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Heejoo Kim

Published: 17.01.2020

Statement

The area I am interested in is to make audiences take a look, through my work, at the emotions we feel and we know but do not actually recognize. I believe that there is a type of collective unconsciousness buried inside our subconscious and the forgotten memories of ourselves from time immemorial. The interest in huge themes such as life and death blooms through the encounters with microscopic and unfamiliar things that are hidden in the familiarity around us. I intend to share such reasoning through emotions with my viewers.
The process of putting metal layers on the object carved out of wax in a bath by electroforming means life creation. The thickness of piled layers represents time, and colors mainly expressed in my works mean the accumulation of time. Through this process, my works are born with powerful vitality beyond the flow of time.



Fifth Season Ottchil
Accumulation, creation and protection - Thickness of piled layers represent time, and several layers by Ottchil (Korean lacquer) colors mainly expressed in my works mean the accumulation of time. Ottchil is a Korean traditional Craft technic which used to protect surfaces vulnerable to an external stimulus at the same time layers could be accumulated itself to make a form. With Electroforming and Ottchil techniques that share the same process, I create my layers, and those layers create a new life and protect itself. Through this process, my works are born with powerful vitality beyond the flow of time.
 

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2023:
Exhibition  04 Nov 2023 - 25 Nov 2023  Lunar Blossom by Heejoo Kim.
2021:
Exhibition  10 Dec 2021 - 23 Dec 2021  Yeonliji: Two Becoming One.
Exhibition  04 Dec 2021 - 21 Jan 2022  Christmas Exhibition.
2020:
Exhibition  10 Jan 2020 - 19 Jan 2020  UniverShell by Heejoo Kim.
2019:
Exhibition  13 Oct 2019 - 12 Jan 2020  21 Grams in Apeldoorn.
Exhibition  22 Jun 2019 - 08 Sep 2019  21 Grams in Mons.
Exhibition  30 May 2019 - 14 Jul 2019  Sarangbang. Korean Contemporary Jewelry.
Exhibition  25 Apr 2019 - 18 May 2019  The Color Exhibition.
Exhibition  06 Apr 2019 - 06 May 2019  A Contemporary Jewellery Odyssey in Itami.
Exhibition  14 Mar 2019 - 13 Apr 2019  21 Grams in Munich.
2018:
Exhibition  13 Dec 2018 - 04 Jan 2019  Sagabowol.
Exhibition  01 Sep 2018 - 23 Sep 2018  A Contemporary Jewellery Odyssey in Seoul.
Exhibition  08 Mar 2018 - 11 Mar 2018  A Contemporary Jewellery Odyssey in Munich.
Fair  07 Mar 2018 - 13 Mar 2018  Schmuck 2018.
Exhibition  07 Mar 2018 - 13 Mar 2018  Galerie Biró at Frame 2018.
2017:
Exhibition  25 Nov 2017 - 10 Jan 2018  Pearls Upside Down.
Meeting  25 Sep 2017 - 30 Nov 2017  Parcours Bijoux 2017.
Exhibition  20 Sep 2017 - 31 Dec 2017  A Contemporary Jewelry Odyssey.
Exhibition  26 May 2017 - 05 Jun 2017  It’s a Pleasure to Meet You!.
2016:
Exhibition  01 Sep 2016 - 01 Oct 2016  Leather.
Exhibition  20 Feb 2016 - 28 Mar 2016  Korea NOW! Korean Crafts & Design in Munich 2016.
Exhibition  12 Feb 2016 - 15 Mar 2016  Counterpoint by Young-I Kim and Heejoo Kim.
2015:
Exhibition  06 Dec 2015 - 20 Feb 2016  End of Year Exhibition.
Fair  06 Nov 2015 - 08 Nov 2015  Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h at SOFA Chicago 2015.
Exhibition  08 Aug 2015 - 18 Sep 2015  Platina Exhibits at Galeria Thomas Cohn.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Award  23 Apr 2015 - 15 Nov 2015  AJF Award 2015.
Exhibition  12 Mar 2015 - 15 Mar 2015  Hang.
Exhibition  11 Mar 2015 - 17 Mar 2015  Art Jewelry Forum Artist Award at Handwerk & Design 2015.
Exhibition  09 Mar 2015 - 21 Mar 2015  Project #3.
Galerie Jordanow, Munich, Germany
2014:
Award giving  12 Nov 2014 - 01 Dec 2014  Five Finalists for the 2014 AJF Artist Award.
Exhibition  17 Oct 2014 - 16 Nov 2014  Émaux at this Moment.
Exhibition  03 Apr 2014 - 27 Apr 2014  Blossom.
2013:
Exhibition  01 Aug 2013 - 08 Sep 2013  Wear / Aware – New Asian Jewellery.
Fair  22 Feb 2013 - 25 Feb 2013  Inhorgenta 2013.
Messe München, Munich, GERMANY 
2012:
Exhibition  16 Feb 2012 - 15 Apr 2012  Preziosa Young 2011 contemporary jewelry.
Fair  10 Feb 2012 - 13 Feb 2012  Inhorgenta 2012.
2011:
Fair  03 Nov 2011 - 06 Nov 2011  SIERAAD 2011.
Award  25 May 2011 - 10 Jun 2011  Preziosa Young Design Competition 2011.
Exhibition  19 Feb 2011 - 29 May 2011  New Traditional Jewellery: True Colours.
2010:
Award  03 Nov 2010 - 06 Nov 2010  New Traditional Jewellery Design Contest 2010.

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Book:  Silver Meetings 2. Contemporary Jewellery in Legnica 2012 - 2019. Gallery of Art in LegnicaGallery of Art in Legnica:  Legnica,  2019
Book:  Ausgezeichnet! most excellent!. Bruhn, InesArnoldsche Art Publishers:  Germany,  2016
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Book:  Bijoux en Jeu. 2014
Collections du mudac et de la Confédération suisse, mudac Lausanne, ISBN 978-2-88244-027-3
Magazine:  Susanne Hammer, FAULT LINES. 2012
Schmuckmagazin online
Magazine:  Ketten. Susanne Hammer. 2011
Nevertheless, Vienna, S.124 - 131