Dew Kim

Dew Kim. Courtesy of the artist.

Dew Kim, Enrapture, 2022, wood, lenticular print, mixed media, 180 x 95 x 4 cm (70.9 x 37.4 x 1.6 in) (left).
Dew Kim, LOOK, 2022, iron, aluminum, clay, a neon light, a light stick, 3D printed resin, iPhone, mixed media, 115 x 75 x 30 cm (45.3 x 29.5 x 11.8 in) (right). Courtesy of the artist Photo: Seungwook Yang.

Dew Kim, Enrapture, 2022, wood, lenticular print, mixed media, 180 x 95 x 4 cm (70.9 x 37.4 x 1.6 in). Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Seungwook Yang.

Dew Kim, LOOK, 2022, iron, aluminum, clay, a neon light, a light stick, 3D printed resin, iPhone, mixed media, 115 x 75 x 30 cm (45.3 x 29.5 x 11.8 in). Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Seungwook Yang.

Dew Kim, As If You’re Dancing, 2022, digital image printed on a LED light panel, a neon light, wood, iPhone, mixed media, 125 x 125 x 45 cm (49.2 x 49.2 x 17.7 in). Courtesy of the artist and Daegu Art Museum.

Dew Kim, Got the Whole World in the Hands, 2023, mixed media with wood, metal, and silicone casting, 48 x 75 x 20 cm (18.9 x 29.5 x 7 in). Courtesy of the artist.

Dew Kim, Let the Church Say Amen, 2023, mixed media with steel, beads, metal, silicone casting, 170 x 80 x 10 cm (67 x 31.5 x 3.9 in). Courtesy of the artist.

Dew Kim, Shackles, 2023, mixed media with metal and silicone, 40 x 54 x 15 cm (15.7 x 12.4x 6 in). Courtesy of the artist.

Dew Kim, Vow of Revenge, 2023, mixed media with iron and Jesmonite casting, 160 x 70 x 55 cm (63 x 27.6 x 21.7 in). Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Nara Shin.

Dew Kim, Rhythmical Gangbang, 2023, acrylic on iron, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: LEE Seungheon.

Biography
Dew Kim (b.1985, lives and works in Seoul) integrates K-pop aesthetics and shamanistic motifs in his multidisciplinary practice spanning videos, installations, and sculptures to address themes such as organised religion, folk beliefs, the body, and queer sexuality. By constructing a theatrical realm of gender fluidity, Kim manoeuvres the notions of eroticism and desire to question religious taboos and embrace an idiosyncratic view of pleasure and pain. Kim had his solo exhibitions at Alternative Space Loop, Seoul (2023), Various Small Fires, Seoul (2023), Fragment Gallery, Moscow (2021), andout_sight, Seoul (2020). He also participated in group exhibitions at MOCA, Busan (2024), Swivel Gallery, New York (2024), Subtitled, New York (2023), G Gallery, Seoul (2023), Para Site, Hong Kong (2022), Documenta15, Kassel (2022), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (2022), Barbican Centre, Camden Arts Centre and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2022), and Art Space BOAN, Seoul (2021). Kim holds an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London, and a BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry from Konkuk University, Chungju.

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Exhibitions

Vitalis Violentia
Artists: Dew Kim, Dennis Scholl, Tseng Chien-Ying, Wang Pei, Hannah Woo
Hong Kong
28 September—23 November 2024

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