Hea R. Kim, is a South Korean-born Canadian immigrant and a multi-disciplinary artist who is interested in creating playful, thoughtful, and technically-sophisticated installations. Her works have been displayed across Canada (Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, St. Johns, Regina, and more..) and Republic of Korea.
Kim’s playful yet laborious installation articulates a dream world where mythological, spiritual and illusory mindscapes intermingle. Drawing inspiration from her childhood and diasporic experiences, South Korean cultural heritage, literary references, and a variety of other sources, Kim thoughtfully meshes the fantastical with the mundane, the heroic with the cute, and the bubbliness of popular culture with deeper social concerns. Her artistic technique equally mixes media employing fibers and ceramics that she combines with mass produced objects. Engaging the philosophical limits of both craft and art, as well as reality and fantasy, Kim intentionally stretches established boundaries, bringing subversive notions into sustained harmony.
CV is available upon request
