Awakening Night
Kyung Kim

January 31 - March 2
Opening Reception: Friday, January 31st, 6-9pm
61 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11201

Eleventh Hour Art is pleased to present Awakening Night, a solo exhibition of works by Kyung Kim, opening in our Brooklyn Gallery 2 at 61 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

Sky in the Water, 2024, Oil on Linen, 18x15in

Kyung Kim is a South Korean-born painter currently based in New York. Kyung translates her sensory memories into paintings by capturing the invisible sensitivities of sound, temperature, and time she encountered in the natural landscapes of Korea. Kyung has exhibited her work in South Korea, Chicago, and New York. In 2022, her work was featured in a Club Monaco collection, and in 2024, she published her first art book, The Waxing Moon. Kyung holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and received her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at Pratt Institute in 2024. 

Kyung is celebrated for her lush color fields and thin layers of paint on clear-gessoed linen, where moments of raw canvas whisper through. Her paintings are crowned with organic lines of thick oil paint, catching and transforming light into radiant reflections that shift with your perspective.

Kyung’s works weave a symphony of sensory experiences—each inspired by the ephemeral beauty of the air she breathes, the fleeting hours of the day, and the murmurs of water and rustling trees. These intimate encounters with nature are distilled into images that seem to coexist within the pictorial space. Her paintings invite you to pause, lose yourself in their quiet resonance, and feel the gentle pull of your emotions. Like her translucent layers of paint, each viewing unfolds a new depth, layering sensation upon sensation, and creating an immersive world of color, light, and feeling. Join us for the opening reception of Awakening Night on Friday, January 31st, from 6-9pm.

All inquiries: Carter@eleventhhourart.com – Eleventh Hour Art, 61 Atlantic Avenue 11201