Sooun Kim, Resilient Chandelier

Sooun Kim, a multidisciplinary artist and Korean immigrant in Scotland, explores cultural hybridity, displacement, and post-colonial memory. The first of three Outer Spaces Bank Commissions, 'Resilient Chandelier' reimagined a chandelier as a spectral symbol of resilience, intertwining history, mythology, and personal migration. Through immersive 3D animation, the work challenges oppressive power structures, revealing how identity is reshaped through ongoing adaptation, transformation, and resilience. The chandelier drifts cultural landscapes across diverse times and spaces, seeking to absorb and reflect the ever-fluid forces of identity.

Sooun Kim's 'Echoes', 2023 was shown alongside the newly commissioned work.

The artist graduated from MA Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art in 2020. His work has been shown in various screenings, solo shows, two-person and group shows, notably at: Echoes 2024 (solo) Patricia Fleming Gallery, Ramifying Frost 2023 (solo) Goethe Institut Glasgow, ArtReview, NOWNESS ASIA, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, CCA Glasgow, the Korean Embassy Cultural Centre in Berlin & London, Piccadilly Lights. He was the recipient of the inaugural Outer SpacesScotland RSA Award in 2024. Selected from the 198th RSA Annual Exhibition by Outer Spaces, the artist was awarded a large-scale studio space, together with £1000 bursary.

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Sooun Kim, 'Resilient Chandelier', 2025. Outer Spaces Bank Commission. Photo credit: Sally Jubb