KIM TONG
ABOUT
Kim Tong’s interest in the art of the 'Sublime’ has been centre stage throughout her career. Her Art Practice continues to investigate Sublime encounter with the abyss, the void, the unexpected. Kim's practice consists of etchings, digital prints, figurative drawings and sumptuous layered glazed oil paintings that combine gestural, symbolic and abstract elements.
Whilst at Goldsmiths she completed her PhD The Sur(real) Sublime (1997) which played with conventional structures of text, word and image with reference to the work of Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Helen Chadwick, Alison Wilding and contemporary British art of the 1990s. This research informed her lecture course at Goldsmiths titled 'Seduction and Romance in the Visual Field'.
Kim has exhibited work in many solo and group exhibitions including Reclaiming The Madonna (1994) an Eastern Arts Council Touring Exhibition that included Sarah Raphael, Eileen Cooper, and Paula Rego. She was also part of the International Drawing Exhibition, Lines of Desire, A North West Arts Board touring exhibition which also included artists Paula Rego and Rita Donagh. Drawing is still central to her studio practice and she is a member of the Thames Barrier Print Studio in London.
Kim Tong is a London based Artist who graduated from Ravensbourne College of Art (BA Fine Art)
and Goldsmiths MA , PhD
ALL RIGHTS FOR THE THE ARTWORKS ARE RESERVED TO KIM TONG