Suena Kim is a New York-based visual artist whose work explores human emotion and essential beauty through simplified figures and deconstructed color. Her paintings embrace diverse skin tones, expressions, and emotional textures, expressing a universal beauty that transcends external standards. Transforming color and form into a language of emotion, her work reflects authenticity, humanity, and a positive perspective on existence.
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$56.5K
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About the Artist
Suena Kim is a New York-based visual artist whose work explores human emotion and essential beauty through simplified figures and deconstructed color. Her paintings embrace diverse skin tones, expressions, and emotional textures, expressing a universal beauty that transcends external standards. Transforming color and form into a language of emotion, her work reflects authenticity, humanity, and a positive perspective on existence.
Artist Statement
Beauty
Beauty does not reside solely in visible form. It originates from within and reveals itself through expression, color, and atmosphere. In this body of work, I simplify the human figure and deconstruct color to challenge conventional perceptions of beauty.
The figures portrayed carry diverse skin tones, expressions, and emotional textures, yet they share a common essence—an inner beauty that transcends appearance. Color functions as a language of emotion, while the reduction of line and form becomes a process of approaching essence.
Unlike external beauty, which shifts with time and environment, inner beauty endures. These works visually explore that permanence and authenticity, reflecting a perspective that seeks to view the world with openness and positivity.
Honors
Awards & Recognition
Open Call <A Lavor of Love> Queens Public Library, NY (2025)
The World’s Borough Art Exhibition, Flushing Town Hall, NY (2024)
SunnysideArtists Open Call, Copper Kettle, NY (2022)
Open Call Artist, KCC Gallery, NJ (2021)
Selected for the New York Mills Arts Retreat Residency Program, MN (2018, 2016)
Passion. Connected. Asia Week New York Special Exhibition, Gallery Korea, NY (2018)
Passion. Connected. 100x100. Pyeongchang Olympic Commemoration, Gallery Korea, NY (2017)
Open Call Artist, Art MORA, NY (2015)
An Exhibition Grant, E-Land Art and Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea (2011)
Selected for Exhibition Shinsang Gallery, Seoul, Korea (2008)
National Museum of Contemporary Bank, Korea (2018)
Korea Artists Welfare Foundation, Korea (2017)
Special Prize, Art Contest Busan Bank, Korea (2014)
A Prize, Art Contest Busan Bank, Busan, Korea (2013)
A Prize, Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea (2011)
Special Prize, Kwangju Art Contest, Kwangju, Korea (2011)
Prize for Excellence, Busan Art Contest, Korea (2010)
Prize for Excellence, Gimhae Art Contest, Gimhae, Korea (2010)
Special Prize, Hyeseok Na Art Contest, Suwon, Korea (2010)
Special Prize, 3.15 Masan Art Contest, Masan, Korea (2010)
Special Prize, Gimhae Art Contest, Gimhae, Korea (2009)
A Prize, Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea (2009)
A Prize, Sungsan Art Contest, Changwon, Korea (2009)
Special Prize, Korea Eroticism Art Contest, Jeju Island, Korea (2009)
A Prize, Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea (2008)
Special Prize, Sungsan Art Contest, Changwon, Korea (2008)
A Prize, Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea (2007)
A Prize, Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea (2006)
Career
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
<Traces of the Unseen> Gala Art Center, NY (2026)
<Traces of the Unseen> Mana Contemporary SPACE G, NJ (2025)
< Unfolded Cigarette Packs – Traces of the Unseen> Gallery Kossikossi, Korea
<The Beloved People>Artexpo, Solo Show, NY
<Utopia of Reality- Beauty>Artexpo, Solo Show, NY (2024)
<Utopia of Reality> Gala Art Center, NY (2023)
<Aesthetics of Affinity> Gala Art Center, NY (2022)
<The Crowd> KCC Gallery, NJ (2020)
<The Sound of Rain> Duruduru Gallery, Passau, Germany
<Artist’s Village> Palisades Park Public Library Gallery, NJ (2019)
<New Yorker> ZAHA Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<The New Yorker Unfolded in a Cigarette Pack> Oms Art, NJ
<The Sound of Rain> ZAHA Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<SUENa> ZAHA Gallery, Seoul, Korea (2018)
< The New Yorker Unfolded in a Cigarette Pack > ZAHA Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<Aesthetics of Affinity> Able Fine Art NY gallery, NY (2017)
<SUENa> Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<SUENa> Culture Space PARKing Gallery, Taejeon, Korea (2016)
<Aesthetics of Affinity> International Center, NY
<Aesthetics of Affinity> Able Fine Art NY gallery, NY (2015)
<A Free Flapping of the Wings>Kensington Hotel Gallery, Jeju Island, Korea (2014)
<SUENa> Benz Smart, Busan, Korea
<SUENa> Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea (2012)
<SUENa> Bumi Art Hall, Busan, Korea
<SUENa> E-Land Foundation for Art & Culture, Seoul, Korea (2011)
<SUENa> Fine Gallery, Busan, Korea (2010)
<SUENa> Suka Gallery, Busan, Korea (2009)
Lotte Gallery, Busan, Korea (2008)
Shinsang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Art Fair
