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Biography
Delusions, hallucinations, illusions, contractions, volvulus, tingling, itching, cramps, paralysis, spasm, blindness... in new forms, over and over again.
Hye-Lim Hong focuses on madness, obsession, anxiety, and depression. She strokes, sucks, stabs, and erupts attachment, agitation, pain, awe, regret, amusement, anger, distress, obsession, irritation, anxiety, arousal, pity, contempt, satisfaction, defeat, need, disappointment, disgust, empathy, infatuation, and jealousy. She makes a mess again, until they are all dry. And then she repeats the process until they turn to dust, until they're all gone, until they're dry and powdery and scratchy. They erupt and solidify and melt and solidify.... again and again, over and over again. Then suddenly she squeezes them tightly and shakes them until they are suffocated, she thrusts her hands in as far as she can reach to stir them up and spit them out. Everything they imagined, believed, and wrote down as cause, symptom, and solution. She tries to frustrate the plasticity of it all and makes people cry a little and laugh a lot.
Exhibition view of Kiss! Kiss my burr
(Cheongju Art Studio, 2023), 5 different sets of sculptures, detail
Exhibition view of Kiss! Kiss my burr
(Cheongju Art Studio, 2023) 5 different sets of sculptures, detail
Exhibition view of Kiss! Kiss my burr
(Cheongju Art Studio, 2023) 5 different sets of sculptures, detail
Exhibition view of Kiss! Kiss my burr
(Cheongju Art Studio, 2023) 5 different sets of sculptures, detail
Exhibition view of Kiss! Kiss my burr
(Cheongju Art Studio, 2023) 5 different sets of sculptures, detail
Exhibition view of too small, medium, large burr
(Hall 1, 2023) 6 different sets of sculptures
Too small, medium, too large Hof,
foamed polystyrene, plastic, mortar cement, strap, sash mohair, wood adhesive, rope, and other mixed media 60x100x35cm, 47x32x35cm, 2023
Exhibition view of .OBJ, Shema Art Museum, digital- exhibition, detail, 2023
Small, medium large things, steel, each 50x120cm, 2023
Exhibition view of .OBJ, Shema Art Museum, digital- exhibition, detail, 2023
S, M, L, wood, ink, coating, each 120x160cm, 2023
L of S, M, L, wood, ink, coating, 2023, detail
The third medium leg of too small and too large legs,
foamed polystyrene, metal plate, steel, ink, pipe insulation, acrylic coating, polyurethane waterproof coating, silicone, hex bolts, nails, plastic and and other mixed media, 2023, detail
2018 Meisterschülerin by Prof. Suchan Kinoshita, Fine Arts, University of Fine Arts Münster, Germany
2017 Diplom, Fine Arts, University of Fine Arts Münster, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Kiss! Kiss my burr, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2023 Too small, medium, too large burr, Hall 1, Seoul, Korea
2022 Too small, too big burr, Cheonan Museum of Art, Cheonan, Korea
2021 Gadgets Fair, Project space Pado, Seoul, Korea
2019 A ceremony for crows and falcons, Art space Hyung, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions
2023 An Atypical Encounter / How do we come across, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2023 .OBJ, Schema Art Museum, Cheongju, Korea
2022 re;side, Suwon Art Space Gwanggyo, Suwon, Seoul
2020 Next Code, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Residencies
2024 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon Residency, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2023 Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
2022 Artist Residency, Suwon Foundation Arts and Culture, Suwon, Korea
Grants&Awards
2024 Arts Support, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2023 Arts Support, Arts Council Korea, Korea
2022 Support for young Artist, Cheonan Foundation for Arts Culture, Korea
2021 Arts Support, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2020 Support for young Artist, Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea
2019 The first Arts Support, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2017 Graduate Scholarship, DAAD, Germany
