Biography
Chung-Im Kim was born in Seoul, Korea and received her MFA from Seoul Women's University in 1984. She began her career working in the textile industry as a surface pattern designer while also teaching and running a studio in Seoul before moving to Canada in 1990.
Kim was resident in the Textile Studio at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, and a freelance designer before becoming an associate professor in the Fibre Dept at OCAD University in Toronto. Kim has maintained an active studio practice with exhibitions at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Bogojae Gallery in Seoul, Korea, and the David Kaye Gallery in Toronto. Her work is held in private and corporate collections.
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Exhibitions
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SURFACES: Real & Imagined
18 November 2023 — 28 January 2024 -
20th Anniversary Celebration: Summer Group Show
24 June 2023 — 4 September 2023 -
Strong Feelings
12 November 2022 — 29 January 2023 -
Neon Bouquet: Oeno Gallery In The Royal Annex
3 September 2022 — 26 September 2022 -
small spaces BIG IDEAS
11 December 2021 — 26 February 2022 -
Negotiating Diaspora: From The Personal To The Universal
5 March 2021 — 18 April 2021 -
Small Walls. Big Ideas.
14 December 2019 — 26 January 2020 -
Summer Array - Group Exhibition 2019
22 June 2019 — 8 September 2019
