CINDY JI HYE KIM
B 1990, Incheon, KR
Lives and works in New York, NY

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    Cindy Ji Hye Kim: In Despite of Light

     

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    Cindy Ji Hye Kim | Door to the Atmosphere | Frye Art Museum

    Cindy Ji Hye Kim | SCAD Museum of Art

    Emperor's Clothes (Blue Painting)

    2023

    Graphite, charcoal, and colored pencil on shaped birch stretcher bars

    68 x 52" / 172.7 x 132.1 cm

    Emperor's Clothes (Blue Painting), 2023 (detail)

    Emperor's Clothes (Blue Painting), 2023 (verso)

    Cindy Ji Hye Kim, Frieze London, 2022, Booth F04, London, United Kingdom

    Cindy Ji Hye Kim, Frieze London, 2022, Booth F04, London, United Kingdom

    21st Century Love Story (The Third Estate)

    2022

    Graphite on silk with shaped birch stretcher bars

    68 x 52 x 1.25" / 172.7 x 132.08 x 3.18cm

    21st Century Love Story (The Third Estate), 2022 (detail)

    21st Century Love Story (The Third Estate), 2022 (alternate view)

    Prophecy

    2022

    Graphite on silk with shaped birch stretcher bars

    68 x 52 x 1.25" / 172.7 x 132.08 x 3.18cm

    Prophecy, 2022 (alternate view)

    Moonlight

    2022

    Graphite on silk with shaped birch stretcher bars

    68 x 52 x 1.25" / 172.7 x 132.08 x 3.18cm

    Moonlight, 2022 (detail)

    Moonlight, 2022 (alternate view)

    Moonlight, 2022 (alternate view)

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, In Despite of Light, Casey Kaplan, 2022 Photo: Kyle Knodell

    Asinus IV: Sand in the Hourglass

    2022

    Graphite and ink on pulp, pressed flowers, artist's hair, baltic birch

    95 x 30.5 x 32" / 241.3 x 77.47 x 81.28cm

    Asinus IV: Sand in the Hourglass, 2022 (Detail)

    Asinus I: Exit II

    2022

    Graphite and ink on pulp, pressed flowers, artist's hair, baltic birch

    101.5 x 24.5 x 12" / 257.81 x 62.23 x 30.48cm

    Asinus I: Exit II, 2022 (Detail)

    Asinus III: Exit I, Outcry

    2022

    Graphite and ink on pulp, pressed flowers, artist's hair, baltic birch

    99.5 x 24 x 32" / 252.7 x 60.96 x 81.28cm

    Asinus III: Exit I, Outcry, 2022 (Detail)

    Asinus II: Forgiveness

    2022

    Graphite and ink on pulp, pressed flowers, artist's hair, baltic birch

    94.5 x 23.25 x 36" / 240 x 59.06 x 91.44cm

    Asinus II: Forgiveness, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, In Despite of Light, Casey Kaplan, 2022 Photo: Kyle Knodell

    Nameless Hour

    2022

    Graphite on silk with shaped birch stretcher bars

    68 x 52 x 1.25" / 172.7 x 132.08 x 3.18cm

    Nameless Hour, 2022 (Detail)

    Nameless Hour, 2022 (Alternate View)

    Feign'd Vestal

    2022

    Graphite on silk with shaped birch stretcher bars

    68 x 52 x 1.25" / 172.7 x 138.08 x 3.18cm

    Feign'd Vestal, 2022 (Detail)

    Feign'd Vestal, 2022 (Alternate View)

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, In Despite of Light, Casey Kaplan, 2022 Photo: Kyle Knodell

    Factory of Plots

    2022

    Graphite on silk with shaped birch stretcher bars

    68 x 52 x 1.25" / 172.7 x 132.08 x 3.18cm

    Factory of Plots, 2022 (Detail)

    Factory of Plots, 2022 (Alternate View)

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, In Despite of Light, Casey Kaplan, 2022 Photo: Kyle Knodell

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, In Despite of Light, Casey Kaplan, 2022 Photo: Kyle Knodell

