Justin N. Kim paints gridded environments and abstract paintings that acknowledge everyday human encounters and elements from visual culture. Concepts and designs derived from architectonics, cartography, fashion, people-watching and technology as well as machinery and weightlifting depend on underlying systems of order and structure; each functions within a dedicated set of rules to establish a sense of logic and functional relationship. In his paintings, he re-contextualizes the visual elements drawn from these subjects and from quotidian human encounters, and reconstructs and reorganizes them. Comprised of lines and shapes, the colorful, geometric compositions undergo a countless procedure of create-and-destroy, resulting in a cause-and-effect phenomenon; each layer interacts and communicates with the others, creating its own connections and relationships.

Justin holds a BA in Fine Art from California State University at Fresno, and a MFA from California State University at Northridge. Recently, he has been included in group exhibitions at Simon Breitbard Fine Arts, Open Mind Art Space, Huntington Beach Art Center, and A.I.R Gallery.

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Justin N. Kim