Su Hyun Kim
Su hyun Kim explores history as a lens to examine global questions of power, identity, and longing. Her work begins with specific symbols—traditional garments, divided lands, theatrical politicians—but expands into universal emotions: reunion, tension, and the fragile hope of coexistence.
Rooted in Korean symbols—ritual dress, divided lands, and the spectacle of politics—Her work reaches beyond national borders. While based in Korea's past, it reflects universal tensions: longing, performance, and fragile hope.
By weaving together fragments of a complex history, she construct new visual myths that speak not only to cultural memory but also to the shared experiences that transcend geography.
Her paintings have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions throughout Korea since 2009. She was an International Fellowship resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center, USA in 2010. She currently resides and works in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
My Portfolio
The Pink Battlefield
Oil on canvas_130x162cm_2024 This captures the collective emotional landscape of contemporary life, where individuality is often masked by...
Blue Arena
Oil on canvas_130x162cm_2024_ It presents a collective human field where gestures and intentions collide. Figures appear engaged in...
Truly Imagined
Oil on canvas_112x145cm_2016_ This encapsulates a vivid journey through the duality of human nature and the facades we present to the...
Happy Home encounter
Oil on canvas_130x162cm_2015_ This artwork presented "To Have and to Hold", a solo exhibition in Seoul. If our eyes are the mirrors to our...
Pink Tide
Oil on canvas_88x153cm_2014_ In this vivid oil piece, I ventured into a realm where figurative meets pop, overlaying semi-abstract...
Sea of humanity
Oil on canvas_112x145cm_2015_ People blend to form a pattern. There are pros and cons here. The relief of becoming one and the loss of each...
A Palm Assembly
Oil on canvas_53x65cm_2015_ Our treasures are in our neighborhood. We fight for each benefit, but chances are in our minds.
1,2,3....!
Oil on canvas_60x73cm_2015_ It is a vivid reimagining of the fierce, yet interconnected struggles figures, where their fights take on a new...
Dreaming Uniform
Oil on canvas_112x145cm_2018_
Staged Passion
Oil on canvas_162x130cm_2015_ These paintings feature fighting politicians, their faces comically contorted. Are their exaggerated...
Live Together
Oil on paper _ 76x56cm _ 2019_
The Embrace
Oil on canvas_ 162x130cm_ 2024_ If our eyes are the mirrors to our souls, then our hands are our connection to the world. Swiping a...
Da Da Da
Oil on Canvas_ 130 W x 130 H cm_2023_ Knives converge toward the center, creating a point of unity—a dot. They form a tension. In Korean...
The Genesis
Oil on canvas_162x130cm_2015_ This artwork is new large-scale paintings. It presented "To Have and to Hold", a solo exhibition in...
Kings Across the Sea
Oil on canvas_80x30cm_2026_ Dangjin* was a strategic stronghold where the Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla kingdoms once vied for control over...