KIM Sajik
Kim Sajik currently lives and works in Kyoto. She develops her artistic practice through staged photography, drawing inspiration from her fluctuating physical and spiritual identity as a member of the Korean diaspora in Japanese society. She visualises personal and collective memory by creating her own mythological narratives. Alongside her career as a photographer, Kim devotes herself to the disciplined practice of traditional Korean dance under the guidance of Korean dancers Kim Iruchi and Han Soomoon. Her practice confronts the trauma inherited through generations within diaspora communities and explores new possibilities that emerge from embodied memory, ritual and historical wounds. Her work has recently been exhibited at Yanbaru Art Festival, Okinawa (2024) and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (2023).