    Nightwind

    2022

    Oil, acrylic, ink, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite on birch

    12 x 12 x .75" / 30.5 x 30.5 x 1.9cm

    Nightwind, 2022 (Detail)

    Last Syllables of an Echo

    2022

    Oil, acrylic, ink, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite on birch

    12 x 12 x .75" / 30.5 x 30.5 x 1.9cm

    Last Syllables of an Echo, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, In Despite of Light, Casey Kaplan, 2022 Photo: Kyle Knodell

    Byzantine Sky

    2022

    Oil, acrylic, ink, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite on birch

    12 x 12 x .75" / 30.5 x 30.5 x 1.9cm

    Byzantine Sky, 2022 (Detail)

    Apology

    2022

    Oil, acrylic, ink, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite on birch

    12 x 12 x .75" / 30.5 x 30.5 x 1.9cm

    Apology, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, Soliloquy for Two, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA, June 26–July 24, 2021

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, Soliloquy for Two, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA, June 26–July 24, 2021

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, Soliloquy for Two, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA, June 26–July 24, 2021

    Crux Decussata: The Wailing

    2021

    Oil, acrylic, ink, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite on silk with shaped artist's stretcher

    84 x 64" / 213.5 x 162.5cm

    Crux Decussata: The Wailing, 2021 (Alternate View)

    Crux Quadrata: Pascal's Wager

    2021

    Oil, acrylic, ink, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite on silk with shaped artist's stretcher

    84 x 64" / 213.5 x 162.5cm

    Crux Quadrata: Pascal's Wager, 2021 (Alternate View)

    Capita: The Face and its Name

    2021

    Graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink, acrylic, and oil on silk with shaped artist's stretcher bars

    84 x 64" / 213.5 x 162.5cm

    Capita: The Face and its Name, 2021 (Alternate View)

    Crux Petrus: Dreams of Oedipus

    2021

    Graphite, charcoal on silk with shaped artist's stretcher bars

    84 x 64" / 213.5 x 162.5cm

    Crux Petrus: Dreams of Oedipus, 2021 (Alternate View)

    Crux Patriarch: A Soliloquist with an Audience of One

    2021

    Graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink, acrylic, and oil on silk with shaped artist's stretcher bars

    84 x 64" / 213.5 x 162.5cm

    Crux Patriarch: A Soliloquist with an Audience of One, 2021 (Alternate View)

    Crux Immissa: A Story Without A Message

    2021

    Oil, ink, graphite, charcoal on silk with shaped artist's stretcher

    84 x 64" / 213.5 x 162.5cm

    Crux Immissa: A Story Without A Message, 2021 (Alternate View)

    Ego Pathétique

    2021

    Acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite on silk with shaped artist's stretcher bars

    96 x 72" / 243.84 x 182.88cm

    Ego Pathétique, 2021 (Alternate View)

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, Soliloquy for Two, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA, June 26–July 24, 2021

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, Soliloquy for Two, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA, June 26–July 24, 2021

    Installation view: Cindy Ji Hye Kim, Soliloquy for Two, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA, June 26–July 24, 2021

    Installation view, Casey Kaplan, New York, September 9 - October 23, 2021

    Age of Aquarius

    2021

    Graphite, charcoal, oil pastel, ink on silk

    11 x 14 x 1.25in / 27.94 x 35.56 x 3.18cm

    Alternate view:Age of Aquarius

    2021

    Winged Serpent

    2021

    Graphite, charcoal, oil pastel on silk

    11 x 14 x 1.25in / 27.94 x 35.56 x 3.18cm

    Alternate view:Winged Serpent

    2021

    Installation view, Casey Kaplan, New York, September 9 - October 23, 2021

    Noontime Cry

    2021

    Graphite, charcoal, oil pastel, ink on birch

    12 x 12 x 0.75in / 30.48 x 30.48 x 1.91cm

    Installation view:List Projects: Cindy Ji Hye Kim,MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, October 29, 2020 -September 12, 2021

