Haerin Kim

My body of work is about nature, man and animal. I wanted to create artworks that had both humans and animals that showed modern day issues and ideas along with more metaphoric speeches. I wanted the viewers to think about each artwork and think about my meanings and ideas along with their own thoughts and opinions on the artworks. In order to do this I tried not to make my artworks too obvious but instead more obscure. Majority of my artworks are symbolistic. I love adding symbolism to my artworks because different things are symbolic to people in different ways. I also love working with a variety of mediums. I use the mediums that I think fit best with my theme and meanings behind my pieces. I feel like I have become more informed and comfortable with creating contemporary artworks and I’ve gotten to dive deeper into the artwork of this century. I tried to play close attention to the titles of my artworks to lead the viewer into the right direction of thought while still trying to make them really think about the meanings of my artworks. I placed my artworks in order of the time they were created starting from left to right like a book. I did this in order to show my progression of technique and taking on different mediums to improve and develop my artworks and skills even further. Through the Exhibition I want the viewers to reflect on the symbolism and meanings behind my artworks as well as express their own takes about my art.