South Korean mixed media artist Ilhwa Kim, will bring to London a brand new selection of artworks created in the last 2 and a half years. ‘Real Life Architecture’ is a collaborative curatorial project which will centre around the artist’s philosophy and purpose for creating.

This latest exhibition will feature more than 20 large panel artworks. Pieces that explore a liminal space between human perception of existence and the true state of reality, a body of abstract artworks representing true life without the limitations of senses.

Kim's abstract works are impactful artworks composed of thousands of ‘Hanji’ paper seeds whose inherent dynamism creates works of art that shift between painting and sculpture, delivering art as a new experience of discovery, dynamism and intrigue.

"OUR PREVIOUS 2 AND ½ YEARS IN OUR TIMES REMIND US THERE MUST BE ENORMOUS UNKNOWN BOUNDARIES JUST OUTSIDE OUR EVERY GROWING KNOWLEDGE OF OUR WORLD. WHAT AM I DOING INSIDE THIS CHAOS WITH MY SEED WORKS? I’VE BEEN CALLING MY WORKS AS THE TIMELINE CONTAINING OUR EVERYDAY ARCHITECTURE OF TACTILE SENSES."

When we plant a seed in a vase, we are both curious and expectant. We quickly begin to have expectations about what the seed will become. As we watch the seed grow over time from seedling to small plant and maybe into a small tree, we’re always surprised and a bit disappointed because it never happens exactly the way we expect. Our understanding of the seed always contains the betrayal of our initial expectations to some extent. This experience of betrayed expectation also happens when we grow into adulthood and beyond. Surprise and betrayal are part of growing up.