Myeongsoo Kim

Recent work

Desert Scene, Imperial Valley, California, 2026

Archival pigment print mounted on Dibond, custom stained walnut frame, vintage postcard, polished Optium Museum acrylic, water jet cut stones, gold pigment, metal, sandstone, stainless steel.

82 × 62 × 4 in.

Interference - Salton Sea - 001, 2026

Archival pigment print mounted on Dibond, polished welded aluminum frame, gold pigment, vintage Soviet badge.

40 × 30 × 2 in.

Photographic surface and vintage Soviet badge.

Interference - Salton Sea - 002, 2026

Archival pigment print mounted on Dibond, welded aluminum frame, gilded found object.

42 × 62 × 2 in.

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The Farthest Window, 2026

Archival pigment print mounted on Dibond, polished welded aluminum frame.

32 × 22 × 2 in.

Source Unknown (CWAICBLX), 2026

Archival pigment print, hand-stamped aluminum plate, matte aluminum, stained rosewood frame.

16 × 16 × 2 in.

Floating Seas, 2026

Archival pigment print mounted on Dibond, walnut double frame, scanned Soviet postcard, Optium Museum acrylic.

28 × 26 × 6 in.

A sea does not disappear. It changes medium.

Since 2016, I have photographed the Salton Sea. These works follow what becomes visible, airborne, and valuable as water retreats. Mineral crust, glare, and polluted water become the conditions of the image. Photographs, historical postcards, and hand-built frames hold different moments of the landscape together, asking the viewer to move between the image and its material surface.