ABOUT
Howie Kim is a visual artist based in Singapore. He works with various mediums including digital illustrations, animation, gifs, photo manipulations, creative direction and paintings.
Fascinated with all things kitsch, bizarre and surreal, Kim creates unnaturally distorted figures, juxtaposing them in surrealistic and mysterious realms that disrupt the line between reality and fantasy. In correspondence to this, he has recently adopted Augmented Reality as a new form of medium, creating face mask filters and distributing them on social media.
Howie Kim’s whimsical style of works has allowed him to work with commercial establishments such as IWC Schaffhausen, Universal Music Group, DBS, Martell, Tiger Beer, GCDS as well as having his works published in several magazines.
CLIENTS
IWC Schaffhausen / DBS / Shiseido / NGS / MCCY / Tiger Beer / GCDS / Gentle Bones / Universal Music Group / Martell / Female Magazine / Icon Magazine / Singapore Tourism Board / Kult / Eyeyah / Singapore Chinese Cultural Center / Singapore Brand Office / NDP2021
MEDIA
Zaobao - 今年国庆庆典将采用更多动画元素, August 2021
Impact Youthopia - Impact 0122: Art out of this world, August 2021
Business Times - The NFT Effect on Art, March 2021
i-D - Instagram's anti-plastic surgery rules are stifling young filter artists, December 2019
VICE Asia - An Inside Look Into GIF Art, The Medium Of Our Generation, March 2019
so far - After Truth and Tears, There's The Howie Show, January 2019
ICON Magazine, April Issue, April 2018
IWC Schaffhausen X ICON Magazine | 150 Years | Creative Collaboration
HOKKfabrica –[專訪] Awesome Art: 最愛他的怪奇, 小宇宙, 遇見新加坡插畫師
Howie Kim, February 2018
Culture Push, 17th December by Howie Kim, February 2017
Harper’s Bazaar Singapore – 15 Creative Singaporeans You Need To Know
Right Now, January 2017
