Yongjae Kim

EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: Member Artists

Yongjae Kim

I explore an ineffable melancholy that washes over me within the bounds of reality. Through my psychological landscapes, I render mundane environments in states of unstableness and deficiency, imbued with a subdued palette. Despite the elaborative details on the canvas, a pervasive emptiness lingers within the atmosphere, evoking feelings of loss and solitude.

Within the stillness in the painting, where time and space intertwine, I shape the delicate forms of existence left undepicted in the scenery, capturing ephemeral traces of presence as they fade.

EFA Studio Program

The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program

The EFA Studio Program is housed in eight floors of the EFA building located in Midtown Manhattan’s Fashion District. The Studio Program maintains artists studios of various size and shape for up to 80 member-artists. One of three programs at EFA, the members of the EFA Studios program are part of a community that includes The Project Space and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. The Studio Program provides artists the rare opportunity to work in a professional arts community inside Manhattan and in close proximity to the city’s primary gallery districts. EFA facilitates interaction with dealers, curators and critics to provide continued development for member-artists. Unique among studio programs in New York City, EFA is one of the few remaining arts organizations still providing long-term workspace in Manhattan.

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