Education

2018 Ph.D. in Oriental Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University
2013 Master’s Degree, Graduate School, Seoul National University

2011 Bachelor’s Degree, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University

Solo Exhibitions​

2023

Dancing Line (Support Gallery)

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2022

Dancing Line (Ujung Art Center)

Solo Exhibition of Kim Ji-hoon (Gallery Gaia)

 

2019

The Center of the Target (Gallery Now)

Before and After (Gallery Nut)

What’s the Deal? (Dongduk Art Gallery)

Delusion (Sujeong Art Space)

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2018

Fragile Man (Gallery Pierang)

Fragile Man (Dongduk Art Gallery)

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2017

Language of Objects (Studio 474)

Shelter (Songwa Gallery)

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2016

Dialogue (Studio 474)

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2015

Directional Nature (Gallery Dos)

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2014

Fragile (Gallery Russo)

Solo Exhibition of Kim Ji-hoon (Hanseong Motor Auto Gallery)

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2013

Kim Ji-hoon Exhibition (Songwa Art Museum)

Solo Exhibition Supported by the New Artist Program (Ujung Art Center)

 

2012

Fragile (Gong Art Space)

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2010

Memory (Woseok Gallery, Seoul National University)

 

 

Group Exhibitions
2024

Contemporary Art Exhibition of Artists from Korea, Germany, France, and the UK, APY (Art Project Y), Seoul

Redefing Boundaries, APY(Art Project Y), Seoul

PLAS (JW Marriott)

 

2023

KIAF (Samsung Trade Center)

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2022

Urban Break (COEX)
Seoul Modern Art Show (S Factory)
JW Sculpture Art Fair (JW Marriott Hotel)
Incheon Korea Art Fair (Songdo Convensia)
Singapore Art Fair (Marina Bay Sands)

Traces of Traces (Geumsan Gallery)

Reboot 01 (PN Kim Gallery)

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2020

LA Art Show (LA Convention Center)

2018

IGNU Road (New Delhi, India)
Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition (Chosun Ilbo Art Museum)
Connection (Gallery Kana, Print Bakery)
Three Generations Exhibition (Ujung Art Center)

IBK New Artist Competition (IBK Headquarters)

Introduction

​​Kim Ji-hoon (b. 1985) reveals his view of humanity abstractly through various colors and layers in his work. Through his ongoing series, Fragile Man, the artist has depicted how humans exist within society. In this series, colors with good visibility were incorporated into his abstract series, Dancing Line, aiming to expand the formal interpretation of narrative from representational work. By using diverse colors, he seeks to reflect the individuality of the members of society and to shape the complexity of modern society through intersecting layers. The formal elements predominantly used by the artist serve as signals replacing human figures within the painting. By employing the infinite interpretive possibilities of abstract painting as a methodological approach, the artist hopes that society as seen through his eyes and through others' perspectives will be interpreted differently in each unique way. The artist spends considerable time on the color combinations used in painting from a color theory perspective and determines the color and formal structure through numerous sketch drawings before creating the final work. The randomness of dripping serves as an emotional means to resolve the tension created by previously painted layers. This dripping process is carefully prepared in advance, with considerations for position, paint quantity, and speed, aiming to closely match the existing sketches.

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