BONAM KIM
bio
Bonam Kim is a New York-based artist working across sculpture, video, performance, and installation. Observing relationships between communities and individuals, she then relates her experience through mobile sculptures and performances. Kim studied at the Hongik University in Korea and holds an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York.
statement
“The culture shock of recontextualizing to New York from Seoul has led me to to reflect on notions of spaces of security, safe havens in which one could feel one belongs; how the brain continuously looks for the known in order to find and nurture stability: nostalgia, dependency, recurrence of memories….
My current body of work touches upon these issues: what does it mean to reformulate my identity within a new context, and how is identity formed in the midpoint between a future self that is being planned from the past.” — Bonam Kim
work
World’s Passports, Silkscreen on paper, vending machine / each 4”x6” / 2016
Through the Crack, Wood, hinge, wheel, floor sheet, insulated foam / 35″x35″x77″ / 4 minutes 58 seconds video / 2015
Between Dream and Dark, Dollhouse miniature, leather, wood, LED light / 8.5”x35”x36” / 2018
The Mobile Kitchen – Institutional Chocolate, Wood, wheel, paint, table, kitchen ware / 33”x55”75” / 2017
Broom and Brush Project, Human hair, wood, resin / 23”x3”x53” / 2016