SIM Raejung

SIM Raejung (b. 1983) articulates cynical narratives shaped by the intertwined emotions of loneliness, anxiety, and helplessness that permeate everyday life through a distinctive visual language. Foregrounding the uncertainty and imperfection of existence, the artist employs a mode of expression akin to black comedy, in which even the deepest despair is diffused through bitter laughter. Working across a wide range of media—including series of drawing, painting, hand-drawn animation, and sculptural objects—SIM explores the complexities of contemporary existence. Her works depict the subtle yet acute conflicts and tensions that arise in everyday life, revealing the anxiety and self-deprecating sensibility that accompany them. The artist focuses on the fragility and incompleteness of human existence within the structures of civilization and vast ecological systems. This inquiry extends to an exploration of the body's animal instincts and the inherent uncertainty of linguistic communication.
 
SIM was born in Daegu, Korea in 1983. She received her BFA and MFA in Fine Arts at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea. She has held solo exhibitions at MAF (Seoul, Korea, 2024), ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL (Seoul, Korea, 2023), Space Cadalogs (Seoul, Korea, 2023), ARARIO MUSEUM in SPACE (Seoul, Korea, 2019), and Art Space Hue (Paju, Korea, 2016). She has participated in group exhibitions at SONGEUN (Seoul, Korea, 2026; 2025; 2023; 2021), Sehwa Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea, 2025), Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea, 2024), Daerim Museum (Seoul, Korea, 2024), Koo House Museum (Seoul, Korea, 2024), Gyeonggi Museum of Art (Ansan, Korea, 2021),  ARARIO GALLERY CHEONAN  (Cheonan, Korea, 2020), ARARIO MUSEUM in SPACE (Seoul, Korea, 2017), Savina Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, Korea, 2016), SOMA Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea, 2015) and Leeum Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea, 2014), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon, Korea, 2013), Kumho Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea, 2012), Sungkok Art Museum (Seoul, Korea, 2010), and more. She worked as a resident artist at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France in 2018, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea in 2015, MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, Korea, and Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan in 2013. She gained attention for being selected in Leeum Museum's Art Spectrum 2014 and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art's Young Exploration 2013. In 2021, she was selected as one of the participants of the 21st SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition. Her works are collected by institutions such as the Seoul Museum of Art, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Government Art Bank and Art Bank of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, SONGEUN, Sehwa Museum of Art, and ARARIO Collection.