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Anna Cipollone, is a writer and editor based in Toronto. Her work has appeared in magazines like Chatelaine, Canada’s 100 Best , Festival Style, Yoga Journal and FASHION, with topics focused on style, design, yoga, arts and culture. She splits her time between Roncesvalles and the Kawarthas.
In Conversation With Jeannie Kyungjin Kim PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEANNIE KYUNGJIN KIM
Born in South Korea and raised in Ontario, multi-disciplinary artist and art educator Jeannie Kyungjin Kim produces chaekgeori paintings–a style based in antiquity that pays homage to the 18th century Korean folk tradition.
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Photo by: Red Gate Residency (Beijing, China).
orking primarily in Asian watercolours, video and drawing, Jeannie Kyungjin Kim’s work explores what it means to live with hybrid identities. Her series of greeting cards uses art as a vehicle for change by raising funds in support of Asian advocacy groups. This past summer, 2021, she taught an online course through the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design on still life compositions and the lineage of chaekgeori. What subject matter are you currently exploring in your work?
My art career started with oil painting. As I progressed, I saw myself gravitating towards memory in particular; vague memories of Korea when I was young started to emerge. I explored drawing using graphite and ink. It has become a bit more defined in the sense that I’m interested in this very particular type of Korean traditional painting called chaekgeori painting, which loosely translates to “books and things.” The perspective isn’t quite perfect; it’s not about portraying still life in the most realistic manner.
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