BoBo (Boram Kim) is an art therapist, artist-researcher and educator exploring symbiotic relationships. Currently, she is an MA candidate in Art Therapy and Counseling at School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in Chicago, IL. She received an MFA from the Hongik University and a BFA from Dongduk Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea.
Informed by natural science research, ecology, and biology, Kim has produced a unique body of work over the past decade at the intersectionality of her being. It is represented in her art through the coexistence of the Western painting techniques with traditional Korean materials, such as natural stone-crushed pigments, animal skin glue, Hanji [mulberry tree paper].
Artist Statement
Smithsonian ID: ZZ*RSN82541U23 2022, Korean color, Animal Skin Glue and Water on Mulberry tree paper
No. 289 Saffron-Cowled Blackbird from Captain FitzRoy’s Collection 2022, Korean color, Animal Skin Glue and Water on Mulberry tree paper
Fiji Bar-Winged Rail, Nesoclopeus Poecilopterus 2022, Korean color, Animal Skin Glue and Water on Mulberry tree paper
Chestnut-Collared Longspur, Calcarius ornatus - 18.38 x 14.17 mm 2022, Natural stone-crushed pigments, Animal Skin Glue and Water, Korean color on Mulberry tree paper
Wood Thrush, Hylocichla Mustelina - 24.74 x 19.39 mm 2022, Natural stone-crushed pigments, Animal Skin Glue and Water, Korean color on Mulberry tree paper