© Yoon Kalim


나의 예술적 탐구에서 초기 작품은 처음 봤을 때는 최소주의 조각과 기능성 가구를 모두 닮아 단순해 보일 수도 있다. 그러나 그들은 이러한 범주를 뛰어넘어 특정 공간에서 복잡한 서사를 엮어내는 스토리텔러(storyteller)가 된다. 원래 형태에서 미묘하게 왜곡된 이 오브제들은 형태와 기능 사이의 전통적인 구별에 도전한다. 이 조각품들을 독특하게 만드는 것은 그들이 접촉에 중점을 둔 것으로, 관람자들을 촉각적으로 참여시켜 새로운 이야기를 고무시키는 것이다.

또한 현대미술에서는 ‘전유’라는 기법을 발견한 오브제에 접목시켰다. 하지만 내 손에서 이 전유는 기존의 시공간을 뛰어넘어 감각적 경험을 탐구하는 새로운 탐구로 이어진다. 나는 예술적 여정을 이어가면서 기존의 경계를 뛰어넘는 정신적인 경험을 전달하는 것을 목표로 상상력에 몰입한다. 이 여행은 특정 순간이나 장소를 넘어 자연과 우리 내면의 본질이 얽혀 있는 존재에 대한 더 넓은 이해를 포용하면서 확장된다. 특히 자수를 통한 촉각적 상호작용을 통해 18~19세기 자연과학 관련 서적 안 삽화와 같은 잊혀진 자료에 활력을 불어 넣는다. 시간이 지남에 따라 쌓이고 겹쳐지는 스티치(stitch)는 과거의 창의성과 현재를 혼합하고 오래된 자연 묘사에 동 시대적인 재해석을 불어넣는다. 이렇게 매혹적인 시각과 새로운 감각의 결합이 개인의 추억을 불러일으키고, 신선하고 흥미로운 시간 여행을 선사할 거라고 믿는다.

나아가 자수를 넘어 금박 응용 등의 기법을 탐구하고 다양한 재료를 실험하며 예술적 지평을 넓혀가고 있다. 손으로 전해지는 기술을 익히고 개인적인 감성을 더해 현대 미술에 접목시키는 것은 나의 창의적인 여정에서 중요한 부분이다. 수 년에 걸쳐 나는 목공, 제빵, 한국 전통 자수, 궁중 다과, 금박, 도자 등 다양한 기술을 배우고 적용해왔다. 또한 워크숍이나 시연을 주최하면서 전시 공간을 변화시키는 것을 즐기며 창의적인 표현의 즐거움을 다른 사람들과 공유한다. 이러한 활동을 통해 나는 전시의 경험을 재구성하고 관객을 위한 매력적인 경험을 창조하며, 창의적인 아이디어를 교환하는 활동을 하고 있다.
I've always had an interest in inventing my own devices and to use them in installations, creating the overall atmosphere of the space which based on reinterpretation of surroundings. These things are specifically revealed through experiments where I attempt to induce experience that stimulate and renew the sense and movement of the body, the emotion or psychological state that are a recreation of ambiguous topic; which all occur by being confronted with the overall effect of the arrangement of sight, tactile sensation, hearing, or materials that can be felt specifically and touched.

Especially, the psychological suspense left from the experience of personal and mixed situations and gestures from unfamiliar environment are relieved by leaving traces of such suspense through the object made from neutral pieces of materials.

These mediators borrow their form from familiar objects such as images derived from nature itself, but they become ambiguous through slight distortion. At the same time, they become my storytelling tools equipped with my intentions, and the essence can be found as I contemplate the duality of the image that is seen among the exploration of defining the subtle differences between reality and imagination.

In recent years I have been fascinated with embroidery since it represents such a precise accumulation of time and effort. I have studied Korean embroidery skills to depict the surrealism of the subject matter – those uncanny images derived from nature itself.
As my primary discipline has been that of the sculptor, the study of material and materiality has always been a fascination. Rediscovering the use of traditional skills and sharing their primordial characteristics, are often the basis of my work.

When I look at the primitive samplers of old or even the ancient medieval embroideries, I feel an absolute identification with the person who worked the piece. My imagination wanders through their state of mind and their circumstances – their desires, their passions and fears. As I produce my own works I like to think they might trigger the same sense of inquiry inspiring a new audience with wonder and intrigue.





CV


Yoon Kalim 윤가림 尹佳琳
Born 1980, Seoul, Korea

Education
2007-08 Research Development Programme, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2005-07 MFA, Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
1999-04 BA of Fine Art/Sculpture & BA of Visual Communication Design,
College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2023 <Amid her golden path>, Space Willingndealing, Seoul, Korea
2021 <Tactile hours>, Space WillingnDealing, Seoul, Korea
2016 <Three types>, Space WillingnDealing, Seoul, Korea
2014 <Wiederentdeckte Gesichter>, Goethe-Institut, Seoul, Korea
2010 <Accumulated Traces>, Gallery Factory, Seoul, Korea
2009 <Kalim Yoon: Tactile Messages>, Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark

Group Exhibitions
2024 <Birth of object>, Eve gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 <A bird came down the walk>, Studio Gongok, Seoul, Korea
2022 <Unboxing Project>, New Spring Project, Seoul, Korea
2021 <Off-Site>, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2021 <Round-Round-Round:GEUMCHEON-GU> ,Geumcheon Foundation for Art and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2020 <Re collect>, MoA, Seoul, Korea
2020 <Art of Love>, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
2019 <The way a hare transforms into a tortoise>, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagne, Denmark
2018 <The lost world>, SeMA, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2017 <Children’s garden>, Blume Museum of Contemporary Art, Paju, Korea
2016 <Madang>, MMCA & Hyundai Motors festival, National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 <Young artist of our time>, Bank of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2016 <Alma mater 2>, Gana Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
2015 <Mindful mindless>, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 <Design feisty>, K11 Art mall, Hong Kong, China
2013 <The mirror and the Lamp>, Shinsegae gallery, Seoul, Korea
2013 <Arrival>, Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2012 <Do window>, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2011 <Window gallery Hyundai>, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2011 <The Sociological imagination of the city>, Geumcheon Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2011 <Adventure Playground>, PS. 333 Geumcheon Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2011 <Moa-invites 2011>, MoA (Museum of Art), Seoul, Korea
2010 <The hello show>, Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 <Florence Trust summer exhibition>, Florence Trust, London, UK
2008 <It’s not there>, Woburn Research Centre, London, UK
2008 <Salon winter 08 show>, Salon Gallery, London, UK
2008 <New interventions in sculpture>, Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 <Inaugural show>, Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark

Residencies & Award
2024 Youngmin International Artist Residency, Hanwha Foundation of Culture, CA, USA
2021 Nanji residency, Seoul Museum of Art,Seoul, Korea
2016 Naver Hello artist, Naver culture foundation, Korea
2015 Riddergade AIR, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
2010-11 Artist in Residence Programme, Geumchoen Art Space, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2010 Funding for Community Art Project, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2010 Registered Artist, Soma Drawing Centre, Soma Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 Culture & Art Creating Activity Supporting Programme, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2009-10 Artist in Residence Programme, National Goyang Art Studio, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea      
2009 Artist in Residence Programme, Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 Artist in Residence Programme, Florence Trust Studios, London, UK

Public Collections
Seoul Museum of Art
MoA, Seoul National University
Bank of Korea
Goethe-Institut