NA KIM

2011-05-30T09:20:00.000-04:00

I've moved to www.na-kim.tumblr.com.

go!

Sometimes a girl just wants to draw something pretty.

2011-03-31T20:48:00.002-04:00

Ink and pastel on vintage paper.

Young Alexander

2011-03-10T15:31:00.000-05:00

Young Alexander

2011-03-10T14:55:00.002-05:00

leftover valentines

2011-03-10T14:48:00.001-05:00

2011-03-10T14:38:00.002-05:00

egg series.

2011-03-10T14:29:00.000-05:00

2011-01-31T00:15:00.001-05:00

Sumi ink on Arches.

Click img to enlarge.

2011-01-31T00:11:00.001-05:00

Sumi ink on Arches watercolor.

2010-12-22T02:59:00.002-05:00

Hippie Bliss

Gouache on paper

"Macgyver"

Gouache on paper

Untitled

Gouache on paper

(Kind of hate this one, but I might as well post it)

2010-12-22T02:42:00.003-05:00

"Birthday Diptych"

Gouache on wooden panels

"Larry Bird Overdue"

Gouache on Paper

"1,2,3,4"

Gouache on paper

"How To Be Fly and Stay Fly"

Gouache on paper

2010-11-17T00:25:00.000-05:00

gouache and graphite on paper

2010-11-17T00:23:00.000-05:00

Unfinished 2000 Space Odyssey

2010-10-19T17:41:00.000-04:00

Oh You Fancy, Huh?

2010-10-19T17:40:00.000-04:00

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Seats

2010-10-19T17:39:00.001-04:00

Raisin Hell

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oops.

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2010-10-19T17:34:00.002-04:00

FLYER

2010-08-08T21:03:00.003-04:00

Thank you.

2010-07-20T10:59:00.002-04:00

fancy fanny

2010-06-10T21:48:00.001-04:00

embroidery

Come Over

2010-06-10T16:42:00.002-04:00

gouache on paper

seascapes

2010-06-10T16:40:00.005-04:00

gouache on paper

Ring of Fire

2010-06-10T16:39:00.002-04:00

collage and gouache on paper

Face-off

2010-04-14T15:46:00.001-04:00

Pencil on paper

Hole-y Matrimony

2010-04-14T12:08:00.003-04:00

Pencil on paper

the hunt

2010-04-13T15:59:00.004-04:00

Pencil on paper

the feast

2010-04-13T14:16:00.002-04:00

Pencil on paper

Sketches

2010-04-12T23:40:00.003-04:00

On the Seoul metro.

hungry love

2010-04-12T23:00:00.003-04:00

Pencil on paper

Tag-team

2010-04-12T22:13:00.004-04:00

Pencil on paper.

Disorder out of Chaos

2010-02-10T21:09:00.003-05:00

a ny times op-ed piece for an article about saying goodbye to asperger's.

took a lot of sketches, but i think the final looks pretty good.

the art director aviva michaelov was pretty gracious and patient with me during the process-

awesome to work with.

link to the article here.

A Lover's Lament.

2010-01-26T15:32:00.029-05:00

Down with bronchitis and sinusitis,
but through the pain,
i managed to make a twenty-two page illustrated book
about heartbreak last night and this morning.
Read it and weep (literally).

ink and watercolour on bfk

just a day's work of make.

Lappable Love

2010-01-21T14:59:00.004-05:00

gouache on paper.

my favourite of the book series so far.

One Flew Over the Poo Poo Mess

2010-01-21T14:57:00.003-05:00

gouache on paper

The Unbearable Lightness of Peeing

2010-01-20T14:30:00.001-05:00

gouache on paper

Wuthering Tights

2010-01-16T14:43:00.003-05:00

gouache on paper.

n.

Madame's Ovary

2010-01-16T13:56:00.001-05:00

gouache on paper

n.

Catcher In My Thighs

2010-01-08T16:40:00.003-05:00

gouache on paper

what more is there to say?

ROY G BIV

2010-01-04T19:16:00.007-05:00

Trying to stay productive while weathering the cold.

Everytime I do colour pieces, I end up using every colour of the rainbow. Go figure!

As usual, gouache on paper.

let's make!

Blast from the Past.

Hang in there.

Crowns and suds.

