks to imbue her art with the greatest sense of intimacy and sensitivity. This attention to detail often went  beyond her artmaking where she assisted graduate students with research and thesis writing and foreign artists with exhibition projects in Korea.

Having travelled widely throughout Europe, Asia and North America during the last twenty years she has assimilated many experiences enabling her to integrate into her art an Asian poetic sensibility coupled  with Western processes and materials. She continues to seek to express a sense of the profound and mysterious through simple means. In her art, whether it be a still life, portrait or landscape, a strong sense of humanity is readily evident to the viewer.

The artist always hopes that her work will continually inspire and bring visual pleasure.

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