Seoul, South Korea, b. 1995

HYEONYOUNG KIM interprets and visualizes phenomena by substituting accidental events in life into the materiality inherent in clay. She challenges traditional ceramic paradigms while studying the inherent potential of clay. Unpredictable and uncontrollable elements serve as the key to completing her world of work, and just as gypsies read the meaning through the coffee powder phenomenon at the bottom of a coffee cup, she also attempts to interpret the meaning of an accidental phenomenon discovered in the course of her work. Through this, this old material, which was considered somewhat boring or monotonous, is newly recognized in modern times.