1) Joy of Pooping
1) Joy of Pooping

Painting

1) Joy of Pooping

My new series "Happiness on the most typical day" talks about gratitude, joy, and happiness on the most ordinary day. Unexpected, unprepared, the pandemic had taken my rights one by one like supernatural, omnipotent force. It first caged me in my... More

2) A Joyful Bath
2) A Joyful Bath

Painting

2) A Joyful Bath

My new series "Happiness on the most typical day" talks about gratitude, joy, and happiness on the most ordinary day. Unexpected, unprepared, the pandemic had taken my rights one by one like supernatural, omnipotent force. It first caged me in my... More

A Room filled with Happiness
A Room filled with Happiness

Painting

A Room filled with Happiness

"Happiness is in us" Series #1 Kim’s recent Series, “Happiness in us,” conveys seeking happiness in our modern bustling life while facing new norms from the unexpected pandemic. Kim attempts to express the meaning of true happiness and hope from... More

Contemplation and Happiness
Contemplation and Happiness

Painting

Contemplation and Happiness

“Happiness in us” Series #6 Kim’s recent Series, “Happiness in us”, conveys seeking happiness in our modern bustling life while facing new norms from the unexpected pandemic. Kim attempts to express the meaning of true happiness and hope from her... More

Contemplation on a Rainy Day
Contemplation on a Rainy Day

Painting

Contemplation on a Rainy Day

My new series "Happiness on the most typical day" talks about gratitude, joy, and happiness on the most ordinary day. Unexpected, unprepared, the pandemic had taken my rights one by one like supernatural, omnipotent force. It first caged me in my... More

Drowning in Hapiness
Drowning in Hapiness

Painting

Drowning in Hapiness

The drowning image is my first memory of trauma, which became a source of fear from drowning in a swimming pool when I was nine. The body is painted in dark, morbid colours surrounded by post-modernistic pink. In the adoption of abstractionism, the... More

Happy 2020
Happy 2020

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Happy 2020

“Happy 2020” explores unprecedented changes in values during the pandemic. Ever since the COVID-19 crisis locked down everyone in their homes globally, we are living in a moment of pause amid quarantine. Walking on the street, encountering people... More

New Norm
New Norm

Painting

New Norm

"New Norm" is one of my COVID 19 series, showing my brother working virtually in his tiny office in his room. His most private space has become the outer professional world. Space itself has blurred out the distinction between the outside and... More

Resting with my Loved One
Resting with my Loved One

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Resting with my Loved One

“Happiness in us” Series #3 Kim’s recent Series, “Happiness in us”, conveys seeking happiness in our modern bustling life while facing new norms from the unexpected pandemic. Kim attempts to express the meaning of true happiness and hope from her... More

Sleeping in Silence
Sleeping in Silence

Painting

Sleeping in Silence

My new series "Happiness on the most typical day" talks about gratitude, joy, and happiness on the most ordinary day. Unexpected, unprepared, the pandemic had taken my rights one by one like supernatural, omnipotent force. It first caged me in my... More

Sunflowers picked in the Fall
Sunflowers picked in the Fall

Painting

Sunflowers picked in the Fall

“Happiness in us” Series #4 Kim’s recent Series, “Happiness in us”, conveys seeking happiness in our modern bustling life while facing new norms from the unexpected pandemic. Kim attempts to express the meaning of true happiness and hope from her... More

Utopian Home
Utopian Home

Painting

Utopian Home

From my accidental approach of splashing and smeared paints on the canvas with abstract imagery and mark-making, I constructed my Utopian Home. On top of it, I created whimsical imagery by applying and squeezing a paste of paint and painting... More

Vibrant Sunflowers
Vibrant Sunflowers

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Vibrant Sunflowers

“Happiness in us” Series #5 Kim’s recent Series, “Happiness in us”, conveys seeking happiness in our modern bustling life while facing new norms from the unexpected pandemic. Kim attempts to express the meaning of true happiness and hope from her... More

Waiting for Joy
Waiting for Joy

Painting

Waiting for Joy

“Happiness in us” Series #2 Kim’s recent Series, “Happiness in us”, conveys seeking happiness in our modern bustling life while facing new norms from the unexpected pandemic. Kim attempts to express the meaning of true happiness and hope from her... More

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Esther Kim

“"In my painting, I am expressive, whimsical, and joyful. I have liberated myself from framing the picturesque material world or reenacting philosophical elevated modern art in my canvas. I instead...” [More]