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Man Hee KIM

For over sixty years Kim has painted in his native Korea, as well as in Paris and New York where his work became deeply rooted in modernist traditions.

Kim began as a painter in the manner of French Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.  Throughout his career he has absorbed a myriad of influences from both the East and the West, yet his work eludes being defined by a single nationality or culture.  His points of reference are both more individual and more international in outlook than most abstract painters working today.  His evocative transliterations encompass the best of both worlds.  Kim has a highly intuitive ability to empty the image of all coherent narrative content, concentrating on pure form with exceptional delicacy and lyrical finesse.  By avoiding precise description and freed from literal interpretation, the paintings suggest variable states of mind and mood.

View fullsizeMan Hee Kim, Journey Santiago DE Compostele 2, Acrylic on Canvas, 22” x 30”

Kim was keenly interested in art from a very young age and began drawing at about the same time he learned to speak. In elementary school, his teachers encouraged his compulsion to draw and soon he had advanced to watercolors and plein air work.  At the age of ten, he entered a state level art challenge, the Korean national drawing competition and succeeded in winning first prize. His award was Encyclopedia Britannica which he eagerly consumed.  The next year he won second prize in the same competition which encouraged him to experiment with other media.  

Respecting the physical and formal elements of a lyrically heightened Asian aesthetic, yet learning from European and American modernism, Kim has synthesized the key qualities of both Eastern and Western traditions.

— Robert P. Metzger, PhD

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 GALLERIES ART FAIR PINK GALLERY, Seoul, KOREA

2025 ART BUSAN M W S Gallery, Busan, KOREA

2025 Exposition pour le 140e anniversarie des relations diplomatiques enter la KOREA et la FRANCE

2024 Art Fair KIAF Godo Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2024 Art Fourmosa Gallery, Michelle, TAIPEI

2024 Galleries Art Fair Pink Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2024 Pink Art Fair, Seoul, KOREA

2023 Art Fair K-Art, Seoul, KOREA

2023 Pink Art Fair, Seoul, KOREA

2023 GALLERIES Art Fair Pink Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2023 BAMA Busan, South, KOREA

2022 PREMIER ART Seoul Pink Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2022 K-Art Fair Gallery Gangnam, Seoul, KOREA

2022 Pink Art Fair Gallery Sia, Seoul, KOREA

2022 Plas Art Show Gallery Sia, Seoul, KOREA

2022 Blue Art Faire Busan, South, KOREA

2021 Seoul International Art Fair, Seoul, KOREA

2020 Gallery Artists Part XV11, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2020 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2020 Art on paper Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2020 14C Art Fair D’Arte Gallery, NJ, US

2019 Art Fair Walter Wickiser Gallery, Athina, GREECE

2019 18th KOREA International ArtFair KIAF, Seoul, KOREA

2019 Art on Paper Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2019 HONG KONG Affordable Art Fair godo gallery, HONG KONG

2019 Gallery Artists Part XV1 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2018 Art Fair STOCKHOLM godo Gallery, SWEDEN

2018 KACAL Cultural Center, LA, US

2018 Art Fair Busan d’Arte Gallery, South, KOREA

2017 Art Fair FIAC ALMINE RECH Gallery, Paris FRANCE

2017 Abstraction TENRI Cultural Institute of New York, US

2017 Are Athina Asian Art Gallery, Athens, GREECE

2017 Singapore Art Show,d'Arte Gallery, SINGAPORE

2017 Form & Content, Gallery 7, Athens, GREECE

2017 Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, KOREA

2016 Art LA,d'Arte Gallery, LA, US

2016 Asia Contemporary Art Show, d'Arte Gallery, HONG KONG

2016 Art Athina Asian Art Works, Line ane Gesture, Athens, GREECE

2016 KACAL 17 NEW York, NY, US

2016 Art Busan, d'Arte Gallery, Busan, KOREA

2016 American Contemporary Art Ltd, New York, US

2016 Five Senses+1, d'Arte Gallery, New York, US

2016 Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hyun Contemporary NY, US, HONG KONG

