jinmateokim


B. SEOUL, KR
CURRENTLY BASED IN NEW YORK, NY
EMAIL: JINMATEOKIM@GMAIL.COM
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2026
JUN: THE GREENHUT RESIDENCY
MAY: ARTWEEK2026 @BEVERLYS NYC
APR: A YEAR FROM GENESIS @FRISSON GALLERY
MAR: THE STILLEST HOUR @HYACINTH GALLERY

SELECTED WORKYRNOTES
10
figures
2025
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9
Favorite Girl
2025
-
8
are we falling in love?
2025
rabbits
7
Thriller
2024
installation
6
FILTH FEAR FAITH FERAL FLESH
2024
installation
5
The Noonday Sun in Zenith
2024
-
4
Little Deaths
2024
-
3
SILICA
2024
rabbits
2
Hate and Glory
2023 (ongoing)
time-based work 
1
your love is enough
2023
dogs

THIS DRIVE NEVER ENDS. 
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10    figures
2025
Oil on kitakata green
10-1.1

fig. 1 fire has no shadow; wavering flame dances alone and dies alone.
2025
Oil on kitakata green
5 x 4”


10-2.1

fig.2 science & fig.3 religion
2025
Oil on kitakata green
5 x 4” each


10-3.1

fig.4 pain & fig.5 reason
2025
Oil on kitakata green
5 x 4” each
9    Favorite Girl
2025
Oil on mulberry
9.1

Favorite Girl 2
2025
Oil on mulberry
12 x 9”
8    are we falling in love?
2025
Oil on mulberry
8.1

are we falling in love?
2025
Oil on mulberry
11 x 13”
7    Thriller
2024
installation
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6

Thriller
2024
Salvaged Shoei helmet, salvaged metal cabinet, salvaged fish tanks, cast silicone hand, salvaged motorcycle jacket, duct tape, UV sanitation light, and found cantilever chair
Dimensions variable.
6    FILTH FEAR FAITH FERAL FLESH FAILURE FEVER FOREVER
2024
installation
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5

FILTH FEAR FAITH FERAL FLESH FAILURE FEVER FOREVER
2024
1:1 steel wire model of Kawasaki H2R supercharged engine, waste engine oil, 1.5 x 33.5 x 81.5” steel receptacle, and steel floor grates
Dimensions variable.
5    The Noonday Sun in Zenith
2024
Oil on mulberry
5.1
5.2

The Noonday Sun in Zenith
2024
Oil on mulberry (diptych)
54 x 60”
4    Little Deaths
2024
Oil on mulberry
4-1.1

Little Death 1
2024
Oil on mulberry
36 x 54”


4-2.1

Little Death 2
2024
Oil on mulberry
30” x 30”
3    SILICA
2024
Oil on mulberry
3.1
3.2

SILICA 
2024
Oil on mulberry
60 x 64”
2    Hate and Glory
2023 - ongoing
time-based work
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4

Hate and glory
2023
1:12 petroleum-based plastic cast model of Kawasaki H2R dissolving in aetheroleum
9 x 4 x 4”
1    your love is enough
2023
Grease pencil and gouache on mulberry
1.1

your love is enough
2023
Grease pencil and gouache on mulberry
21 x 21”
On a motorcycle going 250 mph on a linear track, the body travels in a perpetual state of extremis without ever reaching the fatal end. There is no destination; the drive is the objective, and the speed, bearing a readiness to go beyond the limits of life.
 In 2014, Kawasaki announced the Ninja H2R, a track-only motorcycle designed to break the motorcycle industry’s standard top speed of 186mph, delivering a top speed of 250mph. The answer to the dreams of all the speed fanatics is an unhinged culmination of technology and engineering packed into a vehicle that fits below a man’s crotch.
 The human condition subjects us to infinite desire within the constraints of finite time. Žižek clarifies that the death of the Self in eroticism does not implicit a claim to immortality. The reversal of negativity is not a new positivity. “‘Negation of negation’ means that even negation fails”; hence, “not only are we not immortal but we are even not mortal, we fail in that endeavor to disappear”(Žižek, 175). The death-drive of riding 250 mph, then, is the relentless persistence of infinite desire, propelling us beyond the boundaries of our finite existence.  

AS ABOVE, SO BELOW.