Gyul.E Kim

Biography

Gyul.E Kim

Seoul, b. 1990

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Seoul, b. 1990

Stripping away the symbols that we indifferently encounter daily, Kim depicts the unreadable shapes on canvas. The artist’s refusal of readily accepted norms of social symbols feels both lighthearted and romanticized in her art.

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Career

    Solo Exhibition

  • 2025

    Rainbow Bands and Marching Symbols

  • 2024

    Synchronized Swimming

  • 2023

    대충살자.jpg, 북구예술창작소, 울산

Featured artworks
work_image_Drawn in Circles, Still Flat 2_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Drawn in Circles, Still Flat 2

ROY GALLERY

Available

$6,086

(₩8,600,000)

work_image_()90°x10_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

()90°x10

ROY GALLERY

Available

$6,369

(₩9,000,000)

work_image_Globular Heart_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Globular Heart

ROY GALLERY

Available

$850

(₩1,200,000)

work_image_Wavering Signs and the Rainbow Bands_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Wavering Signs and the Rainbow Bands

ROY GALLERY

Available

$1,699

(₩2,400,000)

work_image_Ponds in the Rain_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Ponds in the Rain

ROY GALLERY

Available

$6,086

(₩8,600,000)

work_image_Divided Zones/Walking Drawing_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Divided Zones/Walking Drawing

ROY GALLERY

Available

$213

(₩300,000)

work_image_Meandering Path_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Meandering Path

ROY GALLERY

Available

$736

(₩1,040,000)

work_image_Ya_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Ya

ROY GALLERY

Available

$213

(₩300,000)

work_image_Chung_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Chung

ROY GALLERY

Available

$284

(₩400,000)

work_image_Rebent Right Angle_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Rebent Right Angle

ROY GALLERY

Available

$71

(₩100,000)

work_image_A Landscape Where Signs Fall_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

A Landscape Where Signs Fall

ROY GALLERY

Available

$5,095

(₩7,200,000)

work_image_Rainbow Bands 2_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Rainbow Bands 2

ROY GALLERY

Available

$213

(₩300,000)

work_image_Taobmaets_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Taobmaets

ROY GALLERY

Available

$6,369

(₩9,000,000)

work_image_Steamboat_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Steamboat

ROY GALLERY

Available

$6,369

(₩9,000,000)

work_image_Periphery of the Rainbow Band_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Periphery of the Rainbow Band

ROY GALLERY

Available

$1,982

(₩2,800,000)

work_image_At the Verge of Watery Blur_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

At the Verge of Watery Blur

ROY GALLERY

Available

$1,699

(₩2,400,000)

work_image_Drawn in Circles, Still Flat_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Drawn in Circles, Still Flat

ROY GALLERY

Available

$2,831

(₩4,000,000)

work_image_Flow of the Rainbow Bands_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Flow of the Rainbow Bands

ROY GALLERY

Available

$1,699

(₩2,400,000)

work_image_Encircling Band Within_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Encircling Band Within

ROY GALLERY

Available

$284

(₩400,000)

work_image_Green Bends_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Green Bends

ROY GALLERY

Available

$453

(₩640,000)

work_image_A Thinning Path_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

A Thinning Path

ROY GALLERY

Available

$213

(₩300,000)

work_image_Eclipsed Signal_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Eclipsed Signal

ROY GALLERY

Available

$213

(₩300,000)

work_image_Zone of Illusion_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Zone of Illusion

ROY GALLERY

Available

$284

(₩400,000)

work_image_Signs Beneath Each Step_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Signs Beneath Each Step

ROY GALLERY

Available

$6,086

(₩8,600,000)

work_image_A Pale Staining_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

A Pale Staining

ROY GALLERY

Available

$340

(₩480,000)

work_image_Blue, Tone, Stripe_Gyul.E Kim

Gyul.E Kim

Blue, Tone, Stripe

ROY GALLERY

Available

$1,699

(₩2,400,000)

Installation views
installation_view_image_Synchronized Swimming_0

6 Jan 2024 - 27 Jan 2024

Synchronized Swimming

Gyul. E Kim’s solo exhibition with ROY Gallery, Synchronized Swimming, showcases the artist’s perception of her world through symbols. However, it deviates from the usual procedural norms of symbolization. Though symbols in general, like languages, are socially agreed upon norms and institutions those governing our social behaviors gravitationally grounds us at a profound level. The artist rejects this “permanence and universality” of symbols. Kim’s canvases are superimposed and intersected by brushstrokes and shapes. The contrasts and conflicts traced in the works are natural consequences of her rejection of traditional dynamics between symbol and painting. Given the artist’s strategy of utilizing blank spaces by eliminating the signifier from the signified, her depictions of microscopic objects and figures such as the residue found in wall cracks to the crumbs and dust collected amongst floor crevices are expanded into shapes and colors—which, implicitly suggested seem natural. Through these microscopic objects Kim pierces the larger discourse on the perception and consciousness of the signifier like a needle to an epidermis. Yet, she maintains a certain jocundity in her works and refrains from overt gravitas. Rather than aggressively arriving at her point, she charmingly romanticizes the process. As such, this uncertain process allows for genuine appreciation and aligns itself with modern painting isolated by its quality of reproduction. The signifier ceases its representative role in paintings. The sign, disintegrated, is substituted by a clear structure of entropy. The painting is subsequent to the symbol, and casts itself in a fundamental manner. In reading her works, we are faced with red circles, light-green squares, and black squiggly lines. People may attempt to understand these symbols but will easily lose direction. However, the resulting meandering precludes the typical eliciting of reactions to social phenomena such as deprivation and alienation. Rather, Kim desires the audience to enjoy the process of solving the labyrinth of infinite possibilities in given symbols. “When I watch synchronized swimming, I feel a sense of alienation from the upturned feet walking on waves, and as such used these as symbols. I feel that this act is similar to how I perceive objects and transfer them on to the canvas.” – Gyul. E Kim ​ The familiarity of simple symbols, and the strangeness of indecipherable ones. Kim’s works, which are ultimately pleasing to the eye, await their turn with the audience.

ROY GALLERY Apgujeong

(주)아비투스어소시에이트

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