Now, she currently works as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Metal Casting in Tokyo University of the Arts.

Hyojin Kim is a sculptor and educator based in Tokyo, Japan. She received a B.F.A. from the University of Seoul and an M.F.A. from Seoul National University. She also received a Ph.D. in Fine Art at the Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in Metal Casting.

She creates original, imaginative artworks by breaking away from the dichotomous thinking of traditional and modern crafts, pursuing a balanced crafting method that varies from traditional casting techniques that solely use the properties of soil to modern methods of precision casting machines.

From prototyping to casting, Kim runs the entire production process herself, covering a wide range of metalwork from contemporary jewelry to large-scale sculptures.

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Nature is sufficient by its own existence. Hyojin Kim tells her story by applying imagination to the small fragments found in natural objects. 

Taking it one step further from the works that mainly tried to convey emotional expression and comfort through the movement of the body, she suggests the pleasure of discovering hidden forms in the texture of minerals(Black Agate) through Jewellery in this exhibition.

On the back of her pieces, such as locks, finding the hints and correct answers in the form she imagined would be one of the wearer's pleasures.