Doki Kim Korea, b. 1980

Doki Kim takes a profound interest in the various layers of the world, including space and nature, society and culture, matter and energy, and time and space. Using immaterial media such as light, heat, gravity, and language, she creates works that explore the 'phenomena' that occur in the interaction of matter.

Throughout visualizing the elements—such as light, heat, and gravity—which give “situation” to “universe”—a physical place, she employs diverse non-artistic materials, including natural objects, industrial matter and everyday supplies. Kim sometimes relies on strict performative procedures to portray the hidden sides of the original properties of selected materials by combining and deconstructing them. The delicate breakup reveals where and what the objects originated from; the accumulation caused by the repetitive movement actively adjusts the volume of the outcomes and records the lapse of time.

Doki Kim lives and works in Busan. She has participated in group exhibitions at Nam June Paik Art Center(2026), Museum of Contemporary Art Busan(2025, 2021), Ha Jungwoong Museum of Art(2023), Busan Museum of Art(2023), and Ilmac Foundation(2020). Her work is represented in the collections of MoCA Korea, Tokyo University of the Arts Museum.