Haein Kim is a South Korean painter and writer. While she has primarily self-published her works, she is currently taking new approaches to presenting texts and images during her residency at GlogauAIR.

She examines the raw structures of urban environments, revealed when human presence recedes. These bare spaces—shown in public transport, modular buildings, and arcades—is her lens for interpreting the character of cities. She schematizes such visual elements into map- like compositions. With this subjective cartography, she documents her geographic and psychological journeys.

At GlogauAIR, she is experimenting with texts from her daily journaling. Handwritten and juxtaposed alongside drawings and paintings, or even laid on the same surface, the written language accumulates layers of sensual narratives. It recalls her distant memories, observations from daily life, and reflections on unfamiliar surroundings. Alluding to intimacy and frankness, the writings counterbalance her abstract visual language, inviting the audience to decode the symbols and imagine beyond.

Simultaneously, she investigates how her language shifts depending on non-verbal gestures and atmosphere by reading aloud her Korean texts to the listeners, translating them spontaneously. This performative practice connects her work not only with places but also with people.