Bumin Kim

Interviews by Brainard Carey

Bumin Kim is originally from South Korea and received her MFA in Drawing and Painting in 2015 from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. In 2017 she was awarded at the 30th annual international competition and exhibition, Materials: Hard+Soft.

Her work has been shown by various institutions, including: Art Miami and Pulse Art Fair in Miami, FL; Dallas Art Fair in Dallas, TX; Art Aspen in Aspen, CO; San Francisco Art Fair in San Francisco, CA, Art Market Hamptons Fine Art Fair in Water Mill, NY; and Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston, TX. Furthermore, Kim’s work has been featured in publications, such as: New American Paintings, Fresh Paint Magazine, and Glasstire, and can be found in public and private collections throughout the United States, South Korea, Japan, and Europe. Bumin Kim completed an artist residency at Facebook’s headquarters in Austin, Texas in 2020, and her work was selected to be displayed at the Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, Oregon in 2022.

Meadow 5, 53 x 48 in, thread and acrylic on wood panel, 2024

Winter Night, 35 x 35 in, thread and acrylic on wood panel, 2024

Vexillum 1 (2023), 20 x 12 x 6 in, thread and wood, 2023