Painting
A Glimpse of Blue
"A Glimpse of Blue" is a portrait of cramped sorrow. It is told from the perspective of a child’s poignantly turned-away back: He is looking away from something horrible – we don’t know what it is. But above him, the sky is blue which allows him to... More
Painting
Children of the Moon
"Children of the Moon" is a painting that touches on my family history, on where I come from. In it, I was trying to capture the hopelessness, the despair, and the suffering of all migrants. I was thinking of my grandfather: He... More
Painting
Gate 24
In “Gate 24,” a Korean family leaves home toward an unknown future. I wanted to capture the anxiety of the migrant experience.
Work by
Shinae Kim
Drawing and Painting
“I’m interested in the investigation of migration - to wit, my family’s history with its sensations of deracination and tragedy. In the migration series, I have painted Asian migrants and migrant...” [More]