Clara Kim's Bio
She is a Toronto-based artist, born and raised in Seoul, Korea, and graduated as a music major. Later accepted to the conservatory of music in L’Aquila Italy. But in order to make her long-hidden dream of art come true, she graduated from the bachelor of fine arts program at OCAD U in Toronto Canada.
Her inspiration for her work is based on the emotional and psychological sufferings of women, the initial blow, the shattering of the known life but also the resilience to place the pieces back together in a new way.Her medium of expression uses common materials such as paper and nails but
focuses on arranging the pieces to create different colours or shadows depending on lighting, by tearing or crushing the materials to create individual shapes. With this archetype, she creates collages and paintings in an abstract and conceptual manner, expressing the tender femininity which transforms trauma or pain into beauty and strength.
Exhibition
2019, July, “Exuberant” Group exhibition at Women’s Art Association of Canada
2022, June, Imagoars, New space, YICCA Prize, Selected Artist collective exhibition, Venice Italy
2022, July, Rome International Art Fair, Medina Art Gallery, Rome Italy
2022, Aug, Paradigm-Her Era, Selected Artist Collective Exhibition, Lee and Lee Gallery, L.A U.S.A
2022, Aug, CROSSING TIME ZONE 2022 China-Canada-Australia Emerging Artists Communication online collective exhibition
2022,Sep, Focus Art Fair, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris France
2022, Oct, 41st Juried Art Exhibition at Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Clarington, Canada
2023, Feb, "Perspectives 2023" Selected artist collective exhibition, Kimpo, South Korea
2023, May, Focus Art Fair, Chelsea Industrial, New York, U.S.A
