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Ju Young Kim (*1991, Seoul, KR) explores transitional states and transit zones in her sculptures and installations by combining industrial transportation modules from airplanes and cars into symbolically encoded works. She blends these with stained glass, cast metal, ceramics and plastic, thus bringing together high-tech objects with hand crafts techniques. The works are characterized by surreal elements that have been extracted from their original context and open up a new perspective on the phenomena of the globalized world. In her conceptual explorations, she examines the relativity of space and time from the perspective of a transcontinental traveler. She combines her own experiences and feelings with objects and reflects on the extent to which belonging, origin and borders shape and form identity. Landscape motifs and traditional symbolism meet industrial products and transportation systems to paint a picture of an accelerated society in which different cultural and temporal components collide.

 

Ju Young Kim studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich as a Meisterschülerin of Olaf Nicolai and was awarded the 2024 Debutant Grant for her diploma project AEROPLASTICS. Her works have recently been exhibited in group exhibitions at Printgallery in Tokyo, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen and Lothringer Halle 13 in Munich. Kim will open a solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Mannheim in the summer of 2025 and participate in the Singapore Biennale this fall.

 

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works
  • Ju Young Kim, A Horizon Never Touches Ground, 2025
    A Horizon Never Touches Ground, 2025
  • Ju Young Kim, A green door at the butterfly house, 2024
    A green door at the butterfly house, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Airport staff might need to open the baggage to screen the items, 2024
    Airport staff might need to open the baggage to screen the items, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Almost like Whale Watching, 2024
    Almost like Whale Watching, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Almost like Whale Watching, 2024
    Almost like Whale Watching, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Eight miles above sea level 4974 miles and 16 hours to reach you, 2024
    Eight miles above sea level 4974 miles and 16 hours to reach you, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Extra legroom on an exit row, 2024
    Extra legroom on an exit row, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, In case of emergency break glass, 2024
    In case of emergency break glass, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, In the night I wish you a good day, 2024
    In the night I wish you a good day, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Not for Navigation #3, 2024
    Not for Navigation #3, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Not for Navigation #7, 2024
    Not for Navigation #7, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Not for Navigation #8, 2024
    Not for Navigation #8, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Not for Navigation #9, 2024
    Not for Navigation #9, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Sleek and smooth like a back of dolphin, 2024
    Sleek and smooth like a back of dolphin, 2024
  • Ju Young Kim, Breathing air in Seoul somewhere else, 2022
    Breathing air in Seoul somewhere else, 2022
  • Marjorie Brunet Plaza
    I'm standing on the Edge of the Land, 2022
  • Ju Young Kim, Unsent Parcel, 2022
    Unsent Parcel, 2022
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