Seolwha Kim
작가 소개
My work explores the challenging journey of connecting tragic moments and difficult times in life to growth and happiness. Although this journey is painful, I acknowledge it as essential, and through emotional hardship I strive to reshape my own story.
As I look back on a life full of broken and twisted parts, I continue to make efforts to connect these fragments to the happy moments of my past and link them to the better moments that await in the future. My determination to fill these deep wounds and fractured pieces with new experiences and memories remains clear. At times, this reflects my will to shape my life according to my own desires.
This work is a precious gift to my younger self—who could not express the sadness and pain of those years—and also a gift to my future self, who continues to navigate through challenges. Additionally, it seeks to become a symbol of hope and courage for others who are experiencing adversity.
The purpose of my work is to share the process of growing through hardship, seeking hope and happiness along the way. Through these stories, I hope to offer strength, empathy, and a path forward that we can walk together.
Main activity genre
Ceramics & Pottery
Category
Craft
ARTWORKS
My work centers on expressing what is hidden at the core of things. This essence sometimes appears as the quiet beauty of nature, and at other times as the deeply rooted emotions and thoughts within a person. In my practice, I break existing ceramic forms and organically rebuild them by stacking clay into the cracks, allowing what is concealed to emerge through the fractures.
The act of breaking the vessel parallels the irregular forces found in nature, infusing the work with a sense of life and transformation. By using clay to fill and grow within these ruptures, I give form to unconscious emotions and to the subtle changes that accumulate over time. This organic reconstruction reflects the ongoing journey of my own life and becomes a way of exploring the depths of existence.
Through my work, I emphasize the interconnectedness between our inner essence and the natural world, expressing reverence for its mysteries and its quiet, expansive beauty. The shattered vessel embodies the instability and impermanence inherent in life, inviting viewers to freely feel, imagine, and interpret. Ultimately, the work is not only about breaking form—it is an invitation to discover new meanings and unexpected beauty within the fractured spaces.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Hand-building
(in the middle of the image) I am fascinated by the interplay between time as shaped by both humanity and nature. These temporal currents occasionally converge and crystallize into distinct, enduring moments—much like a “crack.” Within these fissures of time, I aim to create works that are interwoven with its flowing currents and infused with the memories held by both nature and humankind.
Every human endeavor carries its own imperfections, which deepen and accumulate over time, enclosing precious memories within them. The temporal currents generated by human actions align with their historical periods, merging with the continuous rhythm of nature’s progression.
This body of work seeks to vividly express the meeting point between these human and natural currents and to reveal the organic cadence that emerges from their convergence.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Hand-building
(the left one of the image) I am fascinated by the interplay between time as shaped by both humanity and nature. These temporal currents occasionally converge and crystallize into distinct, enduring moments—much like a “crack.” Within these fissures of time, I aim to create works that are interwoven with its flowing currents and infused with the memories held by both nature and humankind.
Every human endeavor carries its own imperfections, which deepen and accumulate over time, enclosing precious memories within them. The temporal currents generated by human actions align with their historical periods, merging with the continuous rhythm of nature’s progression.
This body of work seeks to vividly express the meeting point between these human and natural currents and to reveal the organic cadence that emerges from their convergence.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Hand-building