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Dew Kim, When All Flesh Turns to Light, 2026, Stainless steel, latex, vacuum cleaner, sensor timer, CNC-machined styrofoam, sex toy, mixed media, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Dew Kim, † Evangelical Envenom † (detail), 2024, Stainless steel, chrome-plated brass, silver, silicon and glass, 50 x 10 x 10 cm (19.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Dew Kim, One Whispered Pleasure, the Other Promised Pain, 2025, Gold-plated brass, blown glass, 35 x 35 x 27 cm (13.8 x 13.8 x 10.6 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Dew Kim, When the Gate of Eden Trembled, 2026, CNC-machined birch plywood, blown glass, metal chain, mixed media, 140 x 110 x 25 cm (55.1 x 43.3 x 9.8 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Dew Kim, † Brutal Balloon †, 2024, Stainless steel, aluminum, glass, 148 x 100 x 76 cm (58.3 x 39.4 x 29.9 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Biography

Dew Kim. Courtesy of the artist and ODDA Korea.

Seoul-based multidisciplinary artist Dew Kim (b. 1985) centres his practice on defying categorisation, negotiating between the boundaries of pleasure and pain, sacred and erotic, primordial and technologically-mediated. Best known for his sculptures which he develops using metalwork, glass, and prosthetic structures, a core preoccupation for the artist is the sensorial nature of the body. By combining both high and low cultural references—religion, K-pop, and folk shamanism—Kim’s visual vocabulary deals with the generation of desire and affect, engaging with queerness as a means of extending possibilities beyond binaries. In his works, bodies appear abstracted, fragmented, cyborgic, and carnal, pointing towards the broader potential of post-human, mutable bodies in the future.

Kim has exhibited works at CR Collective, Seoul (2026); Seoul Museum of Art (2026); Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2026); National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju (2025); Malta Biennale (2024); Museum of Contemporary Art, Busan (2024); documenta 15, Kassel (2022); Para Site, Hong Kong (2022); among others.

His works are in numerous collections including Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong; The Here and There Collective, New York; Government Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; and Seoul Metropolitan Government, South Korea.

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Works

Dew Kim
When the Gate of Eden Trembled
2026
CNC-machined birch plywood, blown glass, metal chain, mixed media
140 x 110 x 25 cm | 55.1 x 43.3 x 9.8 in

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Dew Kim
Apostles of the Sap
2026
Stainless steel, brass casting, shower hose, mixed media
Dimensions variable

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Dew Kim
The Body that Remembers Itself
2026
3D printed PLA, aluminum casting, piercing, microcement, latex, heat shrink rubber
42 x 30 x 16 cm | 16.5 x 11.8 x 6.3 in

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Dew Kim
The Sap that Touched the Sky
2026
Plaster casting, silicone, platinum-plated brass casting, beads, mixed media
24 x 15 x 24 cm | 9.4 x 5.9 x 9.4 in

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Dew Kim
When All Flesh Turns to Light
2026
Stainless steel, latex, vacuum cleaner, sensor timer, CNC-machined styrofoam, sex toy, mixed media
Dimensions variable

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Dew Kim
Flesh Becoming the Way (Sacrificium ver.)
2026
CNC-machined styrofoam, microcement, fabric, aluminum, resin, mixed media
163 x 110 x 60 cm | 64.2 x 43.3 x 23.6 in

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Dew Kim
The Origin of Bone & The Leaf Sprouting from Bone
2026
Aluminum casting, blown glass, stainless steel
145 x 30 x 11 cm | 57.1 x 11.8 x 4.3 in

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Dew Kim
One Whispered Pleasure, the Other Promised Pain
2025
Gold-plated brass, blown glass
35 x 35 x 27 cm | 13.8 x 13.8 x 10.6 in

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Dew Kim
† Brutal Balloon †
2024
Stainless steel, aluminum, glass
148 x 100 x 76 cm | 58.3 x 39.4 x 29.9 in

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Dew Kim
They Swallowed the Serpent and Called It Prayer
2025
Chrome-plated brass, blown glass
55 x 15 x 13 cm | 21.7 x 5.9 x 5.1 in

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Dew Kim
† Evangelical Envenom †
2024
Stainless steel, chrome-plated brass, silver, silicon and glass
50 x 10 x 10 cm | 19.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 in

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Dew Kim
Scapegoat to Silence, Silence to Song
2025
Nickel-plated stainless steel, cast glass, chain, electric wire
25 x 20 x 25 cm | 9.8 x 7.9 x 8.8 in

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Dew Kim
Soft Where the Stem Snapped
2025
Stainless steel, cast glass, metal chains, mixed media
30 x 35 x 60 cm | 11.8 x 13.8 x 23.6 in

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Dew Kim
Angel Fingers
2023
Mixed media with Jesmonite, MDF, silicone, metal
133 x 165 x 3.5 cm | 52.4 x 65 x 1.4 in

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Exhibitions

Ballet with the Devil
Artists: João Gabriel, Shimon Kamada, Dew Kim, Jaewon Kim, Joy Li, Tao Siqi
Hong Kong
07 June—16 August 2025

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

News
ArtAsiaPacific: What to See in “Spectrosynthesis Seoul 2026” - Dew Kim

13 March 2026

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Dew Kim is featured in the Frieze Seoul 2025 video series

05 August 2025

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Dew Kim’s Lecture Performance ‘HornyHoneydew Press Conference’ featured on 2024 ARKO Young Artist Day

02 July 2025

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Dew Kim’s works are acquired by MMCA Government Art Bank in Seoul

12 June 2025

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Artist Dew Kim is now participating the group exhibition ‘"How to Destroy Angels’ at The Horse Hospital

10 November 2024

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ArtAsiaPacific (Issue 140): Masochistic Sainthood - Dew Kim

22 October 2024

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Artist Dew Kim is now participating the group exhibition ‘Masterful Attention Seekers’ at Busan Museum of Contemporary Art

20 June 2024

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