Stephanie Kim
Biography 2017
Ms. Kim commenced her fine art education more than 40 years ago in Seoul, Korea.
Initially studying oil painting she eventually widened her scope with drawing, oriental painting and etching at Sungshin, Kookmin and Sangmyung Universities in Seoul.
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, Ms. Kim has a fond childhood memory of things Japanese, especially cuisine.
From an early age she 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 playing piano, writing and drawing.
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 art-making 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 40 years she has assimilated many experiences enabling her to integrate into her art practice an Asian poetic sense expressed through Western materials and processes.
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.
Ms. Kim commenced her fine art education more than 40 years ago in Seoul, Korea.
Initially studying oil painting she eventually widened her scope with drawing, oriental painting and etching at Sungshin, Kookmin and Sangmyung Universities in Seoul.
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, Ms. Kim has a fond childhood memory of things Japanese, especially cuisine.
From an early age she 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 playing piano, writing and drawing.
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 art-making 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 40 years she has assimilated many experiences enabling her to integrate into her art practice an Asian poetic sense expressed through Western materials and processes.
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.
Curriculum Vitae
Email: jinyangk0130@gmail.com
Education:
1984-87 - Sungshin University Seoul Korea
1987-89 - Kookmin University Seoul Korea
1993-08 - Sangmyung Universities Seoul Korea
Studied drawing, painting and etching
2011 - Seoho Professional Chinese Painting Studio Hangzhou China
Awards & Residencies:
1975 - Sejong University Fine Art Prize - Painting Seoul Korea
1976 - Hankuk Daily Fine Art Prize - Painting Seoul Korea
2007 - Dunmoochin Art Residency Melbourne Australia
2014 - Gaestatelier Hollufgard Odense Denmark
2014 - Corning Centre For Fine Arts Corning Iowa USA
2015 - Kulturri Kauppila Fine Arts Centre Li Finland
2018 - Takahuhti Fine Arts Centre Tampere Finland
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2014 - Gaestatelier Hollufgard Gallery Odense Denmark
CCFA Gallery Corning Iowa USA
2015 - Kulttuuri Kauppila Gallery Li Finland
2018 - Takahuhti Centre Art Space Tampere Finland
Group Exhibitions
1985 - Sungshin University Gallery Seoul Korea
1988 - Kookmin University Gallery Seoul Korea
1994 - Sangmyung Jaha Gallery Seoul Korea
1995 - Sangmyung Fine Art Gallery Seoul Korea
2002 - Sangmyung Fine Art Gallery Seoul Korea
2018 - Merge Takahuhti Centre Art Space Tampere Finland
Collections:
Work held in private collections in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, USA, Denmark, Russia, Italy and Finland.
Printmaking Exhibition - Finland
Print Gallery
Finland AIR - Tampere 2014
