Uncertainty and Happiness
2025 Brian Kims Solo Exhibition

Aria gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2025. 10. 11 - 10. 16

Portfolio

Brian Kims
Education : Kongju university

Sole exhibition
2009 · Iang Gallery, Daehak-ro, Seoul
2021 · Lotte Gallery, Lotte Department Store, Daejeon
2023 · Lotus Gallery, Busan
2024 · Hue Gallery, Gimhae
2024 · Gallery Daon, Seoul
2024 · Aria Gallery, Daejeon
2025 · Bella Gallery, Incheon
2025 · Aria Gallery, Daejeon

Art fair
2022 · Daegu Grand Hotel Art Fair, Daegu
2022 · BAMA Art Fair, Busan
2022 · Sculpture Art Seoul, Seoul
2022 · Ulsan International Art Fair, Ulsan
2022 · Daegu Blue Art Fair, Daegu
2022 · BAMA Hotel Art Fair, Grand Josun, Busan
2022 · ART KAOHSIUNG, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 · Bank Art Fair, InterContinental, Seoul
2022 · Incheon Asia Art Show, Incheon
2022 · Ulsan Art Fair, Ulsan
2023 · Bank Art Fair, Lotte Hotel, Seoul
2023 · Sculpture Art Fair, Seoul
2023 · Shilla Hotel Art Fair, Seoul
2023 · Daegu Art Fair, Daegu
2023 · Urban Break, Seoul
2023 · The Grand Art Fair, Shilla Hotel, Seoul
2023 · Bank Art Fair, SETEC, Seoul
2023 · Daegu Blue Art Fair, Daegu
2023 · AFAF (Asia Fukuoka Art Fair), Fukuoka, Japan
2023 · Marriott Hotel Art Fair, Seoul
2023 · Ulsan Art Fair, Ulsan
2023 · Songdo Art Fair, Incheon
2023 · Urban Break, Busan
2023 · Seoul Art Show, Seoul
2024 · BAMA Art Fair, Busan
2024 · DIAF (Daejeon International Art Fair), Daejeon
2024 · Art X Art Fair, Seoul
2024 · Urban Break, Seoul
2024 · Ulsan Art Fair, Ulsan
2024 · K-Art Fair, Daejeon
2024 · Incheon Art Fair, Incheon
2025 · Unknown Vibe Art Fair, Seoul
2025 · Ulsan Art Fair, Ulsan

Selected group exhibition
2020 · Yonsei-ro Performance Hall, Rapper Mashed Project Exhibition, Seoul
2021 (Oct) · Emu Gallery, Mirror-X Group Exhibition, Jongno-gu, Seoul
2022 · Queens Art Gallery, 3 Artists Exhibition
2022 · And New Gallery, Group Exhibition
2022 · Blue Shark, Collaborative Exhibition, Busan
2022 · Dache Pop Art Exhibition, Gangneung
2022 · Queens Art Gallery, The Great Moment, Busan
2022 · LALA Queens Art, Group Project Exhibition
2022 · Lotte Department Store Yeongdeungpo, Art Collection Group Exhibition, Seoul
2023 · And New Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition
2023 · Seoul Station, Group Exhibition
2023 · Bella Gallery, Ha Ha Ha Exhibition, Incheon
2023 · Aria Gallery, Group Exhibition, Daejeon
2023 · Gaga Gallery, Group Exhibition
2023 · Migi Gallery, Group Exhibition
2023 · Hue Gallery, Group Exhibition, Gimhae
2023 · Limhae Gallery, Four Colors by Four Artists, Busan
2023 · Hue Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition (Brian Kims & BOB), Gimhae
2023 · Blackstone Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, Jeju
2023 · Imagine Peace Project Exhibition, Gangwon-do
2023 · KAM (Korean Art Melbourne), Project Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
2023 · Gachi Gallery, Group Exhibition, Berlin
2023 · Art Continue, Project Exhibition
2023 · There Are People Here, Project Exhibition, Busan
2023 · Year-End Group Exhibition, Jane Claire
2023 · Ea Gallery, Gift Exhibition
2023 · Limhae Gallery, Group Exhibition
2023 · Art Fair Play, DDP Art Hall, Seoul
2024 · Kangbuk Samsung Hospital Exhibition, Seoul
2024 · Hyehwa Gallery, Gift Exhibition, Seoul
2024 · Gala Gallery (Hue Gallery Project Exhibition), New York, USA
2024 · Baedari ITDA Space, Group Exhibition, Incheon
2024 · Haebit Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, Busan
2024 · Superior Gallery, Group Exhibition, Seoul
2024 · Space Um Gallery, Group Exhibition
2024 · Art Continue, Lotte Mart Songpa Branch, Group Exhibition, Seoul
2024 · Marchen Gallery, In Art Project Exhibition, Seoul
2024 · YK Gallery, Project Exhibition
2024 · Hyehwa Gallery, Gift Exhibition, Seoul
2025 · 608 Gallery & RCB Gallery, Project Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand
2025 · Gallery Sai, Opening Exhibition, Cheongdam-dong, Seoul
2025 · Marchen Gallery, Still, Yet, And Five-Artist Exhibition

 
 Artist note

I am Brian Kims, an artist who explores themes that are alike yet different, and different yet alike.
 
My paintings embody uncertainty—they may appear like one thing, yet also resemble another.
 
The intention behind my work lies in the fact that each viewer can interpret it differently, depending on their own perspective.
 
I wanted to express that what we pay attention to, and what we love, changes the direction in which we look.
 
Through this, my work seeks to spark the imagination and invite us to reflect once more on what we value and where our hearts are drawn in everyday life.
 
Since life cannot always be filled with happiness, my paintings carry not only bright and uplifting moods but also the darker emotions that inevitably seep out of me.


작가 노트
 
< 인생은 불확실성의 연속이다. 하지만 작은 희망으로 오늘도 최선을 다한다. >
 
같으면서 다르고, 다르면서 같은 주제를 전하는 브라이언 킴스입니다.
 
저의 그림은 이것 같기도 하고 저것 같기도 한 불확실성을 담고 있습니다.
 
작품의 의도는 관객의 시선에 따라 각기 다르게 해석될 수 있다는 점에 있습니다.
 
무엇에 관심이 있고 무엇을 좋아하느냐에 따라 그 사람이 바라보는 방향도 달라진다는 것을 보여주고 싶었습니다.
 
그래서 저는 일상 속에서 우리가 무엇을 좋아하고 어떤 것에 마음이 향하는지를 다시 한 번 되돌아보게 하는, 상상을 자극하는 작업을 하고 있습니다.
 
삶은 언제나 행복할 수만은 없기에 저의 작품에서도 밝은 분위기의 작업뿐 아니라 저도 모르게 스며 나오는 어두운 감정들도 함께 담겨 있습니다.
 

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