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
“The Dwelling” (2026, EAREAR).

📌 09 May 2026 → “Folded Time” curated by Tinatin Ghughunishvili-Brück, EAREAR
💌 fotoabstrakt.art@gmail.com
👀 @fotoabstrakt

  • Propagation-7-1-F24, (collaborative work with Aixa Navas) 3 min 43 sec, video, “Das Vögelschen” improvised by Lee Young Kim, presented at House of Communication, photographed by Yegyu Shin
    48.13, 11.58 ∩ 35.15, 129.11 ∩ trees, stars and droplets
    Graphite and acrylic on canvas, 29.7 × 21 cm each, 2025/26
    Photographed by Magdalena Jooss
    PROPAGATION-7-1 (collaborative work with Aixa Navas)
    1 min 7 sec, 4K video, “Li-Na im Garten
    (1984/85)” improvised by Lee Young Kim
    Sea of Nagasaki
    Print on recycled polyester (original drawing on paper by Jisu Kim, 2019), 850 × 140 cm, 2025
    Photographed by Magdalena Jooss
    CNT4, CNT1, CNT2, 2025, tempera on wood, 30 × 25 × 3 cm each, photographed by Jisu Kim
    CNT 3, 2025, tempera and tesa tape on wood, 30 × 25 × 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
    Untitled, 2025, tempera on wood, 175 × 150 × 3 cm,
    photographed by Jisu Kim

    My work 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,
    I form organic, folded shapes that emerge as layered structures. These layers are often overlaid with white marks that intertwine like pixels or mosaics. The marks partially obscure the images beneath, creating new visual configurations and relationships.

    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.

    Things after Performance, 2025, chairs, papers, lamp, stone, in situ, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Things after Performance, 2025, chairs, papers, lamp, stone, in situ, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Installation view: FICTIONS (2024, Nodepressionroom), photographed by Jisu Kim
    Propagation-2-2, 2024, aquarelle and acrylic on canvas,
    100 × 80 × 2 cm, photographed by Jisu Kim
    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, “If You Were Here”, 2025, NEU WORKSHOP, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Family Portrait in Jeju Island, 2025, gesso, graphite, tempera, acrylic, tesa tapes on wood, 70 × 50 × 3 cm, photographed by Jisu Kim
    Family Portrait in Jeju Island, 2025, gesso, graphite, tempera, acrylic, tesa tapes on wood, 70 × 50 × 3 cm, 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

    2026 Folded Time*, curated by Tinatin Ghughunishvili-Brück, Munich, DE
    2026 The Dwelling, EAREAR Munich, DE
    2025 X GALLERY, Münchner Rathaus, Munich, DE
    2025 Mapping Off: Munich, EAREAR Munich, DE
    2024 ROOMS IN ROOM, EAREAR, Munich, DE
    2024 Die Räume, Das Klohäuschen, Munich, DE

    *Upcoming exhibition

    ⚡ Events

    2026 Vids at Heart, curated by Tommy Schmidt, House of Communication Munich, DE

    ⚡ Awards & Grants

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

    ⚡ Curatorial Project

    2026 The Dwelling (with Magdalena Jooss, Janina Totzauer and Min Shin), Munich, DE
    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

    Installation view: ROOMS IN ROOM (2024, EAREAR), photographed by Yegyue Shin
    Ingredients*, 2024, gesso, graphite, lead, and acrylic on wood, 175 × 50 × 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

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    Jisu Kim
    106-ho, Kolon Haneulchae Golden Beach Arcade (Sang-ga), 33 Namcheon-dong-ro, Suyeong-gu,
    Busan, Republic of Korea

    E-Mail: fotoabstrakt.art@gmail.com

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