Seoul-based artist Kim JinWon creates hauntingly luminous and immersive paintings that evoke the infinite expanse of the universe. There exists a quiet numinousness to Kim’s art that is engendered through her deliberative and meditative process. She fills the canvas with layers upon layers of delicate wisp-like strokes in a manner reminiscent of pointillism and divisionism. The careful juxtaposition and layering of repeated colors not only heightens the luminosity of her hues but also begets greater dimensionality and seeming movement to her art, creating an effect as though the painting itself is alive and gently breathing. To this kaleidoscopic expanse of pure colors, Kim then adds two lines and a sphere, minimally suggestive of a solitary figure standing at the edge of the horizon contemplating the infinite beyond.

Kim Jinwon lives and works in Seoul, Korea. She received her BFA and MFA from Hong-Ik University. She has had over a dozen solo exhibitions in Korea and has participated in numerous group shows in Korea and abroad. She is also a member of the Korean Fine Arts Association.