eunice kim

Artist Statement

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

About the Medium

Biography

Seattle-based artist Eunice Kim was born in Seoul, Korea and raised there by her grandmother. At age ten, she immigrated to the US and has resided there since.

She notes, "My work is informed by memories and tendencies both cultural and personal. For instance, when I was growing up, I was surrounded by repetition: a very human kind of repetition. Take for example the ceiling tiles in my grandmother's room. They had abstract graphic elements on them and because they were handmade, each was slightly different. I spent many hours simply staring at those tiles--my eyes going from one tile to next, comparing and contrasting the subtle variations in each," she says.

"I also remember back to my grandmother herself who raised me through my early childhood years. She was a devout Buddhist and at bedtime, she would say her prayers. Nearly every night for the first ten years of my life, I fell asleep to her whispered chants. I believe such experiences continue to have tremendous bearing on my approach to work."

Watching her in the studio, one is made acutely aware of the focus and care with which Kim works. Her meticulously crafted pieces possess a quiet aesthetic that is at once both exacting and ephemeral, and evoke a range of associations from cellular structure to state of the mind.

Kim received her BA from California State University, Long Beach, and has done post-baccalaureate studies at San Francisco State University. She has exhibited her work extensively throughout the US and abroad, including Spain, France, England, China, and Egypt. Most recently, she was one of seven artists representing the US at the 14th Seoul Space International Print Biennial held at Seoul Museum of Art in Seoul, Korea, and has been awarded Artist Residency at Frans Masereel Centrum, Flemish Center for the Graphic Arts in Kasterlee, Belgium. She is represented by galleries in Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle.