Eunice Kim

Available Works

Small, repetitive dot-like marks are the building blocks of Kim's imagery.  This approach to her work is informed by memories and tendencies both cultural and personal.  As a child growing up in Korea, the artist was surrounded by repetitions.  From hand done design motifs in traditional crafts to her Buddhist grandmother's nightly prayer chants, Kim found comfort in the predictability of systems, as well as delight in subtle variations and departure from these systems.  Such experiences continue to influence her work.

Eunice Kim works exclusively in the printmaking medium of collagraphy, a process in which materials and textures are adhered to the plate surface, the plate is then inked and with paper run through an intaglio press.  Kim has a restrained approach in which she meticulously positions  modeling paste on the surface one single dot at a time.  She then “works the plate”, carefully shaping each individual dot to a height and contour optimal for printing.  Kim says she relies heavily on her sense of touch during this critical stage, since the dimensional differences of tiny dots are almost impossible to discern by sight alone.  In the printing process Kim uses chine collé, a process that incorporates thinner, more fragile papers into the printed image by backing it with heavier support paper.  Kim enjoys the color and warmth of the chine collé.

Kim received her BA from California State University, Long Beach and did post-baccalaureate studies at San Francisco State University.  Her work has been exhibited throughout the US and abroad.

• Recent Exhibitions: Collagraphs, April 2009; Introductions (group show), December 2006