Yemikim graduated KAIST in civil and industrial engineering, then took up the brush. Weeds on empty lots, whales dreaming, flamingoes in flight — eight works for SAF.
Yemikim graduated KAIST in civil and environmental engineering and industrial engineering.
A person who once calculated bridge loads and process efficiency took up the brush. In place of engineering's language, words like whale, cosmos, clover, flamingo. Instead of numbers and diagrams, the pattern of life fills the canvas.
15 Solos, 70+ Group Shows
The engineer's past is not only a trace. The time as an artist is already solid. 15 solos, 70+ curated group shows — the number through which she has consistently passed many sites in Korean art.
- 2019 Incheon Cultural Foundation Seohae Peace Art Project co-curation
- 2022 Gwanghwamun International Art Festival, international invitational — invited artist
- 2023 Jeju Bunker of Light media-art exhibition Blooming
- 2024 Seoul Youth Biennale — Art Critic's Prize
Visual art, media art, public project. An attitude of moving between media and form sits behind the number of 15 solos.
Weeds of Empty Lots and the Whale of the Cosmos
— the place a dreaming creature holds
A short, clear sentence in her artist note.
"Weeds of empty lots we walk past without notice show a tenacious vitality unbeaten by environment; they also provide refuge for other small lives."
