BIOGRAPHY
Kim Min (1981)
MFA in Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Based in Seoul
Her work explores the invisible rhythm of life — the quiet energy sensed between stillness and movement.
Grounded in a Korean aesthetic and an intuitive process, her paintings reflect organic cycles of life, spiritual resonance, and the energy of nature.
Through the delicate layering of circular forms, she captures the subtle vibrations of being, relationship, and spirit upon the canvas.
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Solo Exhibitions
2024 – The One and Only, Artian Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023 – Plant Soul: Returning to Soil, Gallery Minjeong, Seoul
2021 – Plant Plate: Contained, Hakgojae Art Center, Seoul
2017 – The Light of Time, Gallery Han, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 – The Final Chapter, The New Beginning, Swing White Gallery, Seoul
2025 – 2025 Artist of the Year, Seongnam Art Center, Korea
2025 – The Final Chapter, The New Beginning, Swing White Gallery
2025 – INSA Art Rotation 2025, Gallery JaeJae, Seoul
2025 – Form–Painting Research Exhibition, Hongik Museum of
Contemporary Art, Seoul
2025 – R526 Exhibition, Hongik Museum of Contemporary Art
2024 – Abstract Mind 2024, CICA Museum
2020 – Gaze of the Everyday, Gyoha Art Center
2017 – Unexpected Journey, Ecotorium
2016 – My Landscape, Aramnuri Art Center
Awards
2017 – Special Prize, The 46th National Figurative Art Competition, Gallery Lamer
2017 – The 27th Korean Women Artists Competition, Insa Art Center
2016 – The 45th National Figurative Art Competition, KEPCO Art Center
2016 – The 22nd Haengju Art & Craft Design Competition, Goyang International Flower Fair
STATEMENT
Kim Min’s work begins with the process of sensing and visualizing the invisible. As I nurtured plants, soil, water, and sunlight, my senses were reawakened—leading me to reflect on nature, the self, existence, and time. That resonance seeps into the canvas as dots and textures.
A dot is a seed, a vibration, a trace of being. In the “Yeong-Yeong (0, 靈)” series, these dots meet, disperse, and form unseen connections and flows—each one an expression of energy. I work on untreated cotton and linen, using natural pigments made with avocado oil, coconut oil, stone powder, and crushed seashells. The fluid motion of these materials gives form to a philosophy of natural flow. The bleeding and layering that emerge from letting go of control reflect the rhythm of the inner self and become visible traces of awareness. The repeated circles are not decorative motifs, but visual prayers for calm and affirmation.
Through this work, I offer questions to the viewer:
“Who am I?”, “What is the true desire within me?”
May these subtle vibrations reach the inner world of others and open a moment to reflect on their own being.
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