Youngjae Kim
MFA ’20 Printmaking
Youngjae Kim is from South Korea. He moved to America when he was fifteen years old. He graduated from the University of South Dakota with a BFA in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking. His work questions about being an immigrant in America. He is currently based in Greenville, North Carolina, pursuing an MFA in Printmaking at East Carolina University.
Amerikorean
“Amerikorean” is a project that utilizes imagery to elucidate the struggles of an immigrant from South Korea attempting to adjust and define a sense of identity in the United States. The image-making process represents an examination of American cultural, political, and social standards, and contains emotions, thoughts and humor to initiate and promote a productive discussion about the complex subject of immigration. This is a timely topic in the current American political climate. As an immigrant who struggles with communication, my intent is also to share with my viewers the emotional and social distress associated with communication barriers encountered daily through imagery, which is often easier than with words. The main purpose of this study is to define my dual identities as an immigrant: Korean and American, foreign and native, adjusted and never adjusting. The attempt is to provide a voice to all of those who, define themselves as foreign or an “other” in American society.
Amerikorean, 2020
installation view
Documentation of Immigrant Life, 2020
installation view
Documentation of Immigrant Life-이민자, 2020
photolithography
8×10 in
Documentation of Immigrant Life-이민자, 2020
photolithography
8×10 in
Documentation of Immigrant Life-이민자, 2020
photolithography
8×10 in
Documentation of Immigrant Life-이민자, 2020
photolithography
8×10 in
Documentation of Immigrant Life, 2020
presentation package
Invasive Species series, 2020
installation view
Invasive Species-Asian Carp, 2020
lithography
15×22 in
Invasive Species-Korean Chipmunk, 2020
lithography
15×22 in
Invasive Species-Kudzu, 2020
lithography
15×22 in
Invasive Species-Snakehead Fish, 2020
lithography
15×22 in
Ncessites of Life series, 2020
installation view
Necessities of Life-Clothing, 2020
lithography
22×30 in
Necessities of Life-Food, 2020
lithography
22×30 in
Necessities of Life-Shelter, 2020
lithography
22×30 in
Seven Deadly Sins series, 2020
installation view
Seven Deadly Sins-Envy, 2019
lithography
15×22 in
Seven Deadly Sins-Gluttony, 2019
lithography
15×22 in
Seven Deadly Sins-Greed, 2019
lithography
15×22 in
Seven Deadly Sins-Lust, 2019
lithography
15×22 in
Seven Deadly Sins-Pride, 2019
lithography
15×22 in
Seven Deadly Sins-Sloth, 2019
lithography
15×15 in
Seven Deadly Sins-Wrath, 2019
lithography
15×22 in
Ultimate Printmaking, 2020
commercial inkjet reproduction of drawing
8×24 ft
Ultimate Printmaking, 2020
commercial inkjet reproduction of drawing
8×24 ft
Ultimate Printmaking, 2020
commercial inkjet reproduction of drawing
8×24 ft
Ultimate Printmaking, 2020
commercial inkjet reproduction of drawing
8×24 ft
Thesis Committee
Matt Egan, MFA
Heather Muise, MFA
Beth Blake, MFA
Mi-Sook Hur, MFA
Catherine Walker-Bailey, MFA
