ARTIST BIO
June Kim was born and raised in South Korea and America. She works in Los Angeles after she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at Art Center College of Design. She builds her sculptures and installations by fabricating red thread on plexiglass structures, based on her social media data. Her materials and hand-sewing process are inspired by the red thread concept from ancient Asian belief, that we are all destined to meet with our significant others through invisible red thread connections.
Her work won placement as one of the finalists in the SeeMe Global Competition and was awarded for the Scope Art Show at Art Basel 2012. She won the second place prize for California Open Exhibition 2013 at Tag Gallery, juried by an acclaimed art critic, Edward Goldman. Kim Participated in various numbers of art exhibitions in California, including the Main Museum, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, BG Gallery, H Gallery, and Irvine Fine Arts Center. In 2017, She is selected for the Seismic Shift exhibition at Launch LA, juried by MaKenzie Stevens, a curatorial assistant from Hammer Museum. Her installation, Intersection, also won a solo show in 2017 at 825 gallery. In 2018, Her work was chosen for the exhibition, Cardinal Plans, at Gallery Korea from the Korean Cultural Center in New York, representing as a young Korean-American artist, juried by Ian Alteveer, an associate curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kim Participated in various numbers of art exhibitions internationally, including Gallery Space776 in New York, Gallery 508 in London, Stratosphere NFT in Beijing, Maison Des Associates de Toulouse, Iham NFT in Paris, and Gallery XR in Seoul. Kim showcased her work through international art fairs and conferences like Los Angeles Art Show 2019, 2021, and 2022, Bitcoin 2021, NFT NYC 2021, BWB 2022, and Art Basel in Miami 2022.
Her works / featured interviews have been published in various online and offline art magazines. Resources including Behance, Art Observed, Jaxtapoz, Art Slant, Art Rabbit, NY Art Beat, Gallery Korea KCCNY, and Voyage LA. She has been a member of the Los Angeles Art Association for 6 years. Currently working in Los Angeles. Working remotely in New York, and Seoul.