EDUCATION

2018 Ph.D. in Oriental Painting, Seoul National University

2013 M.F.A. in Oriental Painting, Seoul National University

2011 B.F.A. in Oriental Painting, Seoul National University

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 Recording: Rusting, Keumsan Gallery

2023 Dancing Line, Suppoment Gallery

2022 Dancing Line, Ujung Art Center

2022 Kim Ji Hoon Invitational Exhibition, Gallery Gaia

2019 Center of the Target, Gallery Now

2019 From the Front, To the Back, Gallery Nuit

2019 What's Going On?, Dongduk Art Gallery

2019 Delusion, Seojin Art Space

2018 Fragile Man, Gallery Pirang

2018 Fragile Man, Dongduk Art Gallery

2017 Language of Objects, Studio 474

2017 Abode, Songhwa Gallery

2016 Conversation, Studio 474

2015 Directional nature, Gallery DOS

2014 Fragile, Gallery Rosso

2014 Kim Ji Hoon Invitational Exhibition, Hansung Motor Auto Gallery

2013 Kim Ji Hoon Exhibition, Songhwa Museum

2013 Ujung Art Center Emerging Artist Competition Solo Exhibition, Ujung Art Center

2012 Fragile Exhibition, Gong Art Space

2010 Memory Exhibition, Woosuk Gallery, Seoul National University
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS

2026 K-Art: Moment & Face, Singapore Art Week, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

2024 Korea-Germany-France-UK Contemporary Artists Exhibition, APY (Art Project Y), Seoul

2024 Redefing of Boundaries, APY (Art Project Y), Seoul

2024 PLAS, JW Marriott

2023 KIAF, COEX (Samsung Trade Center)

2022 Urban Break, COEX

2022 Seoul Modern Art Show, S-Factory

2022 JW Formative Art Fair, JW Marriott Hotel

2022 Incheon Korea Art Fair, Songdo ConvensiA

2022 Singapore Art Fair, Marina Bay Sands

2022 Traces of a Trace, Keumsan Gallery

2022 Reboot 01, P&K Gallery

2020 LA ART SHOW, LA Convention Center

2018 IGNU ROAD, New Delhi, India

2018 Korean Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum

2018 Connection, Gana Art Center, Print Bakery

2018 Three Father-Son Exhibition, Ujung Art Center

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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