Minouk Lim

Minouk Lim Solo Exhibition 《Hyper Yellow》 Catalog Now Available🦋 The catalog for the solo exhibition 《Hyper Yellow》, held last year at Ilmin Museum of Art, has arrived. ✨ Beginning with a research trip to Japan, this project’s journey poses questions about the overlapping layers of the world we inhabit—from religion and mythology, to Asian modernity, and the weak subjectivity of the ‘tourist’. I hope you will once again encounter the world of work that crosses genres and experiments with materials through this catalog. The cover image for this catalog is the installation work <Garden and Field>. I hope the subtle aesthetic sensibility of ‘Paper Press’, who handled the design, is well delivered to readers. I sincerely thank everyone who provided tremendous support throughout the creation of this book. (I wish to dedicate this catalog in memory of the late Kim Min-gi and Park Sung-kwan.) Special thanks again to Baek Jisoo, Yoon Yuli, Bae Jeong-in, and the Ilmin Museum of Art curatorial team for editing and planning; and to Baek Jisook, Satoshi Ukai, and Yuki Konno for their contributions as writers and interviewers. The publication was made possible with the support and encouragement of the Arts Council Korea, Tina Kim Gallery, and curator Danji Lee, Sanghae Kwon. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to meet so many viewers and ask for your continued attention and support for the journey of Hyper Yellow! 임민욱 개인전 《하이퍼 옐로우》 도록 출간 작년 여름, 일민미술관에서 개최한 개인전《Hyper Yellow》의 도록이 도착했습니다. ✨ 일본 리서치 여행에서 시작된 이 리서치 프로젝트의 여정은 종교와 신화, 아시아의 모더니티, 그리고 ‘관광객’이라는 약한 주체성에 이르기까지 우리가 발 디딘 세계의 중첩에 대한 질문들을 던지고 있습니다. 장르를 넘나들며 재료를 실험하는 작업 세계를 도록을 통해 다시 한번 만나보실 수 있기를 기대합니다. 이번 도록의 얼굴은 설치 작업 <정원과 작업장>입니다. 디자인을 맡은 ‘페이퍼 프레스’의 섬세한 미감이 독자분들에게 잘 전달되기를 바랍니다. 이 책이 나오기까지 곁에서 큰 힘이 되어주신 편집 및 기획에 백지수, 윤율리, 배정인 님 및 일민미술관 큐레이터팀, 필진 및 대담에 백지숙, 우카이 사토시, 콘노 유키 다시 한번 감사드립니다. (고인이 된 김민기, 박성관 선생을 기리며 이 도록을 바치고 싶습니다.) 출간까지 한국문화예술위원회, 티나킴 갤러리, 이단지, 권상해 큐레이터님 후원과 응원이 있었습니다. 많은 관객분들을 만날 수 있었음에 깊이 감사드리고,《하이퍼 옐로우》의 여정에 앞으로도 많은 관심과 응원 부탁드립니다! 💛 #HyperYellow #ilminmuseumofart #minouklim #paperpress #기둥서점

⌛️올해의 수많은 사진들을, 이제서야 하나하나 바라보며 강물처럼 건너갑니다. 오랜만에 미술관 개인전을 열었던 시간, 딸 아이가 프랑스 친구들과 함께 한국을 찾았던 날, 아부다비의 태양, 제주, 그리고 오키나와에서 동경예대와 한예종 학생들이 함께 배우고 공부했던 순간들이 벌써 꿈처럼 느껴집니다. 이렇게 아름답고 잊지 못할 시간을 선물해 주신 모든 분들께 깊이 감사드립니다.🌷 🐴새해 복 많이 받으세요.🫶🏻 🧚🏾‍♂️Crossing the many photos of this year, one by one, like a river.🦋 A solo exhibition, distant suns, islands, shared learning, shared time— already a dream. With deep gratitude. 🦄Happy New Year.🫶🫶🐴

