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Kyeong Kim's work is profoundly beautiful. Her striking artistic statements resonate with both strong and sensitive human appeal.
Using brushed stainless steel construct along with carefully chosen woods and small, smoothly textured natural rocks in consciously balanced tones, she generates elegantly rendered messages highlighting concepts that inspire us all. She incorporates language into her pieces and chooses relatable and often moving word choices such as with hope, dream, miracle, and past, present, and future. Kyeong also involves herself with commission work for both residential and corporate clients. A recent piece for a residential client included custom language relevant to their family and family's values.
Kyeong's work is Braille inspired. She tells the story of seeing a tiny Braille sign on a wall near an elevator door one day. Having never read Braille at the time, it was initially less the words and more her captivation with the mere random pattern of the 3-dimensional metal text offered in such an industrial manner which caught her interest. Since that introduction to Braille and her resultant artwork, she offers, "I choose stainless steel for my expressive material because the light creates irregular forms on the surface contrasted by the systematic patterns that Braille itself creates."
Kyeong by nature and perhaps even by determined choice pays close attention to places that get ignored. She states, "My intention is to find beauty in them and to transcend them."
Though Kyeong's pieces are boldly simple in their pared down presentations, they are at the same time expertly rendered, well thought out, balanced and compositionally sound pieces. She states, "My minimalist approach to the overall composition is organized and controlled by division of the picture plane where I find comfort." The straightforward messages in her work are uniquely supported by the ever-changing light conditions during the course of a day or evening and interior placements picking up beautifully on reflective color sources nearby.
Her approach allows for accessible viewing and a range of personal responses as each viewer is allowed to bring their own story, such as their own hopes and own dreams to the work.
Kyeong has a visual arts degree from The New Hampshire Institute of Art and is an active member with the Nashua Area Artist Association. She also has experience as a commissioned painter with the Mona Lisa Gallery of Seoul Korea. In 2006 she was awarded First Place in the Juried Large Works Competition at the Vault Gallery in association with the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire. Her work can be found in various private collections throughout the United States and South Korea.
It is notable that her story, as a result of her involving herself with Braille inspiration, now includes active volunteerism with the New Hampshire Association for the Blind.
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