Education
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Long Island University. New York (M. F. A)
2000 Master of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University. Seoul Korea (M. F. A)
1997 Graduated, Painting Dept. of Hong-Ik University. Seoul Korea (B. F. A)
Award
2005 Pamela Joseph Scholarship for the Arts: (Henry Schein, Inc./New York)
1999 `99MBC Grand Exhibition ¡°Grand Prize¡±
Misulsegae Grand Exhibition ¡°Special Prize¡±
Seoul contemporary art Festival ¡°Excellent Prize¡±
Seoul contemporary art Festival ¡°Excellent Prize¡±
1996 New Frontier ¡°Selected Prize¡±
13 times Solo Shows
2012 ¡°Unknown Artist" Baum Art Gallery / Seoul. Korea
2012 ¡°Art Fair Incheon 2012¡± Kim Kee Tae Solo Show
Incheon Culture & arts Center / Incheon. Korea
2010 Kim Kee Tae / Sejong Gallery / Korea
2009 ¡¯09 Manif - Kim Kee Tae /Seoul Art Center /Seoul. Korea
2009 ¡°A painting drawn by the Light, A Illusion made by the time¡±
/Kimyoungseob Photo Gallery/Seoul. Korea
2008 ¡°A Brief Story of A Forgotten Garden¡±
/KwanHoon Gallery/ Seoul. Korea
2008 ¡°Unknown Artist¡± /Art forum Rhee/ Pucheon. Korea
2006 Omni Gallery/ NewYork. U.S.A
2006 ¡°The forgotten garden¡± / Second Avenue Fire house/ NewYork. U.S.A
2005 Gallery of Bryant library / NewYork. U.S.A
2005 ¡°The Respectable lightness of the Being¡±/
Hill wood S.A.L Gallery/ NewYork. U.S.A
2000 Gallery SungBo/ Seoul. Korea
1999 Gallery Ive/ Seoul. Korea
And Presented over50 times¡¯ selected group shows
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When I was a young boy, I found a photo in a magazine. It was a photo of a farmer walking and carrying a frame on his back. He was walking by tall trees in a row pointing toward the deep blue sky, there was a white cloud that was angled against the light. For some reason, it made a very deep impression. I even drew it in water color (only landscape, no farmer, any way I lost it) I was too young to understand the feeling the painting gave me, I was fascinated by this deep feeling, it might be the sublimity of the nature (now it is a meaningful background for value of existence in my paintings). Several decades later, I found myself drawing the emotions I felt when I first saw that photo.
In my work, photography proves the place as a reality, and painting leads it to the place that is in my consciousness. I always draw the place in between my consciousness and unconsciousness. The scene of the place is neither looking special nor something new but only coldly realistic. So it might be the reason that I can call it surrealistic.
A fresh and soft breeze blows my hair and passes me quietly, bright lights are calmly ruffled by the wind. The old emotions that are not remembered quietly well spread on the layers of life. They are turned into lights and have gone up to the sky with trembling by the breeze. Maybe ¡®it is the soundless shouting¡¯ ¡®it is eternal handkerchief of nostalgia waving for the deep blue sea.¡¯ The first phrase of a poem that I read when I was a boy and have kept in my mind. For all this paying due regard to my poor knowledge of the poem, it seems to have a good understanding of the underlying theme in my work.
Kim, Keetae
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