Hello. Since yesterday, the exhibition <After Cinema> has featured <New Town Ghost> (2005), <The Weight of Hands> (2010), <S.O.S-Adoptive Dissensus> (2009), <S.O.S-Run Shin Shin> (2024), are being screened on a loop at the Eulsuk Theater on the basement level of the Busan Museum of Contemporary Art until the 12th (Sunday) (closed on Friday, October 10th as a substitute holiday). Screening hours are from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Curated by Kim Eun-hee, who led the Dear Cinema series at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, this screening program offers an exceptional opportunity to experience her uniquely reflective programming—featuring like Jean-Luc Godard and Harun Farocki—which stimulates the audience’s senses and thoughts. If you’re in Busan, please come and see the program. Looking forward to your visit, and wishing you a joyful Chuseok holiday. Thank you!🌷🪐 안녕하세요. 어제 부터 <영화 이후>라는 전시에 <뉴타운 고스트>(2005), <손의 무게>(2010), <S.O.S-채택된 불일치>(2009), <S.O.S- 달려라 신신>(2024), 이렇게 4개의 작품을 부산 현대미술관 지하 1층에 있는 극장 을숙에서 12일(일)까지(10월 10일 금요일 대체휴관) 루핑상영 합니다. 상영시간은 10:00 ~ 18:00입니다. 국립현대미술관에서 디어시네마 시리즈를 이끌었던 김은희 큐레이터가 기획에 참여한 스크리닝 프로그램이어서 장 뤼 고다르와 하룬 파로키 등, 관객의 감각과 사유를 자극하는 그녀만의 성찰적 프로그램을 볼 수 있는 더없이 좋은 기회가 될 것으로 기대합니다. 부산에 계신다면 꼭 들러 주세요. 많은 관심 부탁드리며 풍성한 추석 연휴 보내시길 바랍니다. 감사합니다!.⭐️🪐☘️ ———————————————— 2025 부산현대미술관 시네미디어_영화 이후 2025. 9. 13.(토) - 2026. 2. 18.(수) 전시실 2 및 3, 극장을숙(지하 1층) 2025 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘊𝘈 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢_𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 Saturday, September 13, 2025 - Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Gallery 2 & 3(B1), Cinema Eulsuk 《2025 부산현대미술관 시네미디어_영화 이후》는 영화 매체의 혼종성과 역사적 유산, 그리고 기술적 환경이 교차하는 접점에서, 오늘날의 영화가 어떻게 ‘다른 형태의 영화’로 진화하고 있는지를 탐색한다. 2025 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘊𝘈 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢_𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 explores how today’s cinema evolves into “other forms of cinema” at the intersection of media hybridity, historical legacy, and technological environments. #2025부산현대미술관시네미디어 #영화이후 #2025BusanMoCACinemedia #AfterCinema #부산모카 #BusanMoCA #부산현대미술관#minouklim #임민욱

[MINOUK LIM - SEOUL ART WEEK 2025] As summer swooshes by and autumn approaches, PODIUM is delighted to spotlight the dynamic presence of three Korean artists—Omyo Cho, Soyoung Chung, and Minouk Lim—who will present diverse works across Seoul during the coming art week in the Korean capital. Looking ahead, these same artists will also feature in ‘Amour Aquatique’, the gallery’s upcoming group exhibition in March 2026 during Hong Kong Arts Month. Stay tuned! Transforming the giant screens of COEX, Seoul (@coex_official ) that are usually occupied by commercial advertisements, Minouk Lim (@minouklim ) places unfamiliar rhythms of art onto the cityscape, breaking away from the conventional style of public screens.   Titled The Eleven-Faced Traveller, the work is a reconfiguration of a segment from the artist’s three-channel video East Sea Story (2023‒2025). Through the motif of the Eleven-Headed Avalokiteśvara familiar in Northeast Asian Buddhist culture, the work questions the relationship between the city and the community. In Buddhist tradition, the Eleven-Headed Avalokiteśvara embodies compassion and awakening, each expression conveying a different emotional state. In Lim’s animation, however, the deity appears as an ordinary traveller, with flames rising from the backpack in place of a holy aureole. The traveller then embarks on an endless eastward journey, passing pseudo-traditional structures or sinking dreamily beneath water. As another face emerges from the being’s mouth, it chants the mantra that ponders how the multiple selves navigate trauma in the contemporary world. _ Photos: (1) Installation view of ‘Porous City ̶ Where the Wind Comes From’ at COEX, Seoul, 25 August–7 September 2025.  Courtesy of the artist and COEX, Seoul. (2-5) MINOUK LIM The Eleven-Faced Traveler 2025 3D animation, 1’ 23” / 50”. Courtesy of the artist and COEX, Seoul. @minouklim #PODIUM #podiumgallery #seoulartweek #seoulartweek2025 #seoulart #koreanartists #contemporaryart #artexhibition #artgallery #amouraquatique #omyocho #soyoungchung #minouklim

