Profile
2021 MFA, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2018 BFA, Department of Printmaking, Hongik University, Korea
2018 BFA, Department of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Korea (double major)
Exhibitions
2022 Sequence (Gallery Soumei-do)
2020 KOREA ART WEEK – Printmaking × Classic (Korea)
2020 Multiple Print (Galleria Grafica bis)
2020 TKO International Mini Print Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)
2019 Japan–China–Korea Three-Person Print Exhibition, Toward the Future (B-gallery)
2019 Future Artists Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum)
2015 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition (New Zealand)
2015 Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial (Tama Art University Museum)
The works of Kim Ji-hye are born from photographic images. Kim searches for photographs—either ones she has taken herself or images found in old family film photo albums—that resonate with “something within herself.” Using these images as a starting point, she creates sketches and develops her works primarily through mezzotint and other intaglio printmaking techniques.
Kim describes her works as “records engraved in copperplate prints,” yet the word record here seems closer to a personal diary. This is likely because her works begin from deeply private moments and carry an introspective, confessional quality. At the same time, when viewing her prints, one unmistakably senses a universal emotion that reaches deep into the hearts of many viewers. Is it nostalgia, love, compassion, or something else entirely? Memories and emotions that cannot be precisely captured by a single word seem to swirl quietly within her work.
2021 MFA, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2018 BFA, Department of Printmaking, Hongik University, Korea
2018 BFA, Department of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Korea (double major)
Exhibitions
2022 Sequence (Gallery Soumei-do)
2020 KOREA ART WEEK – Printmaking × Classic (Korea)
2020 Multiple Print (Galleria Grafica bis)
2020 TKO International Mini Print Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)
2019 Japan–China–Korea Three-Person Print Exhibition, Toward the Future (B-gallery)
2019 Future Artists Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum)
2015 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition (New Zealand)
2015 Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial (Tama Art University Museum)
The works of Kim Ji-hye are born from photographic images. Kim searches for photographs—either ones she has taken herself or images found in old family film photo albums—that resonate with “something within herself.” Using these images as a starting point, she creates sketches and develops her works primarily through mezzotint and other intaglio printmaking techniques.
Kim describes her works as “records engraved in copperplate prints,” yet the word record here seems closer to a personal diary. This is likely because her works begin from deeply private moments and carry an introspective, confessional quality. At the same time, when viewing her prints, one unmistakably senses a universal emotion that reaches deep into the hearts of many viewers. Is it nostalgia, love, compassion, or something else entirely? Memories and emotions that cannot be precisely captured by a single word seem to swirl quietly within her work.
