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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Mie Kim
Mie Kim
Canada, Korea
Stay：2025 4/8-5/20
Ceramics
I am a multidisciplinary artist primarily creating sculpture and design objects. My work is an ongoing attempt to stay connected to the origin of things, forming a spontaneous dialogue with my natural surroundings. In an era of perceived “abundance,” where many are separated from the source and production of objects, I aim to reclaim a sense of ascetic intentionality. I collect and integrate indigenous organic materials—tree ash and wild clay harvested from the riverbeds of local mountain ranges—into select pieces, allowing the natural world to shape my work.
Engaging with my practice in this way, I document the relationship between nature and society, infusing my creations with a spirit of environmental consciousness and cultural reverence. My work explores balance through aesthetic contradiction, blending emptiness with rough textures, asymmetry with functionality, and expansion with rootedness. These elements meld to evoke ancient forms and rituals, embracing the graceful imperfection of presence and spontaneity.
彫刻やデザイン・オブジェを制作する多分野のアーティスト。地元の山脈の川底から採取した樹木の灰や野生の粘土など、土着の有機素材を収集し、厳選した作品に組み込むことで、自然と社会の関係を記録し、作品に環境意識と文化への畏敬の念を吹き込んでいる。