    Installation view:List Projects: Cindy Ji Hye Kim,MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, October 29, 2020 -September 12, 2021

    Installation view:List Projects: Cindy Ji Hye Kim,MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, October 29, 2020 -September 12, 2021

    Mother Tongue

    2020

    Oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite, charcoal on canvas

    68 x 50 in

    Oedipus to Hamlet

    2021

    Graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink, acrylic, oil on canvas

    68 x 50 in / 172.72 x 127cm

    Detail:Oedipus to Hamlet

    2021

    Reign of the Idle Hands #1

    2019

    Oil, acrylic, ink, pastel, graphite, charcoal on birch

    12 in. diameter

    Interpretation

    2019

    Graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink, acrylic, oil on canvas

    68 x 50 in. / 172.72 x 127cm

    Installation view:Riddles of the Id,May 12 - June 27, 2020

    Installation view:Riddles of the IdMay 12 - June 27, 2020

    Riddles of the Id

    2020

    Ink, graphite, charcoal on silk

    64 x 48 in / 162.6 x 121.9cm

    Installation view:Riddles of the IdMay 12 - June 27, 2020

    8 Hours of Slumber, Labor & Leisure

    2020

    Oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, charcoal on canvas

    64 x 48 in / 162.6 x 121.9cm

    Installation view:The Sword Without, The Famine WithinFrançois Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA, June 28 -August 3, 2019

    Human Heart is a Factory of Idols(with detail)

    2019

    Oil, acrylic, ink, graphite and oil pastel on canvas

    96 x 72 in. / 243.8 x 182.9cm

    I Heard Nothing But Laughter

    2018

    Oil, acrylic, ink, graphite and oil pastel on canvas

    84 x 64 in. / 213.4 x 162.6cm

    Crux Simplex: a Metal Image, a Teacher of Lies

    2019

    Crux Simplex: a Metal Image, a Teacher of Lies(detail)

    2019

    Graphite and acrylic on wall

    144 x 759 in.

    Four Wishes

    2017

    Oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite, charcoal on canvas

    81 x 61 in. / 172.2 x 154.94cm

    (L to R)Libido Dominandi,"Riddles of the Id, "Female Legacy"

    2020 (all)

    Graphite, charcoal, oil pastel, ink on paper

    9 x 12 in/22.9 x 30.5cm (each)

    Poetry

    2019

    Graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink on paper

    12 x 9 in. / 30.5 x 22.9cm

    Madame Earth(L: Recto, R: Verso)

    2019

    Oil, acrylic, ink, pastel, charcoal, graphite on canvas

    84 x 64 in. / 213.4 x 162.6cm

    Character #13, #14 and #15

    2019

    Mister Capital(L: Recto, R: Verso)

    2019

    Oil, acrylic, ink, pastel, charcoal, graphite on canvas

    84 x 64 in. / 213.4 x 162.6cm

    Installation view:Verses from the Apocalypse, Foxy Production & Helena Anrather, New York, NY, September 6 - October 13, 2019

    Detail:Verses from the Apocalypse,2019

    Installation view:Verses from the Apocalypse,Helena Anrather, New York, September 6 – October 13, 2019

    Apparatus for Silence

    2019

    Graphite, charcoal, pastel on wall

    132 x 120 in./ 335.3 x 304.8cm

    Imitation Stigmata

    2018

    Graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink, acrylic, oil on canvas

    50 x 36 in/ 127 x 91.5cm

    Detail:Imitation Stigmata

    2018

    I Love You

    2017

    Graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink, acrylic, oil on canvas

    50 x 36 in/ 127 x 91.5cm

    Installation view:Cindy Ji Hye Kim: The Celibate Machine,Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY, April 6 - May 6, 2018

    Installation view:Cindy Ji Hye Kim: The Celibate Machine,Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY, April 6 - May 6, 2018

    Installation view:Cindy Ji Hye Kim: The Celibate Machine,Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY, April 6 - May 6, 2018

    Detail:The Parable of the Blind, after Bruegel

    2018

    Virginity Spell

    2018

    Charcoal and graphite on paper

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