As a painter, Korean-born woman, and naturalized American citizen, defining and deconstructing identity has been a central theme of my work. I have been employing the process of stripping paint away as a gesture that corresponds to my ideas about awareness and in essence shaving layers off of myself.
Symposium_eros 0.1
Acrylic, bailey twines on burlap, and piano
2017
At-One-Ment
Acrylic, bailer twines, a claw-foot bathtub, 156x46 inches
(Made in the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, September 2017)
Title comes from word atonement. The solid piece of bathtub symbolizes the ship, containment and a safe place. The 293 yellow flowers are made of acrylic paints placed inside the tub, for solidarity and tribute for the drowned bodies of high school kids from the sinking MV Sewol in Korea.
Detail, At-One-Ment
Detail, At-One-Ment
Like Sleepy Summer Time
Acrylic, bamboo plates on fish strings, 55x21 inches, August 2017
All You Have to Do is Dream
Acrylic and woods on wall, 24x39 inches, July 2017
Surrender All Your Dreams to Me Tonight
Acrylic and woods on wall, 31x36 inches, July 2017
Shades for You and Me
Acrylic on wall, 25x18 inches, March 2017
Detail, Shades for You and Me
Today is Another Day
Acrylic on wall, 28x14 inches, March 2017
Drawing: Terra II
Acrylic, acrylic sheet, Styrofoam, plants and spray paint wall on shelf, approx. 28 x 14 x 4 inches, December 2016
What She Said
Acrylic, Styrofoam on wall, approx. 33x33x17 inches, June 2015
Waiting for Godot
Acrylic on wall and felt on performer, dimensions variable, 2015
Smile Again
Acrylic, Styrofoam and tape on wall, approx. 59x96 inches, 2015
Drawing: Terra I
Acrylic, brick model, Styrofoam, plants and spray paint on acrylic sheet and wall, approx. 33 x 38 x 17 inches , 2015
All is Well
Acrylic on wall, 250x10x10 cm, 2015
Platonic Relationship
Vinyl on wall and floor, Dimensions variable, 2015
Acrylic on performer next to Fold (Silver)
Acrylic boxes, 2011
Stripes (Pink)
Somewhere
Acrylic on wood, 10.7x3 inches, 2011
I Almost You
Acrylic on plastic container, 11x8 inches, 2011
Spring Affairs
Acrylic on canvas, 2018
What We Built is Bigger than the Sum of Two
Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Bae Pink 1
Acrylic and twine on linen, 15x11 inches, September 2017
Bae Pink 2
Acrylic on linen, 12x9 inches, September 2017
Bae Pink 3
Acrylic on linen, 12x9 inches, September 2017
Bae and Lamb Pink 4
Acrylic on linen, 12x9 inches, September 2017
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You: Touch Me Now
Acrylic on plastic tray, 19x13 inches , September 2017
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You: Hold Me Now
Acrylic on plastic tray, 19x13 inches, September 2017
On Top of the Glaciers You Can Feel the Islands From
Acrylic and yarn on wood, 9.6 inches in diameter, 2017
Thought Forms: Eyjafjallajokull
Acrylic and yarn on linen, 12x8 inches, March 2017
Detail, depicting Volcanic mountain
As the Sky Flickers in Seljalandsfoss with Your Song
Acrylic on linen, 12x8 inches, March 2017
I Mist You
Acrylic on wood, 10x8 inches, March 2017
How the Emptiness would Fill
Acrylic and yarn on wood, 9x8.5 inches, March 2017
Thought Forms: Somewhere
Acrylic, plastic wrap and twine on frame, 52.5 x42 cm, February 2017
Thought Forms: Here
Acrylic and twin on wood, February 2017
In this series I am thinking energy and its visual frequency. I use intention to mean the mental projection of “willing” that cause things to occur in the physical world. All organic matter—plants, rocks, even the matter making up our own body— produces tiny vibrations. Whenever we form specific intentions to interact with organic matter, that intention produces a distinctive, elevated jump in the frequency of vibrations produced.
So my questions are : Pigments are grinded from rocks, which have frequency. By amplifying frequencies, is it possible to see the visual data of pigments respond to me? Does that mean that a painting can respond to an individual? Can a painting literally communicate and interact? What I am saying is, can painting sing?
Everything remains in a state of inactivity. That is, until you form an intention.
