1993 / South Korea
Lim Heejae (B.1993) visualizes situations infused with the desire to touch and possess the essence of 'Nature'. The subjects she deals with, much like the taxidermies in a natural history museum, assume nature to be complete and vivid. In this regard, she discovers a resemblance between the human desire for nature and her own desire for image as a painter. She visualizes the connection between those two dilemmas by focusing on the surfaces that mediate these desires rather than the direct subjects, creating a peculiar texture and a sense of speed in her work.
Lim Heejae graduated from the Korea National University of Arts' department of Visual Art, receiving her BFA in 2016, and MFA in 2020. Her major solo exhibitions include Nesting (Space ONSU, 2023) and Cabinet of Curiosity (Lee Eugean Gallery, 2022). She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions such as The Vanishing Horizon: Episode.02 (WWNN, 2023), Inflating World (Drawing Room, 2020), and COCOON 2020 (Space K, 2020). She is a current participant in the WHITE BLOCK residency program in Cheonan, Korea.
Lim Heejae (B. 1993) deals with the condition in which the concept of nature is processed into an image through painting. In the act of specimizing nature in order to touch and possess it, the artist discovers the artist's own desires and dilemmas. The figures of the specimen animals are translated through the frame and glass membrane of the painting, and in the process, the figures, which are captured in a lost or distorted state, are expressed as multi-layered images that are once again energized by the artist's hand, showing contradictory possibilities.
Heejae Lim graduated from Korea National University of Arts in 2016 with a BFA in Plastic Arts and Art History and a MFA in 2020. His major solo exhibitions include "Nesting" (Onsu Space, Seoul, 2023), "Cabinet of Curiosity" (Lee Yoojin Gallery, Seoul, 2022), and "The Vanishing Horizon: Episode.02" (WWNN, Seoul, 2014). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions including 《The Vanishing Horizon: Episode.02》 (WWNN, Seoul, 2024), 《The Swelling World》 (Drawing Room, Seoul, 2020), 《COCOON 2020》 (Space K, Gwacheon, 2020), and is currently working on a residency at Whiteblock Cheonan Creative Village.