ARTIST BIO
Minju Kim is an emerging South Korean artist based in London. Drawing inspiration from human anatomy, psychoanalytic theory, and her breast cancer journey; she explores themes of desire, life, and death. Her multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, and photography. Exhibited internationally in cities such as London, New York, and Seoul. She collaborated with Adidas London for Women’s Month in 2022 and her painting raised significant funds at a Sotheby’s London charity auction in 2021.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Exploring the intricate relationship between the body, trauma, and transformation, my work navigates the altered and visceral terrain of corporeality and psyche.
My artistic practice renders medical data and existential dread shaped by breast cancer into visual form. Through the lens of illness, surgery and recovery—anatomical motifs and symbolic structures emerge to define my imagery. Shaped by the physical and psychological impact of diagnosis and experiences rooted in personal history, my practice explores the intersection of biological realities and a visual language of psychological symbols and figures, reflecting the ways in which trauma leaves indelible traces upon both soma and psyche.
By tracing my own medical data alongside the embodied experience of illness, my work explores the psychological imprint of bodily alteration and the ways in which the self is continually reshaped by what it endures. At its core, I seek to unveil the fragile intersection of corporeality and consciousness—a realm where rupture and regeneration converge and where the visible body bears the unseen weight of life.