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Aedam KIM Donghyung

About: Aedam Kim Donghyung was born in Busan in 1992. He pursued a major in East Asian Painting and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Dankook University in 2018, followed by a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from Hongik University in 2020. Having been influenced by his father, who worked in construction from his early days, architectural elements are prominent in Kim’s works. Among these, the most representative is the texture resembling the surfaces of building walls. This texture reflects Kim's contemplation of the relationship between nature and artificiality, inspired by his observations of cracked, rusty, or peeling surfaces on buildings. Through this, he came to visually perceive the coexistence of nature and artificiality. In order to incorporate this observation into his work in a fundamental way, he focuses on the materials used in the base layer of his creations. Kim starts by applying construction materials in multiple thin layers onto the canvas to create a unique rough texture. Once this is dry, he attaches traditional Korean paper, called hanji, to the surface. For Kim, construction materials represent artificiality, while Korean paper signifies nature. He conveys the coexistence of these elements by combining these materials in his art. Furthermore, Kim’s works predominantly feature the color white. This reflects a paradox he encountered when he painted over his existing artworks with white gesso, in an attempt to start afresh during a period of creative stagnation. He realized that in order to achieve the goal of erasing or “emptying” past works, one must paradoxically complete “filling” the canvas with white. Through this experience, Kim came to define white as a color that simultaneously embodies emptying and filling. In a similar vein, his work accentuates all ambivalent relationships, such as those between nature and artificiality, and emptying and filling.

Education

2020
M.F.A Hongik University Oriental Painting, Seoul, Korea
2018
B.F.A Dankook University Oriental Painting, Cheonan, Korea

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Solo Exhibition

2023
Order And Chaos: the Intersection Of The Two Universe, Hidden M Gallery, Seoul
2023
Even If It Gradually Fades, Gallery Sowyen, Seoul
2022
The Empty Space Left After Drawing, Artspace I:SAEK, Seoul
2022
The Coexistence of Bright Darkness and Dark Brightness, ARTHICUL, Busan
2022
Balancing Between Form And Formless, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Goyang
2022
A Deep, Absolute Silence, Full Of Possibility, Bukguart Studio Gamseong Gaengdo 2020, Ulsan
2022
Seeing Faded Things Clearly, Oulim Art Gallery, Goyang

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Group Exhibition

2023
Another Materiality, Hongik Museum Of Art, Seoul
2023
A Piece of Space, Print Bakery at Sinsegae Department Store Centum City, Busan
2023
Reflective Space: Void Towards The Realm of The Mind, Vivian Choi Gallery, Seoul
2023
6-9 Jenae-3-gil Buk-gu, Bukguart Studio Gamseong Gaengdo 2020, Ulsan
2022
Fresh Buns, Andtree Gallery, Seoul
2022
Wishing well, ARTHICUL, Busan
2021
Uneasy Today, Artspace I:SAEK, Seoul
2021
The Begin Ning, Bukguart Studio Gamseong Gaengdo 2020, Ulsan
2021
Variation in visual, Suppoment Gallery, Seoul
2020
The Visible And The Invisible, Gangneung Museum Of Art, Gangneung
2020
Spectrum Cube, K&P Gallery, New York
2018
2nd COSO Young Artist Exhibition, COSO, Seoul