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kee Tae Kim

About

In my work, photography proves the place as a reality, and painting leads it to the place where is in my consciousness. I always draw the place where is in between my consciousness and unconsciousness. The scene of the place is neither looking special nor something new but only coldly realistic. So it might be the reason that can call it surrealistic.
A fresh and soft breeze blows my hair and passes me quietly, bright lights are calmly ruffled by the wind. The old emotions that are not remembered quietly well spread on the layers of life. They are turned into lights and have gone up to the sky with trembling by the breeze. Maybe ‘it is the soundless shouting’ ‘it is eternal handkerchief of nostalgia waving for the deep blue sea.’ The first phrase of this poem that I read when I was a boy has kept staying in my mind with no specific reason. For all this paying due regard to my poor knowledge for poem, it seems to have a good understanding with something in my work.
I love staring at my work. Although there is a lot of things to be done and thought for the perfection, what I see might be the place where is somewhere beyond the sight. May be I have got to say it has been there for a long time before I see there.
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Work

Awards
2005 Pamela Joseph Scholarship for the Arts : (Henry Schein, Inc./New York)
1999 `99MBC Grand Exhibition “Grand Prize”
Misulsegae Grand Exhibition “Special Prize”
Seoul contemporary art Festival “Excellent Prize”
Seoul contemporary art Festival “Excellent Prize”
1996 New Frontier “Selected prize”

Solo Shows
2010 Kim Kee Tae / Sejong Gallery / Korea
2009 ’09 Manif - Kim Kee Tae /Seoul Art Center /Seoul. Korea
2009 “A painting drawn by the Light, A Illusion made by the time”
Kimyoungseob Photo Gallery/Seoul. Korea
2008 “A Brief Story of A Forgotten Garden” KwanHoon Gallery/ Seoul. Korea
2008 “Unknown Artist” Art forum Rhee/ Pucheon .Korea
2006 Omni Gallery/ New York. U.S.A
2006 “The forgotten garden” / Second Avenue Fire house/ New York. U.S.A
2005 Gallery of Bryent library / New York. U.S.A
2005 “The Respectable lightness of the Being”/
Hill wood S.A.L Gallery/ New York. U.S.A
2000 Gallery Sungbo/ Seoul. Korea
1999 Gallery Ive/ Seoul. Korea

And Presented over50 times’ selected group shows
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Education

2006 Master of Fine Arts, Long Island University. New York (M.F.A)
2000 Master of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University. Seoul Korea (M.F.A)
1997 Graduated, Painting Dept. of Hong-Ik University. Seoul Korea (B.F.A)
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