Jiseon Kim
Paintings of people, plants and the moments in between
Newest
A figure rests her chin on her hand in a thick garden of leaves, two plants stand against an orange wall, and a field of pink and lilac flowers glows like a lantern.
The newest paintings, made in 2026.
Somnium · Yesterday
People resting among dense plants: two figures in tall green grass, and a sleeper curled on a couch under a window.
Both are large oil paintings from 2025.
Out of track
I have a habit of taking apart the inspiration, imagination and stimuli of the outside world in my head, then putting them back together and watching the unconscious that comes from it.
The lines and colours in my work are hard to paint as planned, because they try to catch a fleeting beauty. They are born from chance and the unconscious.
To record that moment and ease my own sense of incompleteness, I make the “Out of track” series.
From the artist’s note on the seriesMusic of Remnants
Remnants of invisible moments, compressed emotions coexist and move within.
My instinct does not separate outside from inside, and it breaks the boundary of reality.
They do not stop at the moment: they resonate beyond the idea of time.
From the artist’s captionEarlier works
Something beautiful like a poppy, cells that bloom, poison spreading from within. I love the misunderstanding that arises between the viewer, the work and the artist.
The artist’s intent is distorted and people misunderstand, and the deeper the misunderstanding, the greater the love. That is why I do not want to explain in detail. I only want to express it and reveal the image in my mind.
From the artist’s note on “Poison”, 2023Small works & studies
Smaller paintings, drawings and studies: colour experiments, a face, lines in motion and dark, brushy weather.
The quick works where new ideas show up first.