Kimi Kim Wittling
Kimi Kim Wittling
kimi-kim-wittling.com
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Education
UrbanGlass Class for Imagery, Feb. 2015
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BA, University of the Arts of London Central Saint Martins, London, UK, Specialization: Ceramics, 2007
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London College of Art – Camberwell Foundation, 2006
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BA, Silla University, Busan, Korea, 1998
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Industrial Design & Craft, Busan Women's College, Korea, 1992 - 1994
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Awards
International Competition KOREA, 2019
CERAMIC Foundation Gyeonggi International CERAMIC Biennale, 2019
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Special Selection for Woodcraft, Korea Art & Craft Prize, Seoul, Korea, 1994
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Experience
Waterfall Mansion Gallery in New York, 2023
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A Blooming Resilience, 2023,
LA art show, April/1-June/30 2023
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Shatto gallery in La group exhibition, 2/23-3/20 2022
Miami beach art show, 2022
Gallery Mare Galleries Art Fair Setec in Seoul. South Korea, 2022
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Gallery Mare Paradise Hotel in Busan. South Korea, 2022,
“I choose to be GRATEFUL “Artful living Project, Bergdorf Goodman X Waterfall Mansion Gallery, Bergdorf Goodman in NY.US, 2021
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Artful Living Campaign, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2020
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(RESTORE) To Beloved ArtistsWaterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2020
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Consider the Butterflies, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2019
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Re:collection, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2019
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Sidexside, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2019
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Sea Beyond, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2019
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Transfiguration, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2019
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Be still, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2019
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Infinite Grace2 Alpine, NJ, US, 2018
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Infinite Grace, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2018
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BERGDORF GOODMAN, NY, US, 2017
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Inside the Flower Matrix in collaboration of Claudia Hart, TRANSFER GALLERY, NY, US, 2017
Artful Living at the West Village Printing House, NY, US, 2017
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New Book, 2017
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Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2017
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Moving Image Immersive Media, Art Fair, NY, in collaboration of Claudia Hart, NY, US, 2017
Da Vinci Creative, 2017
Geumcheon Art Space, Seoul, Korea
, A Sustaining Life at BERGDORF GOODMAN NY, US, 2017
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Re:collection Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2017
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Inside the Flower Matrix in collaboration of Claudia Hart, James Thompson Gallery, NY, US, 2017
SUMMER CELEBRATION, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2016
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The Needs for My Care, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2016
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Alice’s Tea Set in collaboration of Claudia Hart, Eye Beam Gallery, NY, US, 2015
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Fermented Souls, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NY, US, 2015
Welcome to Alice’s Giftshop! in collaboration of Claudia Hart, New Museum Store Project, NY, US, 2014
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MANMULSANG, Lotte Gallery Main Branch, Seoul, Korea, 2013
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The 2nd Solo Exhibition WAVE, Ethan Cohen
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The 1st solo Exhibition T.R.E.E, Avery NY.US, 2013
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Camberwell Graduation show, 2007
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Graduation Show, University of the Arts of London Central Saint Martins, UK, 2007
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Graduation Show, Silla University, Korea, 1998
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Life and Soil, Hyundai Department Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 1996
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Kimi Kim has been working in various genres including textile, woodcraft, print, lacquer, graphic design and ceramics since 1994. After graduating in Ceramics Design from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London, she has been focusing more on ceramics. Her works feature delicate forms inspired by nature, such as trees, leaves, and petals made from fragile materials, such as ceramic and “paper clay”. These forms represent the nature of love and care in Kim’s personal life and how these relationships and beacons of joy are impossibly fragile, yet indescribably precious.
People always live longing for what they can or can’t have dreaming of achieving something. In my first series, I wanted to talk about women’s desires and thirst through Chanel bags, but they expressed their desire to be jealous and disdain because they couldn’t have it in the closet, and they couldn’t have it in the form of a torn bag.
The second desire series LEGO is looking back at my childhood when I see the LEGO blocks my kids play with, and we always have a desire to achieve something, but we are a little bit concentric and built up some form of LEGO blocks as I want. Why don’t we all become artists.