Breeze

About Breeze

This contemporary white textile wall hanging is hand made.

The delicate hand work of Chung-Im Kim has long been inspired by her own rich Korean history. For more than three decades she has cultivated her own unique visual language. An award winning textile artist, Kim’s refined and elegant hand sewn artwork is influenced by the patterns she sees in the natural world. She uses industrial felt to create her original wall hangings. Kim sews together small pieces of industrial felt, pulled taut to create a raised pattern and tension in the dynamic design. White ink adds expressive detail and subtle texture to the white fabric.

“I was impressed by the unique quality and rich potential of this relatively unknown material-(felt). The more I engaged, the more I clung to this material and continued to explore its flexibility, the ability to form shape, and the forgiveness of nature. These qualities allow me to realize my ideas in a physical working body.” Chung-Im Kim

Chung-Im Kim has received accolades and exhibitions for her work from prestigious institutions such as the Boston Museum of Art, the invitational Bojagi Exhibition at the Suwon Park Museum in Korea, the Museum Nagele in the Netherlands, and the Belgian Triennial Contemporary Textile Arts Exposition. Kim's exquisite design and execution have been honoured with top prizes and awards in many international art competitions. One of her works was selected as a gift from Canada to the president of China. She received her MFA from Seoul Women's University in 1984 and has taught at OCAD University in Toronto since 2006. Chung Im-Kim is represented by the Oeno Gallery.