Hwahyun Kim exhibition: 'In Between Dreams and Reality'

SCAD presents "In Between Dreams and Reality," a thesis exhibition by Hwahyun Kim (M.F.A. painting) showcasing works that combine fastidiously drawn ink motifs with blocks of color or translucent layers of thin, gestural paint. 

Inspired by vivid nightmares she had as a child of being chased or bound, Hwahyun Kim’s art questions reality as she explores the subliminal mind. With a keen interest in the liminal space between waking life and the subconscious, she creates surreal landscapes inhabited by humans, animals and lush, flowering vegetation. Her work also incorporates hyper-realistic sections of narrative imagery, executed in precise pen drawings, with indistinct boundaries or voids conflating the space between reality and imagination.

Hwahyun Kim earned a B.A. and an M.F.A. in painting from Dongguk University in her native Seoul, South Korea. She has had solo exhibitions at the New South Gallery & Studio in Statesville, North Carolina, and Spruill Gallery in Dunwoody, Georgia, and has participated in group exhibitions across the U.S. and South Korea.

"Between Dreams" is curated by Ben Tollefson, assistant curator of SCAD exhibitions.

Reception: Thursday, Jan. 25, 6–8 p.m. 

Gallery hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.