Sophia Kim Reeves is a Korean American contemporary artist based in Southern California. Born on Jeju Island, South Korea, her practice is shaped by experiences of migration, memory, and transformation across different places and cultures. Through her work, she explores how identity and existence continue to unfold through time, relationships, and lived experience.
Reeves works primarily with Hanji (traditional Korean mulberry paper), acrylic, and mixed media, exploring the relationship between material, light, and perception. Through layering, tearing, creasing, pressing, and mark-making, she creates surfaces where material, time, and presence are revealed through processes of transformation.
Her work considers the fragile yet resilient nature of existence, where moments of change, accumulation, and interaction contribute to an evolving sense of being. Through the physical transformation of materials, Reeves explores the connections between memory, identity, and the environments that shape human experience.
Reeves received her MFA in Visual Arts from Azusa Pacific University in 2025. Her work has been exhibited throughout Southern California and is held in private collections.