Jihyeon Lim is a South Korean artist living and working in Seoul, South Korea. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, focused on Painting and Drawing, and Printmedia, from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2019, and she also received her Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, focused on Painting and Drawing, at the California College of the Arts in 2022. Employing methods of construction such as painting, drawing, printing, collaging, sculpturing, and sometimes merging all together to build up her narrative of mundane yet magical scenes from everyday life. She repurposes, adds, and distorts some of the images that are out of place to investigate her Asian/Western identity, mixed cultural memory, and as an ongoing attempt to materialize her experience of displacement/ideal home.
Education
2020-2022 California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
2015-2019 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, and Printmedia
2012-2013 Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
English Language and Literature
Award
2020-2022 Fine Arts Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2015-2019 SAIC Honors Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 Merit Scholarship, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
Exhibition
2022 MFA Show part 2, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 Train To My Dream, Gummies Gallery, Workshop 4200, Chicago, IL
2019 Jip (home), Gummies Gallery, Morgan Fine Arts & Film Center, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Now Festival, Jeonbuk Cultural Center, Jeonju, South Korea
2019 In Our Time, Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Saturate, Epoch Entertainment, Workshop 4200, Chicago, IL
2019 Senior Expo: Last Call, Columbus Building, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018 Fall BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Experience
2022-2023 Painting and Drawing Instructor, Hoosso Art Studio, San Jose, CA
2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant – Materials and Methods, with Bryan Keith Thomas, CCA Undergraduate Fine Arts Program, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 Guest Critic – Painting 2, with Karla Wozniak, CCA Undergraduate Fine Arts Program, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 Fine Arts Fall Junior Review Panelist, with David Huffman and Marilyn Da Silva, CCA Undergraduate Fine Arts Program, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant – Painting 1, with Karla Wozniak, CCA Undergraduate Fine Arts Program, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 Fine Arts Spring Junior Review Panelist, with Karla Wozniak and Taro Hattori, CCA Undergraduate Fine Arts Program, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2019 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant – Digital Photography 1, SAIC Early College Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant – Visual Communication Design, SAIC Early College Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL