So Young Kim

So Young Kim is a London/Singapore-based artist originally from South Korea.

She received her BA in Fine art at Loughborough University (2013). Her work has been exhibited internationally, the most recent exhibitions include (Beyond Mountain, Coningsby Gallery, London, UK 2022), (NEXT, Four You Gallery, France, Paris, Online 2022), and her work will be exhibited at an upcoming art fair, the START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery in October 2022.  

The main subject matter of my work has always been fragments of objects.

Over the years, I found an affiliation with Steyerl's designation of the image as an object. Therefore, objects used in my works have shifted from material objects to image objects. 

The transition from material objects to image objects reflects the mechanisms of the world of internet platforms. Images are an important part of my work, but to find them, one needs to start with the words to search for. Words have created infinite connections on internet platforms with images (signifiers- words, symbols, images). These collected fragments of images are deconstructed and recomposed with my conceptual interpretation of them. (signified- mental concept. it can be feeling, impression, or abstract ). 

Therefore My work is an outcome of deconstructed and recomposed signifiers and signified, and it acts as a sign(Sign is real, the 'Thing', 'object').