Painting
Between You and Me
I think about things that exist but I don't know, things that I know but don't understand properly.
Painting
Coexistence
I create a double-sided painting on burlap surfaces that express the harmonious coexistence achieved by the lives of individuals who move at different speeds. It is made of two sides. One side expresses the honeycomb pattern with embroidery using... More
Painting
Everything In The World Matters
I invite nature’s gestures and lives onto the canvas. Sometimes I make a maquette, sometimes use nature’s setting as it is. A stem of grass, dried branches, passing wind, everything becomes a living subject on my canvas rather than an object of... More
Painting
Everything In The World Matters II
I invite nature’s gestures and lives onto the canvas. Sometimes I make a maquette, sometimes use nature’s setting as it is. A stem of grass, dried branches, passing wind, everything becomes a living subject on my canvas rather than an object of... More
Illustration
Into The Impossible
An image of droplets and canyons conveys the message that long-term steady creation has the power to make the impossible possible
Painting
Nature's Gestures - Mushrooms Series I
I invite nature’s gestures and lives onto the canvas, using nature’s setting as it is. A stem of grass, dried branches, passing wind, everything becomes a living subject on my canvas rather than an object of still life. I paint the images... More
Painting
Nature's Gestures - Mushrooms Series II
I invite nature’s gestures and lives onto the canvas. Sometimes I make a maquette, sometimes use nature’s setting as it is. A stem of grass, dried branches, passing wind, everything becomes a living subject on my canvas rather than an object of... More
Painting
Nature's Gestures - Mushrooms Series III
I invite nature’s gestures and lives onto the canvas. Sometimes I make a maquette, sometimes use nature’s setting as it is. A stem of grass, dried branches, passing wind, everything becomes a living subject on my canvas rather than an object of... More
Painting
Nature's Gestures - Mushrooms Series IV
I invite nature’s gestures and lives onto the canvas. Sometimes I make a maquette, sometimes use nature’s setting as it is. A stem of grass, dried branches, passing wind, everything becomes a living subject on my canvas rather than an object of... More
Painting
Nature's Gestures - Mushrooms Series V
I invite nature’s gestures and lives onto the canvas. Sometimes I make a maquette, sometimes use nature’s setting as it is. A stem of grass, dried branches, passing wind, everything becomes a living subject on my canvas rather than an object of... More
Illustration
On The Way Home
A new fictional cityscape was created by combining the panoramic views of the two cities, Canada & Korea
Painting
Regeneration - Unnoticed Existence Series I
In this series of works, I express the respect for nature's network and subtle presence that cannot be noticed by human senses, representing the maternal body in an organic collection of lines in which their fierce and lasting lives are depicted.... More
Painting
Regeneration - Unnoticed Existence Series II
In this series of works, I express the respect for nature's network and subtle presence that cannot be noticed by human senses, representing the maternal body in an organic collection of lines in which their fierce and lasting lives are depicted.... More
Painting
Regeneration - Unnoticed Existence Series III
In this series of works, I express the respect for nature's network and subtle presence that cannot be noticed by human senses, representing the maternal body in an organic collection of lines in which their fierce and lasting lives are depicted.... More
Drawing
Regeneration - Unnoticed Existence Series IV
In this series of works, I express the respect for nature's network and subtle presence that cannot be noticed by human senses, representing the maternal body in an organic collection of lines in which their fierce and lasting lives are depicted.... More
Painting
Self Portrait of Middle-Aged Woman
A double-layered painting by superimposing a burlap surface to my self-portrait to express the life of a middle-aged woman who is hard to keep her identity with love and sacrifice and duties for her family and others.
Drawing
The Nature's Gesture I
This is a drawing with inspiration from mother nature. I like to observe the silent movements of nature. They lead lives at their own pace, continuously. Every moment and every movement is revealed in its entirety physically. A series of organic... More
Painting
The Nature's Gesture II
This is a painting with inspiration from mother nature. I like to observe the silent movements of nature. They lead lives at their own pace, continuously. Every moment and every movement is revealed in its entirety physically. A series of organic... More
Painting
The Screen Age
I painted a scene in Toronto 2020 in a traditional way like a contemporary history painting. I chose Young and Dundas Square, which is the most flourishing and bustling place in Toronto. During the Pandemic, intensive social isolation has made this... More
Work by
Sophia Kyungwon Kim
Drawing and Painting
“As a heterosexual feminist full of maternal instinct who is struggling to find my place between the art spirit and patriarchal capitalistic reality, I consider where women can stand when motherhood...” [More]