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HEA-MI KIM HEA-MI KIM HEA-MI KIM HEA-MI KIM HEA-MI KIM
HEA-MI KIM

HEA-MI
KIM

Hea-Mi Kim (b. 1993, Seattle, WA)  is a multidisciplinary artist working across mediums including--video, installation, sculpture, and drawing. Her work pulls from this idea of mapping the body. She is currently exploring the idea of the body as a built-up callus of different experiences and interested in making work that explores the idea of a non-hierarchical relationship by using layering and collaging techniques. She received her BFA in Studio Art in New York City from Parsons School of Design in 2018, and she will be graduating in 2021 with an MFA from the University of California Los Angeles specializing in the New Genres department.
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Washed out gray background with light blue bar running through center covering ⅓ of the paper. Mylar is collaged on the bottom left hand side in a rounded isosceles triangle shape. Gel medium was applied on collaged mylar using a dry brush to create texture and then white oil pastel was rubbed on top. Lingering residual watermarks are outlined in various washed out pastel tones.
hand-me-downs
2021
31” x 43”
Watercolor, oil pastel, colored pencil, collaged mylar
Cream colored paper covered with graphite. Strokes of arm movement are visible in the background. On top are various isosceles triangular shapes in various colors. In the center is a thin maroon colored triangle in a sword-like shape. Triangular mylar pieces are collaged on the bottom of the paper. Gel medium was applied with a dry brush to create texture. White oil pastel was then applied on top.
suspended in purgatory
2021
25” x 38”
Graphite, oil pastel, collaged mylar, watercolor
Two sheets of paper are suspended from the ceiling. Both compositions have graphitel backgrounds. Debris, on the left, focuses more on broad strokes, and remnants, on the right, focuses more on pulling out smaller negative shapes created by the graphite. Various leftover pieces of mylar are collaged on top.
(left) debris
(right) remnants
2021
Both are 25” x 38”
Graphite, oil pastel, colored pencil, collaged mylar
Sheet of paper coated with walnut ink suspended from the ceiling. Abstract collage mylar pieces lay on top left and bottom right. These are colored with strokes of French blue and lavender. Strokes of pale yellow run through the remaining negative spaces. Lingering residual watermarks from pale yellow are outlined with white chalk. Smaller residual watermarks from multiple layers are outlined in purple, green, burgundy, and blue.
untitled (washing away the evidence)
2021
25” x 38”
Walnut ink, acrylic paint, oil pastel, colored pencil, collaged mylar
Sheet of paper with washes of walnut ink and gray-green acrylic paint is suspended from the ceiling. Strokes are visible and apparent. The negative spaces from these strokes are outlined by various colors but they are muddled and fade into the background. Various small mylar pieces reflect light.
Lafayette st, 2018.
2021
25” x 38”
Walnut ink, oil pastel, collaged mylar, acrylic paint, chalk
Washed out brown background with teal colored rectangle sitting in center. White circle with a chartreuse interior sits off center with four blue abstract shapes occupying the space, resembling a petri dish. Different abstract shaped mylar pieces sit in the foreground. Various strokes of chartreuse, burgundy, and French blue also occupy the background.
untitled
2021
25” x 38”
Acrylic paint, oil pastel, collaged mylar
Channel on the left is focused on feet movement. Channel in the middle is focused on the whole body with the camera in a head-on frontal position. The third channel is at a birds eye view and the camera is pointed from above and the viewer is able to see the artist’s apartment Channels turn on and off according to the rhythm of the music. The sound is the artist singing New York, New York by Frank Sinatra, but the sound comes in and out. It oscillates between silence and singing.
ny, ny
2020
n/a
Three channel video with sound
Three ovals occupy most of the paper. The outside oval is aqua. The middle oval is light pink. The innermost oval is gray. A small rectangle sits on the left side of the paper with multiple colors occupying the inside almost resembling TV color bars. An arc shaped piece of mylar runs through the center of the paper connecting the bottom left and right top corner. In the foreground is a gray semi circle sitting on the bottom half of the paper. The corners of the work are filled in with blue-gray watercolor.