Upcoming Exhibition, The Pancakes & Brooze Art Show, Brooklyn, NY (2026)
The Pancakes & Brooze Art Show, Brooklyn, NY (2025)
LA Art Show, CA (2023)
Art Palm Beach, Miami, FL
Artexpo, NY (2019)
Jamunbak Culture Forum, ZAHA Gallery, Korea
ASYAAF &Hidden Artist Festival, DDP Plaza, Seoul, Korea (2016)
AAF Milan, Italy
AAF Battersea Autumn Collection, London, UK (2015)
AAF New York
Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul Congress Center (2014)
AAF, Battersea Park, London, UK
Art Show, Bexco, Busan, Korea
International Art Fair, Bexco, Busan, Korea (2011)
International Art Fair, Culture Center, Busan, Korea
Group Exhibition
<Traces of the Unseen>Edge Golf, NJ (2026)
<Echoes Across the Hudson> ACC Gallery, NJ
Good Luck from The K-Tiger, Kate Oh Gallery, NY (2025)
Fall Art KNYAA Exhibition, Mana Legacies Gallery, NJ
Spring Art KNYAA Exhibition, KAAGNY, NY
Open Call <A Lavor of Love> Queens Public Library, NY
The World’s Borough Art Exhibition, Flushing Town Hall, NY (2024)
AHL ART FAIR, AHL Foundation, NY (2023)
Shatto Gallery, LA
Magical Moment, KCC Gallery, NJ
AHL ART FAIR, AHL Foundation, NY (2022)
SunnysideArtists Open Call, Copper Kettle, NY
Spring Gala Show, Blooming…, KCC Gallery, NJ (2021)
Open Call Artist, KCC Gallery, NJ
Pandemic Through Art Award, KCC Gallery, NJ
Atrium Gallery, Germany (2020)
“Meditation” Zen Art Gallery, NY
“Artist’s Village” New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, MN (2018)
Passion. Connected. Asia Week New York Special Exhibition, Gallery Korea, NY
Passion. Connected. 100x100. Pyeongchang Olympic Commemoration, Gallery Korea, NY (2017)
“We Are a Landscape of All We have Seen”, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, NY (2016)
ASYAAF &Hidden Artist Festival, DDP Plaza, Seoul, Korea
Art Slope, Park Slpoe, Brooklyn
Open Call Artist, Art MORA, NY (2015)
Art Contest Bank of Busan, Busan, Korea (2014)
Kensington Hotel Gallery, Jeju Island, Korea
Art Contest Bank of Busan, Busan, Korea (2013)
Young Artist Exhibition, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Silla University Alumni Exhibition, Culture Center, Busan, Korea (2012)
Korea Association Professional Artists, Gallery Ol, Seoul, Korea
Korea·Philippines·France·Japan Art Festival, Manila National Museum of Contemporary Art, Philippines (2011)
Haeundae Art Center Invitation, Haeundae Art Center, Busan, Korea
Commemoration of the opening of Bank of Busan Gallery, Busan, Korea
Water, Person and Environment, City Hall, Busan, Korea
Busan Water Color Exhibition< Open The Door of Communication >, Busan, Korea
Art Contest, Busan, Korea
Kwangju Art Contest, Kwangju, Korea
Korea·China·Japan International Art Exchange, Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan (2010)
Biennale Commemoration Asia Art, Culture Center, Busan, S. Korea
Korea·Japan Modern Art < Expression and Method> Lusso Gallery, Busan, Korea
International Art Show IAF< Beauty of Korea > Breathe with the environment, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Japan
We-Together Exhibition, Simon Gallery, Japan
Thirty Women - Their world, Gallery Fine, Busan, Korea
Green Environment Exhibition, Eulsukdo Culture Center, Busan, Korea
Busan Art Exhibition-Young Eyes, Culture Center, Busan, Korea
We-Together Exhibition, Bumi Art Hall, Busan, Korea
Green Environment Exhibition, Lotte Gallery, Busan, Korea
Meet The Water and Light, Lotte Gallery, Busan, Korea
Silla University Alumni Exhibition, Haeundae Culture Center, Busan, Korea
Green Environment Exhibition, Busan University Hospital, Busan, Korea
Busan Water Color Exhibition < Wake Up Thinking > City Hall, Busan, Korea
Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea
Gimhae Art Contest, Gimhae, Korea
Na-Hesuk Art Contest, Suwon, Korea
3.15Masan Art Contest, Masan, Korea
Their World’ Exhibition, Gallery Fine, Busan, Korea
Group MASS 10th Years Commemoration, City Hall, Busan, Korea (2009)
Busan Water Color Exhibition < Look at pure > City Hall, Busan, Korea
Gimhae Art Contest, Cimhae, Korea
Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea
Sungsan Art Contest, Changwon, Korea
Korea Eroticism Art Contest, Jeju Island, Korea
Jungang Gallery Commemoration of the Opening, Busan, Korea (2008)
Prop Invitation Exhibition, Eesu Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Busan Water Color Exhibition <Watercolor Meeting in The Fall>, City Hall, Busan, Korea
Contest Blooming, Gac Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Modern Drawing Exhibition, Sasang Borough Office Gallery, Busan, Korea
Index Exhibition, Sasang Borough Office Gallery, Busan, Korea
Silla University Alumni Exhibition, City Hall, Busan, Korea
Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea
Sungsan Art Contest, Changwon, Korea
Buy Art, YISU Gallery, Korea
Young and Honam Regions Art Exchange Exhibition, City Hall, Busan, Korea (2007)
Korea Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition, Silom Galleria Plaza, Bangkok, Thailand
Group MASS Exhibition, Catholic Center, Busan, Korea
Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea
Index Exhibition, Geunjung Culture Center, Busan, Korea (2006)
Silla University Alumni Exhibition, City Hall, Busan, Korea
Busan Art Contest, Busan, Korea
Korea·Japan Modern Art Exchange, Culture Center, Busan, Korea (2005)