About

HoJin Im (b. 1984, South Korea)

Jin is a doodle, animator, digital, documentary artist, who utilizes pop culture to try and simulate understanding and connect with people. He studied in media content and youth education counseling at University of Soonchunhyang.

He was dispatched to Zambia for the first time in 2010 by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO. For those first four years, he conducted cultural arts and film projects with local youths in Kafue Zambia.

Given the experience of living within local communities amongst Zambian people, as an ‘outsider’, he was given the opportunity to direct focus towards exploring his personal emotions within this context as well as the wider cultural context. As a result, on his return to Korea he published a book of illustrations entitled 'Monster in Me', which is centered around the artistic manifestations of his feelings.

In 2016 he returned to Zambia and began working in collaboration with Modzi Arts. He began to develop and build up his career as an artist with various projects such as wall painting, animation, graphic design, documentary, and workshops. Jin has traveled to various places in Africa and Europe for art related projects and programmes.

Texted by

Julia Taonga Kaseka/ Banji Chona
<modziarts@gmail.com>