Myung Sik Kim Exhibition

Myung Sik Kim Exhibition「A Message of Hope and Peace」
November 16th (Sat) - December 1st (Sun), 2024
Open every day during the exhibition period 10am-6pm
Venue: Mizoe Art Gallery, Tokyo

●Opening party and Live painting
November 16th (Sat), 2pm-

●The artist will be at the gallery on,
November 16th and 17th, 11am~6pm

During his stay in New York City from 2004 to 2005, while on a train running through the suburbs, Myung Sik Kim looked out the window and saw rows of houses resembling faces of people he had seen in Soho. He decided to paint this, and thus, began the series entitled “East Side Story”.
The colorful houses lined up, huddling closely together represent people of all different races living happily amongst one another, as well as the four seasons seen in the abundant nature of Yongin, A city near Seoul where Kim now resides. Moreover, "East" symbolizes the hope of the rising sun, and these works embody Kim’s prayer for peace.
For Myung Sik Kim, who is based in Seoul and New York, and works internationally, this will be his first solo exhibition in Japan in five years, the last being in 2019. Please come and see it.
Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery

Myung Sik Kim/ Born in 1950 in Seoul, Korea.
Graduated from Chung Ang University, Department of Fine Arts, Painting in 1974.
Completed the master’s degree course in Western painting at Chung Ang University in1980.
Research Professor at Long Island University, New York in 2004.
Research Professor at Kyushu Sangyo University, Faculty of Art and Design, Fukuoka in 2010.
Retired and became Emeritus Professor at Dong-A University, Department of Fine Arts, September 2015.
Held Solo exhibitions in New York, Tokyo, Kobe, Sapporo, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Seoul, Pusan, Sydney, Madrid, Vancouver, Miami, and various other countries.