MiHee Kim Magee
MiHee Kim Magee is an abstract painter based in London, working in physical, NFTs and record covers. Her artistic development has been strongly influenced by the philosophy of avant-garde/free jazz, experimental and improvised music, which she has been engaging with for over a decade, and connects with through her work as an album cover artist. Her painting involves the pursuit of spiritual aims through experimental, improvised processes that lead to uncertain and new outcomes, continually challenging herself to explore new possibilities. She enjoys working with a wide variety of materials, using strong gestures and elements of collage to bring out a distinction between foreground and background, sharp and subtle, material and spiritual.
I am a London-based self-taught artist. I discovered my talent in painting early, when I was a child, and it was my dream to become a painter. But I felt too restricted by the requirement to follow certain rules of painting technique that were treated as more important than what was being expressed. This sense of disappointment made me give up painting and forget my talents for a while. I pursued other studies not related to art. While spending time in Australia, I discovered the completely different world of avant-garde and experimental music as a listener. This engagement with unusual music has continued ever since and has been a very big part of my life and my artistic development. Also, the open-minded idea of experimental composer John Cage that "everything we do is music" gave me fresh inspiration and helped me to understand music and art from a new perspective. I believe there are a lot more things an artist has to discover for themselves than they have to learn formally.
2022
• Woonjoong Gallery 'Winter Show' in South Korea
• Cover painting for the band Nichunimu on 577 Records in New York
• Studio Solo Show in London
• Cover painting for a CD by Eunhye Jeong on 577 Records
• Cover painting for a CD by Trio Xolo on 577 Records in New York
• Cover and inner paintings for the LP Toneflower by Massimo Magee on 577 Records
• Exhibition at 148 Art Square, supported by the Yeongju Culture and Tourism Foundation, South Korea
• Artist Residency at 148 Art Square, supported by the Yeongju Culture and Tourism Foundation, South Korea
• Cover painting for a quartet featuring Eddie Prévost on 577 Records
• Cover painting for a trio featuring Bruno Duplant on 577 Records
• Cover painting for the band Open Question featuring Daniel Carter on 577 Records in New York
2021
• Epilogue I 2021 at Gallery Art Point, Ginza, Tokyo
• Session III 2021 at Gallery Art Point, Ginza, Tokyo
• NFT artwork exhibited in CrypTOKYO at UltraSuperNew Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo (Japan's first NFT exhibition)
• Cover paintings for two experimental electronic albums on Florida label Poverty Electronics
• Cover painting for an experimental electronic album on USA label MuteAnt Sounds
• Cover painting for the album 'Live in the Metaverse' on 577 Records in New York
2020
• Sculpture featured on the cover of an album on Cafe Oto's TakuRoku label in London.
2019
• Cover painting for the album 'Shards of the Infinite' by a free jazz group from London.
