Kyungme Kim: Invited Solo Exhibition, Mother Sea
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Haebul-yangsu (海不讓水)
Dates
February 23 ~ March 7, 2026 *Closed on Sundays
Venue
Eunha Gallery: Art in dongsan(Seoul) / No. 37, 102 Sogong-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition Inquiries
+82-2-318-2999
Art in Dongsan’s EUNHA Gallery, Sogong-dong, is pleased to present Mother Sea, a solo exhibition by Kyungme Kim.
Kim has consistently explored the relationship between nature and humanity through painting, viewing the sea as the origin of life and a symbol of motherhood. Centered on the Mother Sea series, this exhibition presents works that contemplate the symbolic correspondence between the amniotic fluid and the sea, as well as the restoration of motherhood amid the ongoing ecological crisis.
아트인동산 소공동 은하갤러리는 김경미 작가의 초대전 《어머니의 바다》를 개최합니다.
김경미 작가님은 바다를 생명의 기원이자 모성성의 상징으로 바라보며, 자연과 인간의 관계를 회화적으로 탐구해 오신 작가님입니다. 이번 전시에서는 「어머니의 바다」 연작을 중심으로, 양수와 바다의 상징적 대응, 그리고 생태 위기 속에서 모성성의 회복을 사유하는 작품들을 선보입니다.
Kyungme Kim >> ARTSY • M.F.A. in Western Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
• B.F.A. in Painting, Baekseok Arts University, Seoul, Korea
Mother Sea
Haebul-yangsu (海不讓水)
Kyungme Kim regards the sea not as a mere natural landscape, but as a primordial space that embodies the origin of life and the essence of motherhood. For the artist, the sea is a place of Haebul-yangsu—a phrase meaning “the sea refuses no water.” Its boundless capacity to accept everything without discrimination resonates with the amniotic fluid of a mother, which nurtures and protects life.
The Mother Sea series emerges from this understanding, translating symbolic reflections on the primordial sea and human birth into painterly form.
Today, however, the sea stands at a point of crisis brought about by human greed. Marine pollution, climate change, glacial collapse, and ecological destruction ultimately return as threats to humanity itself. Kim seeks a response to this crisis through the restoration of motherhood. A mother’s devotion—embracing life without discrimination, safeguarding it in its most vulnerable state, and nurturing it toward growth—poses a fundamental question about how we relate to nature and the world around us.
Mother Sea is both a warning and a prayer. The sea, embracing even the infinite sky, unfolds across the canvas like another mother, inviting viewers to reflect on the lives we must protect and the future world we owe to the next generation. This exhibition quietly yet powerfully conveys reflections on motherhood, ecology, and human responsibility through painting.
