Fine Art nominee

This procedure is very intuitive, experimental and can only be controlled with a lot of experience, if at all. As an artist, I expose myself to the materials, the situation and also to chance.
The motif is painted in the darkroom directly on the photo paper with chemicals, and then exposed to the light. I also use objects that cast shadows to create structures on the sheet. Unique pieces are created that blur the boundaries between painting and photography, between projection and manipulation.
I am always interested in breaking norms and mixing genres.

I am Seung-Ja Kim, born in 1969 in Korea.
I majored in photography at Seoul Institute of the Arts and in media arts at University of applied sciences in Bielefeld and at HfG ZKM Karlsruhe in Germany.
From 1998 to 2000, I taught photography at Handong University in the department of photography.
I returned to Germany again in 2001 and graduated from Aufbaustudium (MA) in Karlsruhe.
After graduating, I got married in 2002. I am raising two children, and now that they are growing up, my artistic life takes off again.
Through my photography I hope to give people new strength and energy through contemplation while discovering new things in the arduous reality of everyday life.

1996.10 Light and Light : Bielefeld (University)
1997.11 Multimedia day : Bielefeld (University of applied sciences)
1998.01 Repetitive Art "Encore" : Minden University; Theatre of Art
1998.06 CUT : Bielefeld (University of applied sciences)
1998.11 Film Music Festival: Boge Fabrik Bielefeld
2000.03 Art side Net Seoul
2002.10 ShortCuts Video Festival in Oberstdorf, Germany