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Sujin Lim
Sujin Lim was born in Seoul, Republic of Korea and currently lives in New York. She has completed her BFA and MFA from Seoul National University and MFA from the Bauhaus University-Weimar, Germany. She creates site-specific interventions that relate to socio-political issues, and are accompanied by video and photo documentation.

Exhibition and awards
She has had five solo exhibitions in Korea and in Switzerland, and her works have been selected for the third edition of BIENALSUR, International Biennial of Contemporary Art of the South at the MARCO Museum of Art, Buenos Aires, AR, the IV Moscow International Biennale for Young Art ‘A Time for Dreams’ in the National Museum of Moscow and exhibitions including ‘MIND PALACES’ at the Bauhaus-Museum, Germany, ‘At the End of the World’ in the Marke 6. gallery at the Neues Museum in Germany and ‘Storming Party in Art Museum’ in the Seoul Museum of Art.

Sujin Lim won the Contemporary Talents 9th Edition of Francois Schneider Foundation in France, the Dave Bown Projects 12th Competition Award of Excellence and the KARA Award. She has traveled and developed her work in residencies such as at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and at the Chandong Studio run by The National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea.

She has been commissioned on a number of site-specific art projects, including the project 'Silver Lining' Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 'Dream House', The City of Cedar Falls in IA, USA, ‘Home’, The City of Ottawa, CA, 'Prince George's County Public Art Bus Shelter Pilot Project' in MD, USA, ‘Water Square’ in Switzerland and ‘The Platform’ in Seoul, South Korea.

Oil Painting (2017)
Al Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Painting on glass with crude oil, Video (7:58min) and Photography Series

The Crude Sceneries is photo documentation of a painting-on-glass performance that took place in Al Balad, old town Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The demolished parts of the buildings were symbolically restored in the paintings with crude oil extracted in Saudi Arabia. For longer than a thousand years, Al Balad has conserved its traditional architecture and livelihood as the center of the city Jeddah. Since the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia in the 1930s, the town has lost its original character and been left behind as a remnant without proper water and electricity resources. New modern architecture in areas that can be accessed by car has replaced much of the region, but the old town attracts immigrants from neighboring countries.

By restoring the old buildings in her oil paintings in The Crude Sceneries, Sujin Lim attempts to create story depicting both the missing sceneries and the process of their disappearance, including the crude oil itself in front of the eyes.

Landscape painting (2018-)
Young-Heung Island, Incheon, South Korea HD video documentation

The project started in August 2018 and lasted five months in YoengHeung Island in Incheon, South Korea. On large canvases, I painted lost landscapes that have vanished from the island based on research and on-site interviews. The project was painted at six different sites on the island: the view of a bridge built to connect the islands, the smog from a power plant, a power line tower, at an old house site, in front of a wooden skywalk, and in front of the dam that has connected Daebu Island to the mainland for the last three decades.

FACTORyAL LANDSCAPE (2014)
Grindelwald, Switzerland, Temporary Intervention, 1200 Pieces of Artificial Flowers made in China HD Single Channel Video  (04:16min)

FACTORyAL LANDSCAPE is site-specific performance planting 1200 pieces of artificial flowers made in China in the field near the mountain in the Alps. The Alps is known for its beautiful nature and landscapes, especially for many Asian people as one of the most famous tourist spots. This performance is motivated by traditional Buddhist ceremony in Asia to release captured animals to free them back to nature.

The Platform (2019)
Heon-In Village Bus Station, Seoul, South Korea, Concrete, Wood, Leather, Chandelier

Residents in Heonin town in Seoul, Korea are living without proper public facilities since the redevelopment plan has been suspended. ‘The Platform’ was fabricated with the furniture makers in town both as public furniture and as bus shelter.



Dream House (2022)
The City of Cedar Falls, IA, US, Aluminum Steel and Paint

The plaza acted like a junction point where two contrasting elements Nature and Built environment met each other. "Dream House" can be a backdrop for performances which happen in the plaza. The sculpture to enhance the intimacy of the space and its ability to be welcoming and bring all sorts of people together in the common environment.

Cloud House (2016)
Springfield, Missouri, US, FRP Vacuum Casting, Paint Satin Base and Clear

Cloud Sculpture: Sujin Lim

Lead Artist: Matthew Mazzotta

CLOUD HOUSE is a unique rain harvesting system that creatively reuses the rainwater it collects to provide a deeper look into the natural systems that give us the food we eat. Sujin Lim’s sculpture and installation “Silver Lining” series started in 2003 and has been exhibited several times in galleries and museums shows in Seoul, Korea, as well as outdoor venues in Public Space in the US, Germany, and Korea.

In 2016, Artist Matthew Mazzotta invited Sujin’s Silver Lining work into his developing CLOUD HOUSE project where she designed the cloud model for the large cloud that sits on top of the house. The model was fabricated at 1:15 scale by a 7 axis CNC router out of foam and an eco non-toxic outer coating.

Media Coverage
Lim's work has been featured in Artforum, Hyperallergic, and Bazaar.