hypnagogic hallucination
2020
22” x 30”
Water color, collaged mylar, oil pastel, colored pencil
Lime green rectangle sitting in slouching position in the corner of the room. The top fifth of it sits against the wall as the rest of the paper sits on the floor. Paper is occupied with two cream colored bars running through the top and bottom. Large lavender cursive swirls run through the entire work applied with a squeegee. Leftover collaged pieces of mylar and tracing paper sit in the foreground. The mylar is coated with a wash of French blue. Various pastel colors peek through the multiple layers.
dancing in limbo pt. 2 (a body map)
2021
32” x 79 3/4”
Acrylic paint, collaged mylar and tracing paper, watercolor, oil pastel, chalk
This work sits close to the ceiling and is easy to miss. An abstract collaged piece of mylar resembling an amoeba sits in the center of the paper. The background is washed out with muddled blues, greens, pinks, and yellows. Various collaged mylar pieces occupy the top left and right hand side. The mylar pieces possess a slight sheen from the light and have pale hues of brown, pink, and blue. The bottom left has large red oil pastel strokes shooting from the bottom.
two-day migraine
2020
25” x 38”
Collaged mylar, oil pastel, rice paper, watercolor marker
Paper is nestled into the corner of the room. It sits against the wall with half of it on one wall and the other half on the perpendicular wall. Three yellow squeegee swirls outlined with purple run across the surface. A cloudy milky white arc sits on the bottom and top left. There is a taped off border revealing the preliminary painting. The bound box in the middle is slightly obscured and muted with layers of cream paint. The center negative space is filled in with lime green and outlined by white oil pastel.
dancing in limbo
2021
31” x 43”
Acrylic paint, oil pastel, collaged mylar, watercolor
Paper sits against the wall with the top third of it sitting against the wall while the rest sits on the floor. Background possesses washed out walnut ink with a layer of cream colored acrylic paint. Residual watermarks lingering are outlined and filled in with various pastel colors--chartreuse, various blues, burgundy, forest green, and red-orange. The overall shapes are obscured by a foggy layer of white that's slightly translucent.
untitled
2021
25” x 38”
Walnut ink, acrylic paint, oil pastel, collaged mylar
A block of styrofoam rests in the corner of the room touching the floor. It consists of a pink center with a green outline. Outside the green is a gradient of color from gray to black. The darkest part sits closest to the edge.
recycling nightmares
2020
4” x 6”
Styrofoam, watercolor, oil pastel
Washed out light blue background with various specks of red and green. Washed out burgundy rectangle sits in the center. Two large ovals with a green outline and chartreuse interior sit in the foreground. Overall image is blurred and obscured by cream colored squeegee brush strokes.
entoptic phenomenon
2021
31” x 43”
Acrylic paint, oil pastel, and a dash of red wine
Two channel video is installed on opposing walls in a dark room with black walls. One screen is of a figure trying to fall asleep, rolling in bed at different points of view with multicolored lights and the other channel is of different scanned drawings scanning over the surface. After two minutes, the two channels frantically oscillate between the opposing walls causing an almost strobe light effect. The work ends with the artist laying in bed.
insomnia interiority
2021
n/a
Two channel video with single channel sound
Two channel video is installed on opposing walls in a dark room with black walls. One screen is of a figure trying to fall asleep, rolling in bed at different points of view with multicolored lights and the other channel is of different scanned drawings scanning over the surface. After two minutes, the two channels frantically oscillate between the opposing walls causing an almost strobe light effect. The work ends with the artist laying in bed.
insomnia interiority
2021
n/a
Two channel video with single channel sound
insomnia interiority
2021
n/a
Two channel video with single channel sound
NY NY
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