안녕하세요. 지난 달 7월 31일 경기도미술관 강당에서 진행한 퍼포먼스 워크샵 소식을 전합니다. 저의 <포터블 키퍼>연작으로 진화해 온 고 채의진 선생님의 지팡이 30개를 가지고 <레벨링(Leveling)>이라는 제목으로 퍼포먼스 워크숍을 진행했습니다. <엘든 링> 게임에서 등장하는 지팡이와 세계관을 참조하였습니다. 워크숍에는 경기도 교육청 4•16생명안전교육원 주관으로 모집된 경기도 교원 30명이 퍼포머로 참여했습니다. 퍼포머는 지팡이를 어루만지고 관찰하며 느낀 청각, 촉각 등의 감각들을 게임의 지시문처럼 데이터로 만들고 무대 위에서 발표했습니다. 빛과 어둠으로 갈라지는 <레벨링>의 무대는, 제가 만든 질문에 퍼포머들이 응답할 때마다, 두 그룹으로 나누어지거나 합쳐지고, 혼자만 남기도 했습니다. 마지막순서는 각자가 ‘무기와 영체’로 상상해서 적은 지팡이와 갑오징어뼈 데이터를 발표하는 시간으로 마무리 했습니다. 다시 한번 레벨링 퍼포먼스 워크숍에 함께 해주신 퍼포먼스 참가자들과 이혜현 큐레이터님, 음악을 맡아준 김시마님께 감사드립니다. 연출/진행 : 임민욱 어시스턴트: 유부자 사운드: 김시마 사진: 배한솔(스튜디오 스택) @studio.stack I would like to share the news of the performance workshop I held last month on July 31 at the Gyeonggi Museum of Art auditorium. I conducted a performance workshop titled “Leveling” with 30 canes of the late Chai Eui-jin, which evolved into my “Portable Keeper series.”The directive referenced the wand and world view in the game Elden Ring. In the workshop, 30 teachers from Gyeonggi Province, who were recruited by the April 16 Life Safety Education Center of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, participated as performers. The stage for “Leveling” which is divided into light and darkness, was a moving one, with performers responding to questions I created, splitting into two groups, merging together, or being left alone. The final sequence ended with the presentation of the cane and cuttlefish bone data that each performers imagined as a “weapon and spirit body.” Once again, I would like to thank the performers for their participation in the Levelling Performance Workshop, curator Hyehyun Lee, and musician Sima Kim. #경기도미술관 #SimaKim #Yoobooza #이혜현 #PortableKeeper #studiostack

안녕하세요. 임민욱입니다. 지난 2월 말부터 일민미술관에서 전시 <하이퍼 옐로>를 열었습니다. 오늘 마침내 전시를 종료합니다. 그동안 전시를 보러 와주신 많은 분들에게 진심으로 감사드립니다. 하이퍼 옐로는 아무것도 아닌 것이 어디에도 속하지 않으면서 어떻게 모든 것이 될 수 있는지, 물과 불과 삶의 힘처럼, 사라지지만 다시 생겨나는 또 다른 장소와 시간이었습니다. 꿈처럼 잔류하던 흐릿한 이미지들은 많은 분들의 도움 덕분에 마치 소용돌이처럼 미술관에서 살아났었습니다. 이제 화산 속에 숨은 도래인이 빛 그늘 사이로 도착하는 다음 여행처럼 서로 새롭게 만나게 되길 바랍니다. 감사합니다.🪐🦋 Bonjour. C’est Minouk Lim. Depuis fin février, le musée d’art Ilmin a accueilli l’exposition « Hyper Yellow ». Aujourd’hui, nous la clôturons et je tiens à remercier tous ceux qui sont venus la voir. Hyper Yellow était un autre lieu et un autre temps où rien n’appartient à rien et peut devenir tout, comme l’eau, le feu, la force de la vie, qui naît parce qu’elle disparaît. Les images floues qui persistaient comme un rêve ont pris vie dans le musée comme un tourbillon grâce à l’aide de nombreuses personnes. Je suis profondément reconnaissante à vous tous.🫶 Maintenant, j’espère que nous nous rencontrerons encore à nouveau lors d’un prochain voyage du toraijin, l’homme qui s’est caché dans le volcan, à travers l’ombre de la lumière. Merci.🧚🏾‍♂️🧚🏾‍♂️

