Statement
My current work uses mirrors carved with portraits of celebrities
and world leaders, quotes from Facebook status, and photographs
from our childhood.
The installation consists of creating a room within a room, with
their reflective side facing towards the center. Three projectors
light the outside of this mirrored room thus illuminating the
non-reflective side of the mirrors
The mirrors in my installation lead the viewer to the center of the
room giving the audience an opportunity to connect with their image
being juxtaposed by the images of icons; and to deal with their
self-consciousness, self-awareness, and self-representation.
I yearn to analyze the culture we live in, by trying to understand
the people creating it. My work exposes one aspect of the
subconscious essence of the audience and their juxtaposition of
their image in relation to current culture and its social
surroundings.
If art is something that has
been created to expose the essence of a culture, my installation
explores through art the issues of our current culture, and the
interrelation between the members that compose it.
Education
2006 – 2009 BFA, Laguna College of Art and Design – Laguna Beach,
CA
2003 – 2004 FT Art Center – Los Angeles, CA
2002 – 2006 Santa Monica College – Santa Monica, CA
2000 – 2001 Universidad Catolica de Chile (Catholic University of
Chile) – Santiago, Chile
Exhibitions
2009 Seven Degrees, Group Exhibition – Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Marion Meyer Contemporary Art - Laguna Beach,
CA
2008 City Hall Council Chambers,
Group Exhibition - Buena Park, CA
2008 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Solo Exhibition – Long Beach, CA
2008 FT Art Gallery, Open Mic – Los Angeles, CA
2008 FT Art Gallery, Fleeting Memories, Solo Exhibition – Los
Angeles, CA
2008 Seven Degrees, Group Exhibition – Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Ettinger Gallery, LCAD, Best of the Best Show – Laguna Beach,
CA
2007 Ettinger Gallery, LCAD, Group Exhibition – Laguna Beach,
CA
2006 Ettinger Gallery, LCAD, Group Exhibition – Laguna Beach,
CA
2004 Korean Cultural Center, Group Exhibition – Los Angeles,
CA
2003 New Hope Church, Solo Mixed Media Art Performance – Los
Angeles, CA
Selected
Collectors
Dr. Jane L. Kakkis, M.D., M.P.H.,
Private Collection – Huntington Beach, CA
Mr. Rueben Flores – Laguna Beach, CA
Ms. Daina Matthis, Private Collection – Syracuse, NY
Mr. Masoud Pourhabib, Private Collection – Los Angeles, CA
FT Art Gallery, Permanent Collection – Los Angeles, CA
Aria Design – Laguna Beach, CA
For further information,
artwork request, or commission availability please contact the
artist at the email below.
Phil Kim
(213) 249-2068
Los Angeles, CA.
philipkim@lagunacollege.edu