Little Landscapes, Little Things

2010-01-03T22:39:00.008-05:00

gouache on paper.

quick little tiny things.

flipped one way: mountains

flipped other way: canyons

bologna float.

slurp.

hello 2010,

NY Times

2009-12-26T11:13:00.003-05:00

A black and white op-ed illustration for the New York Times.

It was a pleasure working with the new op-ed art director Aviva Michealov.

The article it accompanied:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/opinion/l26orphanage.html

Talk to Me

2009-12-15T23:19:00.004-05:00

charcoal on paper.

face-transfers

2009-12-15T23:16:00.003-05:00

just for fun.

make-up, pencil, my face.

back to basics

2009-12-15T22:47:00.006-05:00

some new work.

mostly just sketches reminiscent of my earlier figure drawings/paintings.

gouache on paper, heart on sleeve.

hope you like.

My Favourite Things

2009-09-10T17:08:00.004-04:00

Been working on a personal book for the past few weeks titled: My Favourite Things.
Inspired by The Sound of Music (duh!).
About halfway through drawing the actual images, and also started laying out the pages on the computer today.
All work is done with gouache on paper.
Here are some early stages of my pages:

Who doesn't love Jiffy?

I'm a collector of old tins.

Insert: "The Movie Quote"

Baby girl is scrappy!

it's meant to say: a freshly sharpened pencil alongside the pencil, but needs to be darkened.

The bearer of good news.

Self Explanatory.

More to come in the near future.

xo,
n.

NY Times

2009-08-17T21:48:00.004-04:00

NY Times OP-ED Letters piece.
Art Direction by Kim Bost.
Click image for link to article on New York Times.

n.

HHMI Bulletin

2009-08-17T21:45:00.004-04:00

Recent work done for the HHMI Quarterly Bulletin.
Art director: Jennifer Lee.
Image linked to article in the bulletin.

n.

Lands and Peoples Flyer

2009-07-08T21:17:00.001-04:00

A flyer done recently for the band Lands and Peoples.
Gouache on paper.

Lands and Peoples

2009-07-08T20:58:00.005-04:00

Mock-up album cover for my friends' band: Lands & Peoples.
Continuing with the matchbook theme, gouache on paper.

Digital Prints Available at Thumbtack Press

2009-06-26T02:23:00.004-04:00

Hi all.

The folks over at Thumbtack Press have graciously accepted some of my illustrations,

and digital prints are available now on www.thumbtackpress.com (Thanks Tony!).

Follow the link to my page!

Buy Digital Prints

love,

Recent work

2009-06-20T17:25:00.005-04:00

It's been too long since I've posted!

Sincere apologies.

Here is some recent work from the past few days:

gouache on paper.

muchos besos.

Brancusi Sketch.

2009-06-05T15:11:00.003-04:00

NY Times

2009-05-30T02:14:00.003-04:00

My first published illustration!

NY Times Op-Ed: art director Leanne Shapton.

Commencement Show

2009-05-16T13:56:00.007-04:00

Some photos from my commencement show!

My show consists of a hodgepodge of things including illustrations, found objects, sound installations.

The whole thing took forever, but definitely worth the while. Sold some pieces too!

I could not have done it without my lovely mentors, Whitney, Rebecca, Rachel, Alain, Allan, and of course my best friend in the world, Dierdre.

Instead of purchasing business cards or postcards, I decided to play along with the theme of the installation and write my contact information on a stack on napkins accompanied by coffee rings and lipstick prints.

As a part of the installation, I filled a vitrine with fake/real memorabilia from past relationships.

Each item was individually titled, and hopefully I will have documentation of each on their own within the next few days.

A detail of the vitrine.

The show is up till Monday. Gallery hours are 1:30pm-5pm

Fox 3 Gallery @ MICA

Please stop by if you have the chance.

All framed pieces are for sale individually. If you are interested please email: goorace@gmail.com

Update: Also got a mention in the Baltimore CityPaper.

2nd to last paragraph. I'm super grateful!

http://www.citypaper.com/digest.asp?id=18069

More to come.

love love love,

flip flop

2009-05-05T20:05:00.000-04:00

graphite on paper

Relief.

2009-04-27T20:30:00.002-04:00

Two of my illustrations got into American Illustration 28.

Goooooooooood mooooooooooooood.

