Heekyung Kim
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Bloom 230407 -
Bloom 230308
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Contemplation No. 1
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Contemplation No. 15
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom No.81
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Contemplation No. 8
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Bloom
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Contemplation No. 10
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Bloom, 2022
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Bloom, 2022
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Bloom, 2022
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Bloom, 2022
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Bloom, 2022
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Bloom, 2022
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Bloom, 2022
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Contemplation, 2022
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Contemplation, 2022
A Korean artist known for her brightly colored relief sculptures made from hanji paper. Her Bloom series explores the symbolic values of natural forms, while her Contemplation series focuses on the meditative properties of waves, using her unique relief technique to create dynamic three-dimensional sculptures.
Heekyung Kim is an artist who creates brightly colored relief sculptures using traditional hand-made Korean paper called hanji. Her Bloom series is inspired by the buds and petals of flowers and trees, exploring the multitude of symbolic values that these forms can hold. Kim's technique involves layering and forming sheets of hanji to create expressive and active surfaces that ripple like waves or petals. Her works in the Bloom series range from abstract to representational, using bold color and a delicate sensibility to explore natural forms.
Kim's Contemplation series focuses on the meditative properties of waves and uses her unique relief technique to create dynamic three-dimensional sculptures. The surface texture of the work, which captures the motion and energy of waveforms, creates a calming space for thought similar to reflecting pools. Through her work, Kim expands upon the visual language of two-dimensional painting, creating works that are both visually striking and emotionally engaging.
Heekyung Kim is an artist who creates relief sculptures from thousands of layers of layered hanji paper. Her works are inspired by nature, particularly the shapes and textures of flowers and waves, and often play with the balance between abstraction and representation. Kim's unique technique allows her to create dynamic, three-dimensional surfaces that capture the energy and motion of her subjects, and her contemplation series uses these surfaces to create calming spaces for thought.
Heekyung Kim builds her brightly colored and beautifully textured relief sculptures from thousands of layers of layered hanji paper, a traditional hand made Korean paper known for its archival properties and soft yet strong qualities. Kim layers and forms sheets of hanji with a binding agent to form expressive and active surfaces that ripple like waves or the petals of a flower.
In her Bloom series, Kim finds her inspiration in the buds and petals of flowers and trees, and the multitude of symbolic values that these forms can hold. Within this series there is a beautiful play between abstraction and, in some cases, quite realistic representations of the subject matter. Some pieces simplify the shapes of nature almost to the point of pure geometrical form, however they retain their surface texture and rough edges adding an organic element to the process. Other works, specifically some of her newer sculptures, are more directly representational and relate wonderfuly with the painterly lineage of O'Keefe, using bold color and a delicate sensibility to explore natural forms.
Kim's Contemplation works also turn to nature for their inspiration, focusing on the meditative properties of waves. These works, which take many shapes from wall pieces to standing floor sculptures, use her unique relief technique to develop her skill as a painter in a dynamic three dimensional style. The contemplation series uses the surface texture of the work, rippling waves that capture the motion and energy of waveforms, to expand upon the visual language of two dimensional painting and create a calming space for thought similarly to the ancient practice of reflecting pools.
