About
Kimari (Ari Kim) is an artist working
between figuration and abstraction,
currently living in Seoul, South Korea.
Her earlier works embraced vivid color and
raw emotion, seeking to fill inner voids through
expressive gestures.
Over time, she shifted away from
direct emotional release toward a quieter,
more structural language.
Her recent works explore fragility, layering, and
traces, forms that resist completion yet embody
endurance.
Imperfect, vulnerable, but always returning,
they reflect the unresolved shape of life itself.
키마리(김아리)는 구상과 추상의 경계에
있는 작가로 한국 서울에 살고 있다.
감정과 색채를 빈틈없이 가득채우던 기존의
표현 방식은 시간이 지나며 이전보다 감정을
더 구조화함으로서 계속 변화하는 중이다.
어느정도는 즉흥적인, 거칠고 불완전한,
미완성의 형태를 띄어 여전히 위태로워 보이지만
그렇기때문에 계속 이어지는
자연스런 생의 모습들을 다룰 것이다.
Timeline
[Solo Exhibition]
2025-2026
(Pending)
[Group Exhibition]
2025
LAC, Shortlisted for Artevol 2025 Voices from the Undefined, Saatchi Gallery, UK
Echoes of Fall, Awita New York Studio, US
Summer Breeze, Awita New York Studio, US
2024
London Underground, Digital Exhibition, UK
Knov Gallery, Korea
2023
Ihwadong-gil 10, Korea
[Publication / Feature]
2025
Suboart Magazine, Interview, Portugal
Artist Talk Magazine, Issue 35, UK (Read)
[Art Fair]
2025
ART3F Paris, France
[Alternative Art Study]
2017-2019
Paris, France
2015, 2019-2022
Seoul, Korea
Languages : Korean native, English basic, French basic