Ji-Hye Kim (b. Seoul, 1980) is a printmaker and artist who has lived in Dubai since 2007. With an academic background in printmaking, Ji-Hye’s work conveys the question of self-identity using metaphors from natural occurrences. Her most recent work explores the resilience of the UAE’s rocky mountains against acts of nature, such as wind and rain, that shave and carve these mountains, causing slight change to the surface, yet the mountains remain unaffected.
Ji-Hye is currently taking part in Tashkeel’s Critical Practice Programme, Dubai, UAE (2023). She recently had a solo presentation at the 24th Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE (2021). Ji-Hye had a solo exhibition at the Radisson Red Hotel, Dubai, UAE (2021). Additionally, her works have been a part of several exhibitions, including 10th and 11th Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (2022, 2023); We x Each Other = We Are, Korean Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2023); NBF Art Exhibition, Capital Club, Dubai, UAE (2022); Made in Tashkeel, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE (2021, 2022); The Philosophy of Food, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE (2022); 4th Miniature Printmaking Exhibition: Authentic Marks & Glow, Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE (2022); COVID Conversations, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE (2020).
Ji-Hye is the winner of Radisson Hotel’s International Women’s Day Competition (2021). She was shortlisted for the National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) Art Competition (2022) and the Emirati Futurism Award (2021). In 2022, she co-founded and became the inaugural president of the Korean UAE Art & Content Association (KUACA).
Ji-Hye holds an MA in Digital Art from University of the Arts, London (2005) and BA in Printmaking from Hongik University, Seoul (2003).