Bae Portal Theorem
Acrylic, linen, panels, 87x65 inches for curtain and 10x8 inches for panels, September 2017
Based on Pythagoras's harmony and proportion I imagined a gateway to another dimension by going through the acrylic curtains I created, accompanied by images of flower of life, sphere of music with Pythagoras playing the scale.
Detail
Detail
Into the Valley of Blooming Spring
Acrylic on linen, 60x44 cm, March 2017
In the Morning by the Blue Lagoon as the Sun Bears Its Will
Acrylic and tape on linen, 60x44 cm, March 2017
Ofdi Vine Shit II
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 45x140 inches, 2010
Ofdi Vine Shit III (Chocolate)
Acrylic on canvas, 36x84 inches, 2010
Ofdi Vine Shit I
Acrylic, cigarette, silk flower, silicon, spray paint, vinyl on canvas, 60x144 inches, 2010
Detail, Ofdi Vine Shit I
Frequency of Intention
Aluminum foil, Arduino Duemilanove (a single-board micro controller computer chip,) conductive carbon and silver paint, power adapter, speakers and wires on canvas, 65” x 28”, 2009
I began experimenting with the use of Arduino, for the purpose of facilitating a dialogue across the auditory and the visual within the realm of painting. Initially forming the idea through Isaac Newton, who proposed that musical tones and color tones shared common frequencies—as did Goethe in his book Theory of Color, I wanted to study a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality: for example, when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
Through conductive paint, it picks up the electricity of the viewer when approached. The chip is programmed to emit AbC#, a note tribute to the opening chord of French composer Olivier Messiaen’s Prelude. Messiaen himself was concerned with visualizing color in music and symmetrical composition.
Conversation (with Gorgias and Socrates)
Acrylic, coffee, spray paint, vinyl, watercolor on canvas, 45x70 inches, 2009
Gorgias was a legendary asshole sophist who was able to convince anyone to his viewpoint, whether it was morally sound or not. He often took unpopular and ridiculous positions just to prove his point and accumulated considerable wealth through charging lots of money for his performance; he erected a gold statue of himself in the public temple. Plato disliked Gorgias-kind rhetorician, clearly in opposition making point of philosophy is different from rhetoric or oratory. However I think Socrates had a special respect for Gorgias for his twisted character.
The circular geometric symbol in the painting is called Flower of Life.
Diagram of Universe, acrylic, color pencils, plastic, glass beads on canvas, 2009
NEAR, 22x18 inches, acrylic on canvas, 2009
Thought Space, 22x18 inches, acrylic and paper on canvas, 2009
Instant Khora
Acrylic on wood, 48x48 inches, 2009
Rossana with a Violin, Heiðmörk Iceland, February 2017
Salve Me, acrylic, yarn on figure with violin (still shot), February 2017
My first collaboration with talent bomb Rossana Ros
Acrylic paint shattered. I didn't realize how porous the paint is. With cold temperature, a month of making this lace sheet looking paint was done. But I like sad art too.
Isn't this ship magnificent? I wanted to drape the lace paint around it. One can dream big, whatever. Some day, some day.
What I could save after the shatter. Could this be like a drawing somehow?
Look at this composition! Damn..fine. Wish I was a photographer! My phone camera doesn't do any justice.
I definitely had a drawing in mind here. Line drawing. Why is this so fascinating? I don't know.
Another line drawing in snow.
This is a yarn drawing. I liked how Rossana's hair reflected the line drawing too.
These works are studies about mists, smokes, exhalations, air, ether, animal spirits, the soul, and spiritual beings.
Dreams Burn (But in Ashes are Gold), 8x10 inches, acrylic on wood, August 2017
Exit [Here], 8x10 inchse, acrylic on wood, August 2017
Where the Way is Seldom Clear, 8x10 inches, acrylic on wood, April 2017
Through the Never-ending Maze, 8x10 inches, acrylic on wood, April 2017
Wondering, 8x10 inches, acrylic on wood, March 2017
Enter [Here], 8x10 inches, acrylic on wood, March 2017
With the Waves and with Your Voice, 8x10 inches, acrylic on wood, March 2017
Dark Side of the Moon, 8x10 inches, acrylic on panel, March 2017
![Exit [Here], 8x10 inchse, acrylic on wood, August 2017](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dea3b1db29d6254e586afe/1502205591215-ETOUH3F7FEJJG84W99OC/kate+bae.jpg)
![Enter [Here], 8x10 inches, acrylic on wood, March 2017](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dea3b1db29d6254e586afe/1491173440967-EODAW7QWV87CQKNAP2PP/3norhern.jpg)
