The opening exhibition will showcase the first resident artist Florence Lucas, aka K.I.M., a French artist born in Seoul South Korea. KIM will be presenting original drawings, her latest animation “The Face of Another”, as well as the works produced during her Bangkok residency.

She started her career as drawer & musician in 2004 by designing record covers of Flores Monstrosi, Kim Kong and Miyage, released on the Tigersushi label. The musicians Arthur H, Bot'Ox, Richard Pinhas, Maestro & Merzbow have also requested her for their album covers & video. She won the illustration prize of The Art Directors Club (2011) and the golden and silver Lion for design & typography at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (2010). She has also worked for brands such as Cacharel, Le Coq Sportif, Yamaha, H&M, Biotherm, France 24 & Festival Villette Sonique. She has designed original textiles for Christophe Lemaire, Agnès B, Valérie Meurisse, The Kooples & Lacoste. So far, her illustrations have been published in the magazines Les Inrockuptibles, Citizen K, Le Figaro littéraire, Above Magazine, XXI, So Foot, Obsession, Chronic'art, Standard and many others.

Image: © Florence Lucas, Toot Yung Gallery