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Ho Jae Kim

BornNationalityBased In
1993N/ANew York City, Brooklyn
Biography

Ho Jae Kim drafts mixed media paintings which eerily explore understandings of purgatory. With an interest in digesting this liminal state in a secular setting, the artist frequently depicts mundane in between spaces, such as vacant dining tables or windswept balconies. Theatrical lights unnaturally illuminate these tableaux and are framed by velvet curtains, cultivating a surreal, theatrical quality. Classical art historical references are also troubled by Jae Kim, for example, Matisse’s 1911 La Danse is reimagined in rich orange hues, with each dancer beheaded. No recognisable motif or image remains untouched. Jae Kim’s unique process also affords each piece immense symmetry, giving each scene an all too perfect, uncanny tone. With homage to the precision of painters such as Piero della Francesca of the Early Italian Renaissance, all of his paintings are originally drafted on a 3D modelling and rendering program. Finalized models are then inkjet transferred onto canvas in multiple layers, serving as underpaintings for Jae Kim to delicately embody with oil paints. Enamel and paper are also embedded within the canvas to add a sense of textural weight and to further disrupt traditional material processes. This unconventional method has developed a distinct painterly style for Jae Kim, as he continues to produce haunting and bewitching paintings. ...

Selected Artworks
Actor
Ho Jae Kim
Actor, 2022
101.6 x 152.4cm
Day 17: Don Quixote
Ho Jae Kim
Day 17: Don Quixote, 2022
127 x 101.6cm
A Drop of the Divine
Ho Jae Kim
A Drop of the Divine, 2022
213.36 x 127cm
Carousel
Ho Jae Kim
Carousel, 2023
243.84 x 518.16cm
Day 8: Laundry List
Ho Jae Kim
Day 8: Laundry List, 2022
127 x 101.6cm
Day 10: Thicket
Ho Jae Kim
Day 10: Thicket, 2022
127 x 101.6cm
Day 11: Flight Simulation
Ho Jae Kim
Day 11: Flight Simulation, 2023
127 x 101.6cm
Day 9: Dancers
Ho Jae Kim
Day 9: Dancers, 2023
127 x 101cm
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