BIO
L.E. Kim
(b. 1974, Seoul, S. Korea)
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
L.E. Kim was born in Seoul, Korea, and lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work often walks a line between the expression of digital and physical experiences of seeing, tracing the physical hand across the digital realm, and vice versa, and presenting forms in a way that confuse our expectations about medium. She received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2009, and has exhibited at Klowden Mann and in group exhibitions in Los Angeles and New York.
Education
| 2009 | MFA, California Institute of the Arts |
| 1999 | JD, New York University |
| 1996 | BA, Stanford University |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2016 | First Paintings, Klowden Mann, Culver City, California |
| 2012 | Constructions, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Santa Monica, California |
| 2009 | Animated Works, CalArts, Valencia, California |
| 2008 | 3 Studies, CalArts, Valencia, California |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | AXxoN N., Essex Flowers Gallery, New York, New York |
| 2017 | UNTITLED, Klowden Mann, Miami Beach, Florida |
| 2015 | Aaron Wrinkle 1978- (Mausoleum, Painting and Sculpture), Night Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 2012 | ArtMRKT SF, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), San Francisco, California |
| 2011 | Embarrassment 2: Theory, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Santa Monica, California Follow the Physical: from The Paper File, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Santa Monica, California |
| 2010 | Embarrassment 1: Vulnerability, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Santa Monica, California |
| 2009 | Insomnia, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, New York Between the Surface, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, California Why Theory (CalArts MFA show), Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles, California |
Artist Talks
| 2011 | Embarrassment 2: Theory, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Santa Monica, California |
| 2010 | International Center of Photography, Faculty: Susan Kleckner |
Bibliography
| 2016 | Ollman, Leah, “Getting lost in the illusions: The painted worlds of L.E. Kim,” Los Angeles Times, August 3. Wagley, Catherine, “5 Free Art Shows to See in L.A. This Week,” LA Weekly, August 3. |
| 2010 | Tuck, Geoff. “Back in LA and slightly overwhelmed (and when I admit to overwhelmingness you know it’s bad/good),” Notes on Looking, December 1. |