Project Space

HELEN KIM

SEVENTHSENSE February 10 - March 19, 2023.Artist Reception: February 18, 2023 4-6pm

Morning Pages WorkshopMarch 11, 2023, 10 - 4pm

I see colors in numbers. This series of paintings was inspired by my synesthesia, a perceptual condition in which one or more sensory pathwaysare involuntarily crossed. It’s most acute with mysight and taste. Seeing colors in numbers evoked memories and events during specific decades of my life and informed the formal aspects of eachpainting’s composition.

Content often drives formal explorations in my work. Division of the picture plane and definition ofthe paintings’ edges reflect my personality and therelationship between colors and their respective numbers. These areas are where more energetic and spontaneous application of paint and textures occur. My paintings begin with intuitive drawings and finish with a meditative covering, leaving areas to reveal traces of thoseearly layers, like memories. I approach everything I create like adrawing. It’s the most natural way to express mythoughts and feelings. My work is an abstract interpretation of my life depicted through the use of personally meaningful colors, shapes and lines.

HELEN KIM

SEVENTHSENSE February 10 - March 19, 2023. Artist Reception: February 18, 2023 4-6pm

Morning Pages Workshop March 11, 2023, 10 - 4pm

I see colors in numbers. This series of paintings was inspired by my synesthesia, a perceptual condition in which one or more sensory pathways are involuntarily crossed. It’s most acute with my sight and taste. Seeing colors in numbers evoked memories and events during specific decades of my life and informed the formal aspects of eachpainting’s composition.

Content often drives formal explorations in my work. Division of the picture plane and definition of the paintings’ edges reflect my personality and the relationship between colors and their respective numbers. These areas are where more energetic and spontaneous application of paint and textures occur. My paintings begin with intuitive drawings and finish with a meditative covering, leaving areas to reveal traces of thoseearly layers, like memories. I approach everything I create like a drawing. It’s the most natural way to express my thoughts and feelings. My work is an abstract interpretation of my life depicted through the use of personally meaningful colors, shapes and lines.