Jinran Kim
Jinran Kim, trained as a sculptor at the prestigious Seoul Nation University and Berlin University of Art, practices in Berlin and Seoul producing objects, two-dimensional works, and, increasingly, public art and works with kinetic and media elements. Her work draws from classic sculpture, informed by the traditional arts of her native Korea, creating unique hybrids of Western and Korean traditions integrating traditional and industrial approaches to carpentry, metal and stone work as well as work with fabrics, media, and mechanical elements.
The themes in her work issue from everyday experience: eating, washing, Cleaning, gossiping, day dreaming, and inquire deeply into the prospects and purpose of women in contemporary Korean society, and those of a contemporary Korean woman in the global context. Never flashy but always deep and resonant, Jinran Kim’s work exudes a quiet power which speaks of patience and perseverance and more internally, perhaps even more silently, of her passion and of her rage.
Jinran Kim was born in Seul, Korea.
Education
| since 1994 | Working and living in Berlin, Seoul |
| 1994 - 1997 | Universität der Künste Berlin, Bildende Kunst FB1with Wolfgang Knapp, Monika Murasch |
| 1996 | Winchester School of Art in England 96/WS |
| 1991 - 1993 | M.A. course at Seoul National University |
| 1987 - 1991 | Studied Sculpture at Seoul National University |
Prize Grant
| 1998 | Junge Kunst Saar Ferngas Förderpreis |
| 2004/2005 | Cite International des Arts Paris studio program |
| 2006 | Tokyo Wonder Site residency program |
| 2007 | Korean cultural foundation |
| 2008 | Kyunggi cultural foundation |
| 2009 | Seoul cultural foundation |
| 2010 | Korean cultural foundation |
Solo exhibitions
| 1999 | Heidelberger Kunstverein |
| 2005 | Cite International des Arts, Paris, France |
| 2006 | GLS Campus solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany |
| 2006 | Tokyo Wonder Site open studio |
| 2007 | GLS Campus solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany |
| 2008 | Gallery Robrecht, Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 | Gallery Wohnlabor, Berlin, Germany |
Collections
| 2001 | Museum of Contemporary Art MMK, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2003 | Korean embassy Switzerland |
| 2004 | Nam Jun Pack Museum |
Projects
| 2002/2003 | SSammzi Art Space Project program |
| 2003 | Coex Intercontinental Hotel Seoul permanent installation |
| 2003 | Gwangju new city hall permanent installation |
| 2004 | Acrovista floor design permanent installation |
| 2004 | Gwangju Biennale Theme park permanent installation |
| 2004/2005 | Residency program Cite international des Arts, Paris, France |
| 2006 | Berlin GLS facade Project, permanent installation |
| 2010 | TC Company Building, Pohwang, Permanent installation |
Exhibitions [Selection]
| 2010 | Wasser Museum, Stadbad in Steglitz, Wannsee, Berlin, Germany “beRuf Kuenstlerin“ Frauen Museum in Bonn, Germany Gallery Futura, Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 | Let’s go Home, DWI Building, Hamburg, Germany Frauen Blick Gallery Wedding, Berlin, Germany Kunstraum in Masoleum, Alter St. Matthaeus Kirchhof, Berlin. Germany Sinseagae Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| 2008 | Gallery La Condition Japonese, Berlin, Germany MBC Broadcast, Daegu, Korea |
| 2007 | Yoeuido Park outdoor project, Seoul, Korea “Shall we smell” koreana Museum, Seoul, Korea SSammzi Art Space open Studio, Korea |
| 2006 | German contemporary exhibition, Jeonjoo Museum, Jeonjoo, Korea |
| 2005 | Tradition und Zeitgeist, Muenchner Kultfabrik(White Box), Muenchen, Germany Tradition und Zeitgeis, Gallery Hellhof, Kronberg, Germany |
| 2004 | Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea Apeldoorn Modern Art Museum opening show, Holland Exhibition Gallery Robert Dree, Hannover, Germany |
| 2003 | Tradition&Innovation III, Hyundai Gallery, Korea |
| 2002 | International Arts festival Venray, Holland Tradition&Innovation II, UN building, Switzerland Tradition&Innovation II, Zollverein, Essen, Germany |
| 2001 | Presentation Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Heimat Kunst, Zehnscheuer Kunstverein, Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany International Arts Festival Exit/Via, Creteil, Maubeuge, France Presentation Art Cologne Koln, Germany |
| 2000 | Presetation Art Form Berlin, Germany “Heimat Kunst” Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany “Expo 2000” Kestner Museum, Hannover, Germany Tuchfuhlung 2, Kunsthaus Langenberg EV, Germany Presentation Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 1999 | Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany Museum Brandenburgische Kunstsammulungen, Cottbus, Germany Exhibition Gallery Nagonaja, Moscow, Russia Exhibition Gallery Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany Exhibition, Junge Kunst Saar Ferngas Forderpreis Saarland Museum, Germany |
| 1998 | Schlosspark Museum, BadKreuznach, Germany Stadtmuseum, Osaka, Japan Gallery Asian Fine Arts Berlin, Germany “Observe” Kulturamt Treptow, Berlin, Germany Prisma Haus, Berlin, Germany “Neue Kunstler in Wedding” Schering Kunstverein und Kunstraum Berlin, Germany Presentation ARCO Madrid, Spain |
| 1997 | Project Exhibition “Sicherheit”, HdK, Berlin, Germany Group Exhibition Dong-Ah Gallery, Seoul, Korea Exhibition with Annie Wu, Gallery Asian Fine Arts Berlin, Germany Group exhibition, City Hall, Schwalbach, Germany Exhibition “Das kleine Gluck die grosse Sehnsucht”, Darmstadt, Germany |
Further information you can get directly at Galerie-Förster.
Web-Site of the artist: www.jinrankim.com
