Luna Kim
b.1995, lives and works in Seoul.
Instagram. @lunakim1995
Web site. https://lunakim1995.notion.site
Luna Kim creates abstract paintings to express responses to a reality that has not yet been articulated in language. As the source of a response becomes more apparent, the painting grows more concrete; when its source remains unknown or is concealed, the painting returns to a state prior to figuration. This process is negotiated through line and color. For Kim, line exists autonomously, independent of representation. Color, however, is what destabilizes figuration and reflects the effects of its undoing, through its power to enchant and deceive. This process, together with the final image, reveals a fundamental duality of human existence. Kim embraces the absurdity and contradictions of human beings, who are born already moving toward death, and who, though animals, inhabit a world governed by reason. Throughout this process, bodily gestures of scratching and rubbing play an active role in manipulating figuration and allowing the painting to acquire a quasi-subjectivity of its own.
Kim was selected for the 2026 Support Program for Represented Artists and the 2024 Rising artist promotion&marketing support project. Kim has held numerous solo exhibitions, including Wings and Legs (2026), CARADAVERDA (2025), and A Laugh-breeding Little Performer (2024). Kim has also participated in group exhibitions at venues including Sejong Museum of Art, Art Thesedays, and Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien. In addition, Kim curated and wrote the foreword for The Unstoppable Hands (2026) and contributed the foreword to Shell and Pearl (2026).
Education
2022.2. MFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul.
2019.8. BFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul.
Exhibition
2026.5.8~6.5 <Hand-Held> Solo Exhibition, The Soso, Seoul, Korea.
2026.2.28~3.28 <The Path of Lightning> Solo Exhibition, Meo Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
2026.2.3~2.14 <Wings and Legs> Solo Exhibition, Crisp Wedge, Seoul, Korea.
2025.2.8~2.28 <CARADAVERDA>, Solo Exhibition, COSO, Seoul, Korea.