Lim is deeply engaged in remembering and recording various events and situations through her multifocal gaze on everyday life, literature, music, subcultures, and more, weaving narratives that are both accidental and inevitable. These narratives engage with time and space in complex ways, often brushing past themes of exchange, relationship, intimacy, wandering, alienation, and obsession. The artist adopts the form of a 'non-linear visual essay,' intentionally avoiding dramatic narratives. Instead, she seeks a rhythmic alignment of multiple, tentative perspectives. In the spaces where these perspectives converge, she hopes to foster a deep connection between humanity and the environment. Lim curates and rehearses stories through a variety of media, including images, voices, videos, sculptures, environmental compositions, playlists, and publications.
Jieun Lim is a Korean artist based in Duesseldorf, Germany and Seoul, South Korea. She studied fine arts at the Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, where she received her diploma and Meisterschueler. In Korea she holds a BFA in painting from Hong-ik University in Seoul. Her works have been internationally exhibited including K21 Museum of Contemporary Art in Duesseldorf, Gallery Ermes-Ermes in Rome, IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen, Belgium, Gallery LC Queisser in Tbilisi, Georgia, Museum of Art Solingen, Germany, Philara Collection in Düsseldorf, Shinhan Gallery, Seoul, Bangkok Biennale, Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Studio in Chiangmai, and many others. Her works can be found in the collections of the IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art and the New collection of Academy Gallery, Duesseldorf.
Jieun Lim’s residency at NARS is made possible by the generous support of our residency program partner Hanwha Foundation of Culture.
