Haein Kim lives and works in South Korea. She examines the unpredictability and potential of a moving state, either when commuting as an urban laborer or temporarily residing in foreign cities. This practice perceives liminality as a liberation, contradicting the productivity and efficiency demanded in the capitalistic world. Her works function as milestones in undefined spaces, marking her geographical and psychological journey.

She paints and writes, then assembles them into artist books. Their materiality takes an essential role in amplifying the concept: she utilizes paper textures and binding formats that resemble the works’ sentiments, absorbing the entire reading experience into the narrative.

Education
BA, Visual Communication Design, Hongik University, South Korea, 2024
Book fairs
Incheon Art Book Fair, Incheon, South Korea, 2025
Unlimited Edition 16, Seoul, South Korea, 2024
Incheon Art Book Fair, Incheon, South Korea, 2024
Jeju Book Fair, Jeju, South Korea, 2024
Published works
Awoken in the Square, 2025
Roadbed, 2024
The Atlas of the Lost Landscape, 2023
How to Take a Bite of Your Time, 2021

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