Sublime Hallucinations | Ray Kim
Ray Kim is a working tattoo artist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In “Sublime Hallucinations” Ray shares her experience with chronic pain and illness, exploring it through a split lens- academic and autobiographical. Ray posits that tattooing, a form of “intentional pain”can act as a type of self reclamation, or medicinal faith, that is capable of bridging the sensations of the body and the stroke of the needle to the transcendental. Ray breaks this barrier through her own dreamy analysis and extensive research, which bends the academic to the conventions of the diary, and the language of the essay to the rhythm of poetry.
This book is the culmination of Risolana’s 2024 Artist in Residency program, a paid opportunity which gives one New Mexico artist resources and education to expand their body of work through small press book-making and risograph printing. Risolana’s staff work with the Artist in Residence to develop the book over the course of six months through a specialized curriculum that involves printing research, exploratory writing, and studio time, culminating in a limited edition run of books that represent the artist's vision.
Ray Kim is a multidisciplinary artist, specializing in tattooing. With over 10 years of experience as a self-taught tattooer, she has traveled extensively throughout the US and abroad. Her artistic practice revolves around themes of identity and environment. She identifies as a Koreaña, embodying the unique cultural blend of being a first-generation Korean American, who grew up in Albuquerque. Recently, Kim's work was showcased in Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists, a publication by Phaidon Press. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Printed in Orchid and Federal Blue on a Riso SF5450 in the South Valley, New Mexico.
Residency Managers & Design Technicians
Carlos Irahm Gabaldon
Katrina Rae Noble
Project Manager: Gus Tafoya
Project Manager: Amelia Johnson
Risolana Residency Director: Michael Lorenzo López
Editors: Delaney Hoffman & Grace Ambrose
First Edition
Risolana with Ray Kim 2024
Ray Kim is a working tattoo artist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In “Sublime Hallucinations” Ray shares her experience with chronic pain and illness, exploring it through a split lens- academic and autobiographical. Ray posits that tattooing, a form of “intentional pain”can act as a type of self reclamation, or medicinal faith, that is capable of bridging the sensations of the body and the stroke of the needle to the transcendental. Ray breaks this barrier through her own dreamy analysis and extensive research, which bends the academic to the conventions of the diary, and the language of the essay to the rhythm of poetry.
This book is the culmination of Risolana’s 2024 Artist in Residency program, a paid opportunity which gives one New Mexico artist resources and education to expand their body of work through small press book-making and risograph printing. Risolana’s staff work with the Artist in Residence to develop the book over the course of six months through a specialized curriculum that involves printing research, exploratory writing, and studio time, culminating in a limited edition run of books that represent the artist's vision.
Ray Kim is a multidisciplinary artist, specializing in tattooing. With over 10 years of experience as a self-taught tattooer, she has traveled extensively throughout the US and abroad. Her artistic practice revolves around themes of identity and environment. She identifies as a Koreaña, embodying the unique cultural blend of being a first-generation Korean American, who grew up in Albuquerque. Recently, Kim's work was showcased in Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists, a publication by Phaidon Press. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Printed in Orchid and Federal Blue on a Riso SF5450 in the South Valley, New Mexico.
Residency Managers & Design Technicians
Carlos Irahm Gabaldon
Katrina Rae Noble
Project Manager: Gus Tafoya
Project Manager: Amelia Johnson
Risolana Residency Director: Michael Lorenzo López
Editors: Delaney Hoffman & Grace Ambrose
First Edition
Risolana with Ray Kim 2024
Ray Kim is a working tattoo artist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In “Sublime Hallucinations” Ray shares her experience with chronic pain and illness, exploring it through a split lens- academic and autobiographical. Ray posits that tattooing, a form of “intentional pain”can act as a type of self reclamation, or medicinal faith, that is capable of bridging the sensations of the body and the stroke of the needle to the transcendental. Ray breaks this barrier through her own dreamy analysis and extensive research, which bends the academic to the conventions of the diary, and the language of the essay to the rhythm of poetry.
This book is the culmination of Risolana’s 2024 Artist in Residency program, a paid opportunity which gives one New Mexico artist resources and education to expand their body of work through small press book-making and risograph printing. Risolana’s staff work with the Artist in Residence to develop the book over the course of six months through a specialized curriculum that involves printing research, exploratory writing, and studio time, culminating in a limited edition run of books that represent the artist's vision.
Ray Kim is a multidisciplinary artist, specializing in tattooing. With over 10 years of experience as a self-taught tattooer, she has traveled extensively throughout the US and abroad. Her artistic practice revolves around themes of identity and environment. She identifies as a Koreaña, embodying the unique cultural blend of being a first-generation Korean American, who grew up in Albuquerque. Recently, Kim's work was showcased in Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists, a publication by Phaidon Press. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Printed in Orchid and Federal Blue on a Riso SF5450 in the South Valley, New Mexico.
Residency Managers & Design Technicians
Carlos Irahm Gabaldon
Katrina Rae Noble
Project Manager: Gus Tafoya
Project Manager: Amelia Johnson
Risolana Residency Director: Michael Lorenzo López
Editors: Delaney Hoffman & Grace Ambrose
First Edition
Risolana with Ray Kim 2024