Yim Ja-Hyuk

YIM Ja-hyuk(b.1976) has always given specific names to her paintings, even though they often constricted her works semantically. However, these names do not actually include all the colors contained in one canvas, nor do they point to the colors from the given name. Rather, they intend to show a variety of colors which disturb viewer’s eyes through vivid complementary colors, so that the colors are scattered and dizzy over the spectrum along with the shapes that the artist layered on with a small brush (though looking rather smooth). Looking more closely, filling the canvas are the texture of the brush, the variety of colors filled along at the beginning or the end of the brushstroke, the fine lines, and the many different traces that appear to be intended. Instead of looking at the paintings from a distance, they are more actively engaged with the paintings, which lead them to find the traces of the brush and tangled directions. YIM Ja-hyuk(b.1976) graduated Seoul National University(Seoul) with a B.F.A in Painting, a M.F.A in Printmaking and Cranbrook Academy of Art(Bloomfield Hills, USA) with a M.F.A in Painting. She has held solo exhibitions at Gallery Kiche(2020, Seoul), Galerie Frank Taal(2019, Rotterdam), Perigee Gallery(2018, Seoul), Nook Gallery(2015, Seoul), Leehwaik Gallery(2012, Seoul), Johyun Gallery(2010, Seoul), Gallery Shilla,(2007, Daegu), Kumho Museum of Art(2006, Seoul). She has staged and participated in various group exhibitions at Kumho Museum of Art(2019, Seoul), Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art(2018, Ansan), PHK18(2017, Rotterdam), Hite Collection(2016, Seoul), Space Cottonseed(2013, Singapore), OCI Museum of Art(2012, Seoul), Hakgojae(2010, Seoul), ORCO GSG(2008, Berlin) STPI Gallery(2007, Singapore), Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art(2006, Seoul), Arko Art Center, Korean Art & Culture Foundation(2006, Seoul), UNESCO Headquarters(2005, Paris), Galleria d'Arte Moderna(2004, Bologna) and others. She lived as a resident of <Seoul-Berlin Writers> in LVBG&ORCO GSG(2008, Berlin), and a resident of <BMW Young Asian Artists>in STPI(2007, Singapore).