Places I've Never Been

2009-04-23T09:53:00.001-04:00

graphite on paper

Hit and Run.

2009-04-22T14:02:00.003-04:00

New Litho-prints!

Litho on newsprint. Part of the series The Heartbreak Hotel

2 coloured litho on Rives BFK.

The background is a pixelated composite of the men I've dated or crushed on in recent years' faces.

Top layer is hand-lettered text on ball grain plate. Part of the series, The Heartbreak Hotel.

xo,

Revisions

2009-04-21T22:30:00.005-04:00

took some older pieces and edited them.

ink on parchment.

xo,

Natty Boh

2009-04-16T13:42:00.004-04:00

I love you Baltimore.

Gouache on Paper.

xo,

Taking a break

2009-04-16T13:27:00.003-04:00

For fun.

Somewhat inspired by waiting for the bus.

Been dying to draw more figures.

Gouache on paper.

xo,

Hankies.

2009-04-08T00:54:00.007-04:00

a day's worth of work.

gouache on paper.

approximately 3"x5"

my eyes feel like they're bleeding!

more to come!

xo,

Pillow Talk

2009-04-02T15:52:00.007-04:00

pillow talk is a set of 20 eco-friendly sleep-masks that i handmade last year.

fortunately for me, and unfortunately for you they have sold out!

Napkin.

2009-04-02T14:58:00.001-04:00

Places I've Never Been Opening Reception

2009-03-25T13:30:00.005-04:00

Places I've Never Been

A Series of Imaginary Landscapes by

Na Kim.

Opening Reception:

March 27th 2009

5-7pm

MICA Gateway Building

1st Floor

1500 Block of Mt. Royal Avenue

(Corner of Mt. Royal and North Ave.)

xo,

Napkins and Hankies

2009-03-10T15:22:00.001-04:00

gouache on paper.

more to come.

xo,

Promotion Samples.

2009-03-04T23:08:00.003-05:00

I've been working on some sample promotion pieces, coming up with ideas on what to send out.

Instead of having a bunch of postcards ordered with the same image, I decided to hand paint an edition of 100 tromp l'oeil "napkins" and send them out to potential clients.

The images posted below are just the first two trials I've had.

I think the finished product will be somewhere along these lines.

Maybe some variation on what's actually on the napkin.

e.g.: coffee stains, phone numbers, lipstick stains. etc.

gouache on stonehenge paper.

xo,

Revisions

2009-02-26T18:51:00.003-05:00

xo,

2009-02-26T01:19:00.002-05:00

xo,
n.

Heartbreak Hotel

2009-02-24T22:19:00.003-05:00

more of the series The Heartbreak Hotel.

gouache on stonehedge

xo,

On Love.

2009-02-24T21:30:00.003-05:00

gouache on stonehedge paper with digital colouring.

An Oldie

2009-02-17T23:15:00.002-05:00

acrylic on masonite.

xo,

Tasty Delight

2009-02-10T21:48:00.000-05:00

gouache, collage, digital

xo,

It's not me, it's you.

2009-02-10T21:40:00.008-05:00

more images for the series: the heartbreak hotel.

collage and gouache on paper.

xo,

The Heartbreak Hotel: where pain comes to stay.

2009-02-05T10:07:00.008-05:00

the heartbreak hotel:

new series based on trial and error accounts with the men in my life.

gouache on stonehedge paper.

a bit angsty, I know.

xo,

Work in Progress

2009-02-03T03:24:00.007-05:00

Feeling restless.
Unfinished pieces from tonight.
Hopefully most of them will be finished in the next day or two.
Bringing back the colour.

gouache on stonehedge paper.

swim.

stairway to heaven.

rainbow stacks.

beauty queen.

xo,
n.

Messing around.

2009-01-29T01:06:00.003-05:00

been experimenting a little bit.

the results:

pretty random.

gouache on paper.

xo,

Long overdue.

2009-01-26T13:22:00.010-05:00

my most recent.

gouache on paper, as well as pages from the sketchbook.

xo,

It's been a minute.

2008-12-28T18:55:00.002-05:00

New work and music posts coming in the new year.

I promise.

I can't wait till 2009.

xo,

Last one for the day

2008-12-04T19:09:00.003-05:00

gouache and graphite on fawn paper

I figured I might as well whip out one more while I was at it.

Not sure how I feel about the green linework.

