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Artist Statement: |
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I’ve lived in Chicago for over 25 years. In that
time, the city’s windows and doors and the rigid grid layout of the
streets have crept into my paintings. Exposed pipes, plumbing, and
wires have become part of my work. I translate and superimpose the
landscape of the city onto the human mind, melding the two—injecting
humanity into the cold urban environment, and structure and right
angles onto the mind.
I want my work to reveal the contradictious and complex elements that
exist in humans. Gravity, violence, grace, humour, and beauty all
coexist—which can be both exquisite and perverse. I portray it by
exposing and intertwining the hidden with the obvious—pulling the
inside out and pushing the outside in.
I approach the canvas as if making a three-dimensional sculpture.
Content, depth and movement are what matter the most. I want the
painting to move and shift for the viewer. Figures, mostly abstract,
are constructed from lines. I use color as space, to make space, to
box space. |
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Education: |
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B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Studied toward
MFA degree |
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME |
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Mobility student
from RISD, BFA program |
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Awards and Residencies: |
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Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant 2021-2022 |
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Chicago Cultural Center Honorarium, Dept of Cultural Affairs, Chicago,
IL |
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CAAP Grant, City of Chicago, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, 2011 |
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Evanston Art Center 20th Biennial, Juror's Award, Evanston, IL, 2010 |
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Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Grant, Illinois Arts Council,
Chicago, IL |
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Philip Morris Scholarship, MFA, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Grant, Skowhegan, ME |
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Florence Leif Award, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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Solo Exhibitions: |
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2023 |
Duk
Ju L. Kim: Moving In One Space,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2019 |
Duk
Ju L. Kim: de-skinned,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2018 |
de-skinned:
Duk Ju L. Kim: Recent Work, Chicago
Cultural Center, Chicago IL |
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2017 |
Alternative Reality, The
Learning Machine, Chicago IL |
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2013 |
Being Paint:
Duk
Ju L. Kim,
Zhou B Art Center, Chicago IL |
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2011 |
Vicissitude,
Antena
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2002 |
Things that move in one space,
MN Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1999 |
Duk
Ju L. Kim, solo exhibition,
Taller Mestizarte Gallery, Chicago. IL |
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Selected Group Exhibitions: |
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2023 |
Zg Spring Group Show, Zg
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2022 |
The Research House of Asian Art,
Chicago, IL
Zg Gallery 20th Anniversary Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2021 |
Zg Summer Group Show, Zg
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2020 |
The New (ab)Normal, Zg
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2019 |
Work at Play, Zg Gallery,
Chicago, IL |
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2018 |
Group Show,
Grace Jane Projects, Chicago, IL |
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2012 |
Mindstreams: Contemporary Paintings in Chicago,
Triton College, Fine Arts Gallery, River Grove, IL
Chicago Connect,
EFFJAY PROJEKTS Gallery, Sheboygan, WI |
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2011 |
Franconia
Sculpture Part Gallery at Cache,
the Casket Carriage House Arts Quad, Minneapolis, MN
7th
Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition,
Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
Heaven Knows!
Group exhibition, Chicago, IL |
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2010 |
L'Autoportrait,
Galérie Epicéntré, Paris, France
On Paper, Group show: Duk Ju L. Kim,
Kathleen Judge, Melody Williams,
Sofia Moreno,
Fissure Projects, Chicago, IL
Evanston Art Center & Vicinity Biennial 2010, Evanston
Art Center, Evanston, IL
Strata: A Glimpse Into S. Chicago: Duk Ju L. Kim, John Salhus, Gabriel
Villa, North Shore Country Day School, The John Almquist
Gallery, Winnetka, IL |
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2009 |
Indie/South. Indie Show,
curated by Elizabeth Buchanan, Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago, IL
A Diverse Matter,
Spectrum Studios, Staunton, VA |
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2008 |
The First Annual Bridgeport All-Stars Exhibition,
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL |
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2007 |
High Life,
32nd Urban Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2006 |
Form and Flux,
L'Orangerie, curated by Hannah Judson, Samois-sur-Seine, France
4 Chicagoans, Franconia Sculpture Park, participant and
curator, Shafer, MN
Back to Basics - Part One "Drawings," Juniortown!, curated
by Rodrigo Avila, Chicago, IL
Untitled: Preview of 7 Contemporary Chicago Artists,
curated: Rodrigo Avila, Juniortown!, Chicago, IL
April Love
(the annual artwork on cardboard), The
Birdhouse Museum Chicago. IL
The Group Show: Exercise in Collaboration, curated: Ed Marszewski, The Iron Studios, Chicago, IL |
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2005
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The New Chicagoans,
curated by Ed Marszewski, The Iron Studios, Chicago. IL
Crossing the Line, curated by Cathy Diamond, The Painting
Center, NYC
Mechanisms, curator and participant, Heaven Gallery,
Chicago, IL
City Selections: Art from the Galleries, curated: Nathan
Mason, City of Chicago's Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL |
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2004 |
Little Utopias: Alterations of Everyday Life,
curated by Ed Marszewski, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Three, curated by John Hock, Gallery Co, Minneapolis, MN |
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2003 |
Spring Benefit Exhibition and Art Auction,
curated: John Brunetti, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL |
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2002 |
La Miroiterie Presénte D'Artistes Americains,
curated by Raha Raissnia, Group exhibition, La Miroiterie,
88 Rue de Ménilmontant, Paris, France |
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2001 |
The Stray Show,
alternative galleries' art fair, represented by MN Gallery, Chicago,
IL
Blisster, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bald Spots, Hothouse Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Reviews: |
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2019 |
New American Paintings: MW Competition Book, Juried by
Emily Liebert,
Assoc. Curator of Contemporary Art , The Cleveland Museum of Art
BlouinArtInfo.com: "Duk
Ju L. Kim "De-Skinned" at Zg Gallery, Chicago'"
reviewed Jan. 9, 2019 |
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2018 |
Chicago Reader: "Duk
Ju L. Kim's paintings speak for themselves"
by
Dimitry Samarov, 2/23/18 |
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2010 |
NewCity Magazine: "Eye
Exam: The Local Biennial,"
by Kate Tierny Powell,
May 25, 2010 |
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2004 |
MNArtists.org:
"Three
at gallery co.,"
by
Ann Klefstad, Sept. 4, 2004
Pulse of The Twin Cities:
"(3) at gallery co.," by Tom Schimmel, Aug. 11,
2004 |
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Select Private and Public Collections: |
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Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND |
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Lake McTighe Strongheart, Portland, OR |
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Park Plaza Leeds, Leeds, England, UK |
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