Cindy Ji Hye Kim

Cindy Ji Hye Kim

BornNationalityBased In
1990South KoreanNew York City
Biography

Cindy Ji Hye Kim is a Canadian-Korean painter, who concocts disturbing domestic scenes. In her signature grayscale palette, Kim works with a mixture of oils, acrylics, inks and graphite to create her large-scale works. She has developed a host of three recurring characters within her paintings; Mister Capital, Madam Earth and schoolgirl, these figures undergo and inflict violent acts in the supposed comfort of the home. Mutant SPAM tins cause havoc, rats run riot or ironing chords contort and maim the female figures as they undergo their domestic errands. The horror that unfolds between these stereotypical markers of patriarchy, domesticity and capitalism speaks to the infiltration of these forces within our daily lives. Building on her background in animation and illustration, these tableaux are delivered in a cartoonlike register, cropped awkwardly like strips within a comic, or freeze frames within a film. Kim has spoken about the subversive capacity of cartoon imagery, and its ability to really push the limits of the grotesque in a way that ‘fine art’ media cannot. This graphic approach links her work to artists such as Roy Lichenstein, or Tala Madani and Ebecho Muslimova, who similarly mobilise illustrative registers to deftly examine the restrictions placed upon women’s bodies. Simultaneously magnetic and repulsive, Kim’s paintings demand the viewer’s attention. ...

Selected Artworks
Crux Quadrata: Pascal's Wager
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Crux Quadrata: Pascal's Wager, 2021
213.36 x 162.56cm
Crux Decussata: The Wailing
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Crux Decussata: The Wailing, 2021
213.36 x 162.56cm
Crux Immissa: A Story Without A Message
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Crux Immissa: A Story Without A Message, 2021
213.36 x 162.56cm
Crux Petrus: Dreams of Oedipus
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Crux Petrus: Dreams of Oedipus, 2021
213.36 x 162.56cm
Ego Pathétique
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Ego Pathétique, 2021
243.84 x 182.88cm
Sorrow or Satire
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Sorrow or Satire, 2021
30.48 x 30.48cm
A Shield Composed of One Word
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
A Shield Composed of One Word, 2021
30.48 x 30.48cm
Capita: The Face and Its Name
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Capita: The Face and Its Name, 2021
213.36 x 162.56cm
The Wailing
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
The Wailing, 2021
30.48 x 22.86cm
The Face and Its Name
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
The Face and Its Name, 2021
30.48 x 22.86cm
Ego Pathétique
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Ego Pathétique, 2021
30.48 x 22.86cm
A Soliloquist with an Audience of One
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
A Soliloquist with an Audience of One, 2021
30.48 x 22.86cm
Crux Patriarch: A Soliloquist with an Audience of One
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Crux Patriarch: A Soliloquist with an Audience of One, 2021
213.36 x 162.56cm
Butterflies Will Make You Blind
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Butterflies Will Make You Blind, 2018
213.36 x 162.56cm
I Heard Nothing But Laughter
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
I Heard Nothing But Laughter, 2018
213.36 x 162.56cm
The Binding of Isaac
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
The Binding of Isaac, 2018
213.36 x 162.56cm
Impossible Shadows
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Impossible Shadows, 2023
173 x 91cm
The Logic of a Nightmare
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
The Logic of a Nightmare, 2023
173 x 91cm
Thousand-Eyed Monster
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Thousand-Eyed Monster, 2023
172.5 x 132cm
Disillusion, Eclipse
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Disillusion, Eclipse, 2023
172.5 x 132cm
Mosaic Tale
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Mosaic Tale, 2023
172.5 x 132cm
Driftwood
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Driftwood, 2023
172.5 x 91.5cm
Haunt of the Wild Beast
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Haunt of the Wild Beast, 2023
172.5 x 91.5cm
Lumen Insignia
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Lumen Insignia, 2023
172.5 x 91.5cm
Kokdu #1
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Kokdu #1, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
Kokdu #2
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Kokdu #2, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
Kokdu #3
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Kokdu #3, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
Kokdu #4
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Kokdu #4, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
Kokdu #5
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Kokdu #5, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
The Mating Dance
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
The Mating Dance, 2024
127 x 91.5cm
Gallery Representation
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