The past 24 hrs. have been intense.

xo,

A day's worth of work

2008-12-04T13:55:00.001-05:00

gouache and graphite on fawn paper

after last night i was inspired to do another piece this morning.

xo,

A night's worth of work

2008-12-04T01:21:00.004-05:00

gouache and graphite on grey paper

colours.

lots and lots of colours.

don't know what i was thinking.

not sure if i am finished yet.

On another note:

So last night I had a dream that I opened up a dusty window, where there was a nest of moths, except the moths turned into other types of animals such as tigers, deers, dogs, pigeons, and other types of birds--and they came into the house and began to roam around, and out of fright i ran downstairs to find someone, anyone, only to realize that the walls are pretty soundproof, and no one could hear me, even though i was screaming. Soon enough the other people in the house found their way to the room with the animals, only to find no animals. They became upset with me for "crying wolf"--but I wasn't lying. The animals were there. Five minutes or so later (or whatever five minutes feels like in a dream), we realized that the animals had ventured into other rooms, and found it impossible to put them back to whence they came. Eventually all the animals were put back into the nest somehow, and all was well.

It felt as though I had opened Pandora's box.

Disaster.

I think the dream put me in an off-mood for the remainder of the day--because I keep feeling this ominous feeling looming over me.

I hope it goes away. It's just very unexpected. It scares me how things can take such drastic turns in a matter of seconds....absolutely out of no where.

Sorry sorry, a little more babble than usual.

xo,

ketchup and mayo.

2008-12-02T16:48:00.000-05:00

dip it in that barbeque sauce.

2008-11-21T11:39:00.002-05:00

Someday when I wake

your feet will be warm

pressed against my own

but for now, sound awake

I feel your words

pressed against my teeth.

Stories

2008-11-20T14:14:00.009-05:00

i'm beginning to finalize the stories series.

some possibilities for the cover box.

mix-n-matching some sketches.

feed back would be appreciated.

Sub Rosa

2008-11-17T12:39:00.002-05:00

I have a show currently up and running till December 18th 2008 titled:
Sub Rosa

prints and drawings.

The opening reception is on Friday November 21st from 5-7pm
at the Meyerhoff Piano Gallery
140 W. Lafayette
Baltimore, MD 21217

If you can't make it to the opening, if you get a chance, please stop by and check it out within the next few weeks.

xo,
N.

oh the people we see

2008-11-06T16:30:00.004-05:00

acrylic on 12"x12" panel

Just a Few

2008-10-30T14:08:00.006-04:00

Pages from the sketchbook:

Mostly from my Aspects of Contemporary Art class while jotting notes.

my pen ran out of ink.

infinity and me chart

robert irwin bubbles

pretty quote by mel bochner

At one point Maire and I decided to write haikus and make drawings from scribble marks.

a lot of the drawings turned into portraits of our professor Joan.

Words cannot describe how lovely her hair is. Seriously, no joke.

Inkblot on right page looks like a skull.

Eerie.

love,

oh the people we see

2008-10-30T13:55:00.008-04:00

god save the queen

Stories

2008-10-30T13:49:00.003-04:00

Just a Few

2008-10-27T17:45:00.006-04:00

a few pages from the sketchbook:

during thesis

Hiroshima Mon Amour

2008-10-26T23:30:00.002-04:00

Also:

2008-10-22T17:35:00.001-04:00

Pina Bausch: Café Müller

2008-10-22T17:25:00.003-04:00

new sketchbook

2008-10-17T01:03:00.007-04:00

p.s.

I got a new sketchbook.

quiet day at home. not mine of course.

man waiting for the bus.

naps in class.

an attempt to transcribe robert smithson's heap of language.

left page is me celebrating friendship.

right page in red is dierdre mostly celebrating poop.

bearded sun and sandwiches.

love,

oh the people we see.

2008-10-17T00:51:00.004-04:00

acrylic on paper

pseudo-jackson

julie andrews in 30 yrs.

she's been eating gilbert's grapes.

christmas in october

I also did one of myself wearing a pink sweater while sitting on a larger than life banana, but unfortunately it didn't make the cut. I think it was the pink sweater. It looked pretty ghastly.

It's 1 am, and the studio is empty.

My stomach feels empty, even though it's not.

I think this is a sign for me to go home.

love,