✴︎ 축사 Congratulatory Speech 안녕하세요. 임민욱입니다. 저는 올해 제 25회 조형예술과 졸업전 지도교수를 맡았었고 지난 금요일 오프닝을 무사히 치렀습니다. 추운 날씨에도 불구하고 오프닝에 귀한 발걸음 해주신 여러분께 진심으로 감사드립니다. 저는 언제부터 우리 학교 졸업전이 학생들 스스로 기획하고 준비하는 전통으로 만들어졌는지 잘 모릅니다. 우리 학교는 옛 안기부 건물을 물려받았지만 학생들은 그 유산에 맞서, 인권과 민주주의 가치를 실천하기 위해 배리어프리와 같은 변화도 이끌어내고 있습니다. 이런 모습을 보면 우리 학교 졸업생들은 전통뿐만 아니라 역사도 바로 세우고 있다는 생각이 듭니다. 돌봄과 배려가, 조형예술과 졸업전의 전통과 역사에 가장 중요한 덕목이 될 수 있도록 서로 도우면서 함께 배운 조형예술과 졸업생 여러분, 그리고 이들을 지도해주신 교수님, 그동안 고생이 많았습니다. 유난히 힘들었던 2024년 한 해의 끝자락에서 전시를 열었습니다. 졸업생들의 또 다른 시작에 아낌없는 응원을 부탁드립니다. 제25회 졸업전을 위해 애써 주신 모든 분께 다시 한번 진심으로 감사드립니다. Hello everyone. This is Minouk Lim, the professor in charge of the 25th K-Arts Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition. We are very happy that we had a successful opening last Friday. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who showed up to the opening despite the cold weather. I still don't know when our school's graduation exhibition became an event planned and organized by students. Our school inherited the former Central Intelligence Agency building, but the students challenged it and made alterations such as adopting accessibility policies in order to practice human rights and democratic values. This makes me believe that our graduates are not only preserving tradition, but also changing history. I would like to offer my heartfelt appreciation to all the graduates who have learned and helped each other, and nurtured the most important virtues in the tradition and history of the Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition : cherishing and compassion. And also to the teachers who mentored them. I would like to thank you all for your dedication and hard work. This exhibition is held at the end of a very challenging year, 2024. We ask for your generous support as our graduates begin their next chapter. Once again, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in the 25th Graduation Exhibition 𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢. ✴︎ 한국예술종합학교 미술원 조형예술과 예술사 제 25회 졸업전시 《아 다음의 아》 Korea National University of Arts BFA Fine Arts 25th Graduation Exhibition 𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 2024. 12. 27. (금) - 2024. 01. 09. (목) 서울특별시 성북구 화랑로 32길 146-37 #한국예술종합학교 #한예종조형예술과 #졸업전시 #한예종조형예술과제25회졸업전시 #아다음의아 #임민욱

Hello, In 2023, after being awarded the Obayashi Foundation's Visions of the City research grant, an archival book was published to document the project's outcomes. I am delighted to share that one volume has finally arrived in Seoul. In 2024, I presented the exhibition “Hyper Yellow” and the performance “S.O.S.- Run Shin Shin” in Tokyo. The limitations encountered during the research process were transformed into an imagination of 'tourists' of the future and a visions of the city through the lens of the Water and Fire Festival. The reviews for this project were written by Satoshi Ukai, author of “The Power to Respond”, a book I've relied on a lot in my search for the meaning of hospitality, and Yuki Konno, a critic who reads Korean contemporary art with the utmost care. Over the two years of the project, I had the privilege of working with many people. My heartfelt thanks go to Heesun Seo of Studio Hik; Joyce Lam, who skillfully edited and connected Japan, Seoul, and Hong Kong; Sanghae Kwon, who coordinated everything; and Youeun Choi, the project manager; Younggyu Jang, a long-time friend who once again took on the music with generosity; Sojin Kwak, Myungwoo Jung and Hyunwook Joo, who tirelessly contributed across assistant directing, installation, and acting; Eunsol Lee, who created the Eleven-faced kannon with stunning 3D graphics; Junki Mine, who directed the filming once more following <O Tannenbaum>; Chiaki Soma and Natsuko Odate of Theater Commons; Kinugawa Tadashi of the Obayashi Foundation; Toshio Kondo of Art Tank; and many others whose names I cannot list here but whose support has been invaluable. The <Hyper Yellow> project will also be presented at the Ilmin Museum of Art in Seoul at the end of February 2025. I would be deeply grateful for your interest and support. Lastly, I offer my heartfelt condolences and deepest comfort to the bereaved families affected by the recent plane disaster. I sincerely pray for peace to touch everyone.. #joycelam #studiohik #sanghaekwon #obayashifoundation #theatercommons #junkimine #chiakisoma #natsukoodate #kimberlylee #satoshiukai #k40_hermione @sojin_kwak @myungwoo.jung @joorassic @azymkim

