Spiritual experience is Henna Kim’s main inspiration. Kim says, “Painting the sensation of spiritual and emotional climax brings me a self-awareness of my existence, as well as a heightened perception of my inner senses. When I look deeply inside myself, I feel the spiritual resonance that is breathing and pulsing throughout me like a silent vibration in a huge vacuum. My whole body becomes a free soul-spirit that floats like a feather. While painting, I trace this endless vibratory movement of the spiritual voyage. At that moment, my spiritual sensation becomes so vivid that I can ultimately encounter with the way, the truth and the life. Sometimes, it feels as if I’m walking through a secret garden in a dewy morning or lying on the surface of the tranquil sea under the warm sunshine.”

Kim has especially experimented on traditional Korean paper with water colors. Since creating the depth of spiritual vibration is the key expression in her artworks, she glued oiled traditional Korean paper and applied transparent resin on waves of colors for the effect of texture and layers.

Originally from South Korea, Henna Kim currently resides in Canada. She received a B.F.A. from Korea University and a M.R.E. from Knox College, University of Toronto. She also studied Fine Arts at several universities (OCAD) in Canada. An emerging visual artist, Kim has actively exhibited her works throughout Korea and Canada.