Kim Si Jong

The 'Still Life' series is a series carefully selected and collected by the Art Bank of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2021, focusing on contemporaneity. 'Still Life' is a photographic work that expresses something that is not real as if it were real, with the motif of 17th century Dutch still life painting. Expands the meaning of ‘Still, Life’ through the work.

The artist mainly works using a tool called a camera. Borrowing compositions from 17th-century Dutch still-life paintings as well as folk paintings from the Joseon Dynasty, the artist expresses images ignoring perspective using a digital photo collage method, creating a space between photographs and paintings, reality and unreality. We are creating a world of In that world, a sloth, a projection of the artist himself, is resting on a tree, and hummingbirds and butterflies are flying among the flowers.

“I like works with humor. Although he is a quiet person in daily life, he is always looking for fun things to do. I don't show my emotions easily in real life. “Art is a way to reveal my joy.” (From the author's interview)

The author majored in the Department of Media and Public Relations at Yonsei University and returned to Korea after graduating with a master's degree from the Royal College of Art in England. The artist's series of works were exhibited in Soho, England, via Berlin and Paris, with the support of famous British designer Paul Smith.

[Excerpt from the Korea Gallery Association]

CV

Education
2016-2018  Royal College of Art MA Sculpture, UK
2003-2010  Yonsei University BA Mass Communication, South Korea
2000-2002  International School of Geneva, Switzerland

Solo Exhibition
2023  Viva La Vida_Jean DesignArt_Seoul
2022  Kidding... Not Kidding_Moryham Exhibition_Seoul
2021  Winter to Spring_Gallery Mano_Seoul
2020  Invasion_Paul Smith Soho_London
2019  Invasion_Paul Smith Marais_Paris
2019  Invasion_Paul Smith Berlin_Berlin
2019  Betweenness_CICA Museum_Gimpo
2019  Betweenness_Gallery IS_Seoul
2018  Invasion_citizenM Tower of London_London

Group Exhibition (selected)
2023  2023 Korean Galleries Art Fair_Coex_Seoul
2022  KIAF 2022_Coex_Seoul
2022  The Maison_Coex_Seoul
2022  Art Busan 202_Bexco_Busan
2022  2022 A Better Day_Gallery Mano_Seoul
2022  2022 Korean Galleries Art Fair_SETEC_Seoul
2022  Vanguard_Atelier Aki_Seoul
2021  KIAF 2021_Coex_Seoul
2020  KIAF 2020_Gallery Mano_Seoul
2019  KIAF 2019_Coex_Seoul 2018 Artist and Location
2018  CICA Museum_Gimpo 2018 SHOW RCA
2018  Royal College of Art_London
2018  East Wing Biennial 13: SURGE_The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House_London
2018  Tell Me I'm Here_Asylum Chapel_London
2018  Too Much Information_Seventeen Gallery_London
2018  An Idea for a scene in a UK gangster film_Take Courage Gallery_London
2018  never·the·less_Hockney Gallery_London
2018  Ex-temporary_Safehouse 1_London
2017  #33 Annual Open_CGP London_London
2017  Hello, Stranger_The Square Gallery London_London
2017  Under the See_Crypt Gallery_London
2017  Borders_Borders_Edinburgh College of Art_Edinburgh
2017  Work in Progress Show_Royal College of Art_London

Awards
2018  East Wing Biennial 13: SURGE, selected artist exhibiting

Art Owned by
Paul Smith (London) | DOMOBAAL Gallery (London) | National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Bank, etc.