BeomJin (BJ) Kim


Selected biography

2016-2018:  Casual teacher, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School 

2014-2016:  Masters of Studio Art, University of Sydney - Sydney College of the Arts

2013:  Emerging Sculptors Program, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School

2005-2012:  Sculpture and drawing studies, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School

2004:  Bachelor of Design in Architecture, University of Sydney

1979:  Arrived in Sydney with parents at age five after two years in Iran

1974:  Born in Seoul, Korea

Selected exhibitions

2018:  Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture, Finalists' Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Sydney

2015:  Postgraduate graduation show, University of Sydney - Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

2014:  Group show, Pieces of Eight, including works by Orest Keywan, Paul Hopmeier and Vince Vozzo, The Exhibition Space, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, Sydney

2013:  Group show, Tabula Rasa, TBSSS Emerging Sculptors Program group show, The Exhibition Space, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, Sydney

2012:  Solo Exhibition, Death and the Lover:  An exhibition of sculptures in stone, bronze and steel, The Exhibition Space, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, Sydney

2009:  Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Finalists’ Exhibition, South Australian Museum, Adelaide and National Archives, Canberra    

Prizes

2009:  Highly Commended for Do Geese See God?, Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum

2008:  People’s choice award for Do Geese See God?, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School Annual Student Exhibition

2006:  People's choice award for Be not afraid, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School Annual Student Exhibition

Commissions

2017: The light in you, the light in me…, Reclaimed hardwood beams, corten steel, concrete, Summer Hill Flour Mills

2012:  Flying Horse, Stainless steel, plated steel, powder coated steel, ball bearings, Meringo Stud Farm

2008:  Portrait of Herbie Collins (Australian Test Cricket Captain 1921-26), Bronze, Cootamundra Shire Council