2015 Affordable Art Fair, DDP Seoul, K&P Gallery, New York, US, Seoul, KOREA

2015 Art Fair ASPEN, Donghwa Ode Gallery, Colorado, New York, US

2015 The 8th Art Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Dongwha Ode Gallery, New York, US

2015 Art Busan, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Busan, KOREA

2015 Art Busan, IL Ponte Galleria Firenze Italy, Busan, KOREA

2014 Concept Miami, Walter Wickieser Gallery, Miami, US

2014 Fair for Modern and Contemporary Art, Asan Gallery, Cologne, GERMANY

2014 KIAF Riverside Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2013 Gallery Artists Part X, Walter Wickieser Gallery, New York, US

2013 Fair for Modern and Contemporary Art, Asan Gallery, Cologne, GERMANY

2013 The 37th ARTEX Seoul, Godo Gallery, JCAA Tokyo, Seoul, KOREA

2013 Houston Fine Art Fair, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Houston, US

2013 Hampton Art Fair, Couteron Paris, FRANCE, New York, US

2012 Scope New York, Riverside Gallery, New York, US

2012 Art Palm Beach, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Palm Beach, US

2012 Korea Art Show, Godo Gallery, New York, US

2012 China International Gallery Exposition, Able Fine Art Gallery, Beijing, CHINA 

2012 Gallery Artists Part IX, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2012 Korea American Contemporary Arts Lte, New York, US

2012 K-Art, Godo Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2012 A&C Art Fair, Seoul, KOREA

2012 Tokyo Art Fair, JCAA Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN

2012 Art Show Busan, Able Fine Art Gallery, Busan, KOREA

2012 KIAF, Able Fine Art Gallery, Seojong Gallery, KOREA

2012 Art Shopping au Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, FRANCE

2011 Art Chicago, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Chicago, US

2011 KIAF, Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2011 Art Palm Beach, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Palm Beach, US

2011 Scope New York, Able Fine Art Chelsea, New York, US

2011 Gallery Artists Part VIII, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2010 Art MIAMI, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Miami, US

2010 The New Abstractionists III, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2010 Seoul Open Art Fair, Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2010 The 27th New York Art, Soho Ward-Nasse Gallery, JCAA, New York, US

2010 The 32nd ARTEX New York, New York, US

2010 The 32nd ARTEX Tokyo, Soya Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN

2010 The 33rd ARTEX Soul, Godo Gallery, Seoul JCAA, Seoul, KOREA

2009 Art BASEL Maimi W, Wickiser Gallery, Miami, US

2009 RA 31EME ARTEX Paris, Paris, FRANCE

2009 The 31st ARTEX New York, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, US

2009 The 5th New York World Art Festival, New York, US

2009 The 30th International IMPACT Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto, JAPAN

2009 The 2nd World Open Art Festival, Seoul, KOREA

2009 Korea Contemporary Art Renaissance Exhibition, Seoul, KOREA

2009 ARTEX Seoul, Insa Art Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2008 The 29th International IMPACT Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto, JAPAN

2008 Abstract Watercolor 14th, Seoul, KOREA

2008 A&C Art Fair Seoul, Seoul Museum, Seoul, KOREA

2008 Korea Professional Art Mall Festival, Seoul, KOREA

2007 The 27th ARTEX New York, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, US

2006 The 27th International IMPACT Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto, JAPAN

2004 The 25th International IMPACT Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto, JAPAN

2001 The 21st JCAA New York Ward-Nasse Gallery New York, US 

Solo Invitational Exhibitions

2026 FORT LEE MUSEUM, NJ, US

2024 Gallery Moo Woo Soo, Seoul, KOREA

2024 Gallery Artmusee, Seoul, KOREA

2022 Gallery Pink, Seoul, KOREA

2022 Lotte World Tower, Seoul, KOREA

2020 KUMHO MUSEUM, Seoul, KOREA

2019 Korea Community Cent YH Gallery, NJ, US

2017 TOW A-RU Gallery, FUKUOKA, JAPAN

2016 TENRI Gallery, New York, US

2015 Mobius Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2015 Hyundai Department Store Art Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2014 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, US

2013 Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2012 Riverside Gallery, Hackensack, US

2012 Able Fine Art Gallery, New York, US

2011 Able Fine Art Gallery, New York, US

2010 Tokyo Mi Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN

2010 Gono Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN

2009 Europe Gallery, Paris, FRANCE

2009 KCC Gallery, Englewood, US

2009 Seoul Art Gallery, Seoul, KOREA

2008 Salon the Hululu Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN

2008 Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, KOREA

2006 Sunlight Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN

2006 Repin Academy Museum, Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA

2005 Gallery Couteron, Paris, FRANCE