Eelkwon Kim’s landscapes have a direct reference to abstract painting. They operate as a hinge between the two-representation and abstraction - as a fulcrum, a balance beam, a way of seeing into the future. Kim’s series, entitled “Calm : Land,” constitutes a kind of prophetic seismograph, a warning without deliberate calculation, a way of thinking and feeling in relation to the self. Kim understands that viewing the landscape is an intrinsic metaphysical action, a way of coming to terms with the reality of nature, with the infinity of the horizon line, with the calmness of the self, the solitude, the infinite grandeu of spiritual being in a world torn apart by fear and greed.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Posco Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2005
Andre Zarre Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
Mediapia Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2004
John Jay Gallery, NYC, NY

2003
Ye Mack Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2002
Nine Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2001
Sinsegye Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2000
Ye Mack Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1996
Galerie D’Art GNG, Paris, France

1995
Ye Mack Gallery, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Christie’s, NYC, NY
Elga Wimmer PCC Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
KIAF, Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
Mee Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2010
Chungdam Art Festival, NYC, NY
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2009
Gwanhun Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2008
Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2007
Seoul National Contemporary Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Emlip Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea

2006
Jacob Javit Center, NYC, NY

2005
Seoul National Contemporary Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2001
Papp Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY

COLLECTIONS

New York Korea Consulate General, Seoul National Contemporary Museum of Art, Seoul Art Center, Gwangju Art Museum, Imok Museum of Art, Hyundai Motors India, New York Academy of Art, Long Island University, and numerous public and private collections.