Jaewon Kim

Jaewon Kim. Courtesy of the artist.

Jaewon Kim, Maybe I Longed for Collapse, 2025, Pigment print, 49.6 x 69.6 cm (19.5 x 27.4 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Maybe I Longed for Collapse (detail), 2025, Pigment print, 49.6 x 69.6 cm (19.5 x 27.4 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Lingering State I, 2025, Pigment print, 37 x 55 cm (14.6 x 21.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Lingering State I (detail), 2025, Pigment print, 37 x 55 cm (14.6 x 21.7 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Lingering State II, 2025, Pigment print, 37 x 55 cm (14.6 x 21.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Lingering State II (detail), 2025, Pigment print, 37 x 55 cm (14.6 x 21.7 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Lingering State III, 2025, Pigment print, 37 x 55 cm (14.6 x 21.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Lingering State III (detail), 2025, Pigment print, 37 x 55 cm (14.6 x 21.7 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Lingering State IV, 2025, Pigment print, 37 x 55 cm (14.6 x 21.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Jaewon Kim, Lingering State IV (detail), 2025, Pigment print, 37 x 55 cm (14.6 x 21.7 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Biography
Jaewon Kim (b. 1991, lives and works in Seoul) primarily utilises video, photography, and writing to further explore the discourses regarding queerness and HIV/AIDS. Contextualising the past, present, and future as multi-layered experiences, his works question and trace how the force of the disease reshapes the significance of, and the encounters with the invisible and excluded. His works have been shown in solo exhibitions at Elephantspace, Seoul (2023), SPACE Four One Three, Seoul (2021), and ROOM 806-2, Seoul (2020). He also participated in group exhibitions at Metro Arts, Brisbane (2023), Fragment Gallery, New York (2023), Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia (2023), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2022), New Museum, New York (2022), Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles (2022), Normal Screen, Tokyo, Japan (2022), Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival (2021), among others. He was also an artist-in-residence at MMCA Residency Goyang (2024). His works are in the collection of the Ulsan Art Museum, Korea.

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Works

Jaewon Kim
Maybe I Longed for Collapse
2025
Pigment print
49.6 x 69.6 cm | 19.5 x 27.4 in
Ed. 1/5 + 2AP

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Jaewon Kim
Lingering State I
2025
Pigment print
37 x 55 cm | 14.6 x 21.7 in
Ed. 1/3 + 2AP

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Jaewon Kim
Lingering State II
2025
Pigment print
37 x 55 cm | 14.6 x 21.7 in
Ed. 1/3 + 2AP

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Jaewon Kim
Lingering State III
2025
Pigment print
37 x 55 cm | 14.6 x 21.7 in
Ed. 1/3 + 2AP

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Jaewon Kim
Lingering State IV
2025
Pigment print
37 x 55 cm | 14.6 x 21.7 in
Ed. 1/3 + 2AP

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

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