Jisu Kim (b. 1991) works between Munich and Busan. She takes various relational and environmental stimuli as the parameters of her paintings and experiments with the possibilities of expansion through their transformations. She recently exhibited “IF YOU WERE HERE” (2025, NEU WORKSHOP) and “Mapping Off: Munich” (2025, EAREAR).

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  • Untitled, 2025, tempera on wood, 175 x 150 x 3 cm,
    photographed by Jisu Kim
    Installation view, “If You Were Here”, 2025, NEU WORKSHOP, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Installation view, “If You Were Here”, 2025, NEU WORKSHOP, photographed by Jisu Kim
    CNT4, CNT1, CNT2, 2025, tempera on wood, 30 x 25 x 3 cm each, photographed by Jisu Kim
    CNT 3, 2025, tempera and tesa tape on wood, 30 x 25 x 3 cm, photographed by Jisu Kim
    PXL, 2025, aquarelle, acrylic, gel medium on wood, 10 x 5 x 3 cm, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Propagation-1-8 (handwritten text by AK, commissioned by Jisu Kim), DIN-A4, 2024, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Propagation-1-8 (handwritten text by MVW, commissioned by Jisu Kim), DIN-A4, 2024, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Ingredients, 2024, graphite on wall, dimensions variable, photographed by Yegyu Shin
    ROOMS IN ROOM, 2024
    Propagation-7-1, 2024, 1 min 7 sec, 4K video, collaboration with Aixa Navas, “Li-Na im Garten (1984/85)” interpreted by Lee Young Kim, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-BFTR0N4cL/?img_index=5

    My painting focuses on generative processes based on spatial and interpersonal relationships. The elements on each surface carry multiple meanings and functions, sometimes complementary, sometimes contradictory, and this complexity becomes the source of energy.

    Much of my work begins by gathering fragments from memory, experiences, interpersonal dynamics, and archival images. These are treated not as narratives but as elements to be broken, repeated, and reassembled, gradually forming a surface or gesture. In recent works, organic, folded shapes emerge as layers, overlaid with white marks that intertwine like pixels or mosaic, partially concealing images beneath and creating new configurations. 

    I work primarily with tempera on wooden panels, but also with other materials such as graphite, sometimes collaborating with artists with different disciplines to expand the work’s possibilities.

    Jisu Kim, Things after Performance, 2025, chairs, papers, lamp, stone, in situ, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Jisu Kim, Things after Performance, 2025, chairs, papers, lamp, stone, in situ, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Propagation-2-2, 2024, aquarelle and acrylic on canvas,
    100 x 80 x 2 cm, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Installation view: FICTIONS* (2024, Nodepressionroom), photographed by Jisu Kim

    *Fictions is an exhibition planned, organised and realised in collaboration with the Dresden-based painter Namju Lee.
    Propagation-6-n, 2024, digital print on HDF, dimensions variable, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Propagation-6-n, 2024, close up, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Installation view: ROOMS IN ROOM (2024, EAREAR), photographed by Yegyue Shin
    Ingredients*, 2024, gesso, graphite, lead, and acrylic on wood, 175 x 50 x 3 cm each, photographed by Yegyu Shin

    *Ingredients are mounted on Oblique Alignment (2023) by Mary Kim.
    Ingredients, 2024, close up, photographed by Jisu Kim

    ⚡ Education

    2020 M.Sc. MediaArchitecture, Bauhaus Universität Weimar
    2015 BA Stage Design, Korea National University of Arts

    ⚡ Solo Exhibitions

    2025 If You Were Here (with Jieun Park), NEUWORKSHOP Studio CNP, Munich, DE
    2024 FICTIONS (with Namju Lee), NODEPRESSIONROOM, Munich, DE

    ⚡ Group Exhibitions

    2025 Mapping Off: Munich, Munich, DE
    2024 ROOMS IN ROOM, EAREAR, Munich, DE
    2024 Die Räume, Das Klohäuschen, Munich, DE

    ⚡ Awards & Grants

    2024 Scholarship for the Summer School Care to Care, Artist and the Others and Platform, Munich

    ⚡ Curatorial Project

    2025 Mapping Off: Munich (with Min Shin), Munich, DE
    2024 ROOMS IN ROOM (with Min Shin), EAREAR, Munich, DE

    ⚡ Publications

    2024 ROOMS IN ROOM, EAREAR, Munich
    2024 FICTIONS, Self-publishing, Munich

    Jisu Kim, Family Portrait in Jeju Island, 2025, gesso, graphite, tempera, acrylic, tesa tapes on wood, 70 x 50 x 3 cm, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Jisu Kim, Family Portrait in Jeju Island, 2025, gesso, graphite, tempera, acrylic, tesa tapes on wood, 70 x 50 x 3 cm, photographed by Jisu Kim

    Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG und § 55 Abs. 2 RStV:

    Jisu Kim
    Cosimastr. 121
    81925 MĂĽnchen
    Deutschland

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