🪐Hello, I’m currently participating in a group exhibition titled <Forms of the Shadow> at the Secession in Vienna. I brought 21 acrylic paintings on military blankets that I previously exhibited in 2023 at a former U.S. military base located in the DMZ zone in South Korea. These blankets were originally used by Korean soldiers and are suspended from the ceiling, allowing both the front and back to be viewed simultaneously. On the front, dreamlike shapes and indecipherable symbols permeate the blankets, while on the back, traces of paint from the front and the names of the soldiers who once used the blankets are visible. The paintings evoke the shadows of war while also seeking refuge from fear. 🇰🇷In South Korea, all men over the age of 18 are required to serve approximately a year and a half of military service, and these blankets are one of the standard items issued upon enlistment. However, this year, news broke that the South Korean military will replace these blankets with ones made using new material technology. May we one day live in a war-free world where we don’t need military blankets at all. 🦋 🌓<Forms of the Shadow> 🌒 Secession, Vienna September 20 - November 11, 2024 *Images: Minouk Lim, Currahee - Stand Alone, 2023. Installation view, “Forms of the Shadow”, Secession, Vienna, 2024 *More info: https://secession.at/ausstellung_sunjung_kim_en #viennasecession #formsoftheshadow #SunjungKim

Dear friends and colleagues, I am pleased to invite you to my solo exhibition <Memento Moiré> at the BB&M Gallery. This exhibition features my latest work, and I would love for you to experience it! 🌓”Memento Moiré“ explores the interplay of the future through the lens of non-human perspectives. The exhibition reimagines the remnants of human civilization as coming relics, questioning the significance of myth, religion, and place in a world beyond our existence. The title is a neologism from the artist Minouk Lim. ”Moiré“ patterns represent the potential for new ground, reflecting the exhibition‘s focus on multidimensionality and visual metaphors, amorphous mandala. Please let me know if you plan to visit. I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Best, Minouk

Dear friends, I’m participating in <The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989> at Mia‘s exhibition until June 23. I would like to invite you to this exhibition if you visit Minneapolis. :) In this work, I assembled objects and materials different from walking sticks, such as squid bones or wooden birds, barnacles, thorns, gourds, etc. The canes were left by Mr.Chai Eui Jin, who was one of the survivors of the civilian massacre by authority power. I received them from the bereaved family, and I’m trying to re-imagine their pre-traumatic shelter in the forest as he wanted to find so. Thanks to Leslie Ureña💕 <The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989> March 23, 2024 - June 23, 2024 More info: /exhibition/the-shape-of-time-korean-art-after-1989 #theshapeoftime #minneapolisinstituteofart #leslieureña #minouklim

Minouk Lim (b. 1968) is an artist of many forms, creating works that are beyond the boundary of different genres and media, and deepening the scope of questions while encompassing writing, music, video, installation, and performance as her means of artistic expression. Rooted in language, and specifically the politics of expression, of what has been said and what that, in turn, has been silenced, her sculptures, videos, performances, and installations don’t replay past events; rather, they elevate the experiences, memories, and feelings of those sidelined by the political violence of the Korean war and its ensuing process of modernization. On May 17, @minouklim joins Asia Society Museum Director and Vice President of Arts and Culture @nakamoriyasufumi for a discussion on the evolution of her artistic practice over the last twenty years. Find more information and tickets at the link in our bio. Image credit: Portable Keeper Sea, 2020. HD video and sound in loop. 5 minutes, 22 seconds. © Minouk Lim