Seoyeon Kim translates images gathered from digital environments into painting, exploring the blurred boundary between reality and fiction. Drawing inspiration from objects found on online marketplaces—such as vintage ornaments—her works reveal the tension between material presence and commodified imagery. By incorporating elements like barcodes or scale comparison props, Kim emphasizes the temporality and materiality of images that might otherwise seem intangible. Her practice ultimately questions how far the online world can be recognized as reality, offering a renewed perspective on visual experience.
김서연은 디지털 환경에서 수집한 이미지를 회화로 풀어내며, 현실과 허구의 경계가 흐려지는 지점을 탐구한다. 온라인 중고 거래 사이트에서 발견한 빈티지 오너먼트와 같은 사물들은 작가의 작업 속에서 상품성과 실재성의 긴장을 드러낸다. 바코드나 크기 비교를 위한 사물과 같은 요소들을 차용함으로써, 화면 속 이미지가 단순한 시각적 정보가 아니라 시간성과 물질성을 지닌 존재임을 강조한다. 김서연의 작업은 온라인 세계가 어디까지 현실로 인정될 수 있는지를 묻고, 시각적 경험에 대한 새로운 관점을 제시한다.
Seoyeon Kim (b. 2000), Seoul
Education
Current MFA, Fine Art Course, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 2023 BFA, Fine Art Course, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul
Solo Exhibition
2025 Cabinet Nostalgia, Sahng-up Gallery, Seoul 2025 The Angel of the Wood, ARC1, Seoul
2024 PL.6, MUP, Seoul
2024 Blue Eyes over the Window, Space Artel, Seoul
Art Fair
2025 Kiaf, Coex Hall, Seoul
2025 The Preview Art Fair, Seoul
2024 Unbound Regeneration, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul 2023 ASYAAF, Hongik University, Seoul
2022 ASYAAF, Hongik University, Seoul
Awards
2024 EX-UP program 6th selected artists, Sahng-up Gallery, Seoul 2023 Open Gallery, Selection of scholarship student
Group Exhibitions
2026
• (upcoming) Grid 5, Biscuit Gallery, Tokyo
2025
• Sugar Breaks Silence, Dohing Art, Seoul
2024
• The Group Show Part 02, The Untitled Void, Seoul
• Girls Girls Girls, Shug Gallery, Norwich/UK
• Hide-and-Seek, 0gonggan, Seoul
• Imagination Spectrum: Infinite Boundaries, Unbound, Seoul • Wavy Wave, Hori Art Space, Seoul
2023
• A House Built While Walking, Ray Project Seoul, Seoul • A Random Exhibition, Samgaksan Citizen Hall, Seoul
• All Kinds of Things, Samgaksan Citizen Hall, Seoul
2022
• An Unfinished Road with Eight Written on It, Bincan Euljiro, Seoul
2020
• A Paper Folded Thirteen Times, Gagoshipo Gallery, Seoul