Minjae Kim (b. 1989, Seoul)

Minjae Kim lives and works in Ridgewood, Queens. An alumnus of the Architecture program at Columbia University, in 2018 Kim began complementing his interest in the built environment with works built from hand. Minjae’s dovetailing sculpture and furniture practices persuade through functionality both suggested and actual. From his predictive bodily impressions in wood to the silhouettes of his quilted fiberglass hulls and vessels, Kim insists on the invitation to actuate form and produce generative artistic meaning through materiality and touch. The artist’s inaugural solo exhibition, I Was Evening All Afternoon, was held at Marta in 2021, and Kim has since gone on to present work with Etage Projects, Nina Johnson, Blunk Space, and Salon 94, among others. A pair of Minjae's works from 2023, Garb 4 and Moon Jar, reside in the permanent collection of the Denver Art Museum. Minjae has been recognized in a cadre of publications, including Apartamento, Architectural Digest, Cultured, Financial Times, MilK, The New York Times, Office, Pin–Up, Surface, and Wallpaper*. His most recent solo exhibition, Phantom–22, is on view at Marta Los Angeles through May 31, 2025.