Summary

Helen Kim is an abstract artist, working in her studio in San Francisco, CA. She studied architecture at Cornell University where she received her Bachelor of Architecture degree, and upon graduation moved to Boston and eventually San Francisco to pursue her career. After 15 years in the field, she embarked on a different creative venture and opened Urban Knitting Studio in San Francisco's Hayes Valley, where she operated her retail business and taught knitting classes for 7 years. When asked how knitting and architecture were related, her response was "Knitting is designing and constructing, just with a different medium." When she began painting she realized how this sentiment rang true for all mediums, including drawing and collage, in which she works.

 

Drawing is Helen's first love. When she started painting, her lyrical lines and marks naturally made their way onto the surface with oil and cold wax to visually narrate her life's story. Memories and emotions are expressed through colors, shapes and lines, all of which have been instrumental in developing her personal vocabulary.