Artists

Minjung Kim

Press release

Almine Rech is pleased to present 'The Pulse of Ink, Paper, and Fire', the first solo exhibition in Brussels by Korean artist Minjung Kim, bringing together a broad selection of her defining series. Kim's work unfolds through a cyclical structure where one painting gives birth to the next, allowing each piece to emerge through the act of making itself. This intuitive rhythm creates organic connections across her series, shaping a practice sustained by repetition and renewal. At the heart of her practice is 'hanji', traditional Korean mulberry paper, which has become inseparable from her artistic identity. The traces of pigment, water, and fire impressed into its surface create deep textures that evoke the physical imprints of time and process, embodying the balance between contemplation and expression that defines her art. This exhibition reveals her unique visual language that merges Eastern sensibility with Western abstraction, extending the possibilities of hanji and reflecting a meditation on continuity, balance, and transformation.