Meet the Artist
Jina
Kim
Drawing & Painting
“The series Blue 1.75 presents the origin of my obsession in blue monochrome figures in oils. It is the product of a need for affirmation of ethnicity, of a desire to be unique and original, of nostalgia and isolation. Within a 1.75 ratio canvas, which represents my immigrant generation, the comfort void is projected. Inside the void, the most beloved artists sit or lie down alone comfortably or despondently. The blue sinks them deep down and provides space to breathe. It overpowers them, until they become blue as well. Yet blue deeply underlies the possibility to illuminate anytime.”
Jina Kim is a Toronto-based artist, born in Seoul and raised in Calgary. She completed her BFA at OCAD University in 2020.Through visual production in various materials, She explores unresolved emotions and thoughts. The physical presence of these allows her to face herself objectively.Her current practice is focused on painting the internal void created by her obsession on public figures, more specifically, on Korean contemporary music artists. The series Blue 1.75 presents the origin of her obsession in blue monochrome figures in oils. It is the product of a need for affirmation of ethnicity, of a desire to be unique and original, of nostalgia and isolation.After the exploration of the series Blue 1.75, her prospective practices will be on paralleling materials of interest and unresolved emotions and thoughts within the context of public figures.
University of Alberta
Faculty of Science in Chemistry
Major Suspended
2020, OCAD Catalogue Fundraiser: Art Prom
OCAD University, Toronto
2020, Festival of Body
OCAD University, Toronto
2018, Migration, First Generation Exhibition
OCAD University, Toronto
2017, Unbounded, First Generation Exhibition
OCAD University, Toronto
2017, First Year Exhibition
OCAD University, Toronto
2017, Truth About Healthy Lives Conference
Toronto Reference Library, Toronto