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Leah Limn

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“Art has no limits” is the theme of the Let’s Fly exhibition at the Balloon Museum in LA @balloon_museum
From inflatables to interactive designs, the Balloon Museum truly showcases that art has no boundaries! Feeling grateful to share this experience with my family. by @leahlimn

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2 years ago

Light Notes
A quiet reflection on light and the traces of time, of what so quickly passes. by @leahlimn

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a year ago

I came to share my paintings,
and came home with the warmth of so many hearts.

Thank you to my family and friends who came from afar,
and to everyone who spent time with my work and shared a conversation with me.

Every familiar face brought me so much joy and comfort.
The laughter and conversations we shared in front of my paintings
will stay with me for a long time.

Thank you for coming and being there with me. 🤍

그림을 보여주러 갔는데, 돌아올 때는 사람들의 따뜻한 마음까지 담아왔어요.

멀리서 찾아와준 가족과 친구들,
제 작업 앞에 머물며 이야기를 나눠주신 모든 분들께 감사합니다.

익숙한 얼굴을 만날 때마다 얼마나 반갑고 든든하던지 그림 앞에서 함께 웃고 나눈 이야기들이
오래도록 기억에 남을 것 같아요.

와주셔서, 함께해주셔서 고맙습니다. 🤍 by @leahlimn

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13 days ago

From setup to takedown, and every moment in between.

What began with my work in the studio
became an exhibition through the help and support of many.

Special thanks to
the collectors who chose to take my work home,
Grace @grace.chung10 who was with me from beginning to end, and Lily @lili_theotherartfair and The Other Art Fair team.

Thanks to all of you, I was able to bring the fair to a successful close.
I’m truly grateful. 🤍

THE OTHER ART FAIR
LOS ANGELES

혼자 시작한 작업이
여러 사람의 손길과 도움으로 하나의 전시가 되었습니다.

제 작품을 소장해주신 컬렉터분들,
처음부터 끝까지 함께해준 Grace, 그리고 Lily 와 The Other Art Fair 팀에 특별한 감사를 전합니다.

여러분 덕분에 페어를 무사히 마칠 수 있었어요.
진심으로 감사합니다. 🤍 by @leahlimn

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13 days ago

About Me 03: Outtake

Thought the camera was only filming my hands. Apparently not. 😂

그리고 영어 캡션에 다 담지 못한 이야기를 한글로 조금 더 남겨봅니다.

왜 스패튤라로 흔적을 남길까요.

처음에는 단순했습니다.
2인치 스패튤라가 만들어내는 작은 직사각형의 비율이 좋았고, 이 형태를 반복해보고 싶었습니다.

그런데 같은 도구로 같은 동작을 반복해도 똑같은 흔적은 하나도 만들어지지 않았습니다. 힘의 정도와 방향, 물감의 양에 따라 모두 조금씩 달랐습니다.

처음에는 그 차이가 불완전하게 보였습니다. 하지만 어느 순간 그 제각각인 흔적들이 삶과 닮아 있다는 생각이 들었습니다.

우리는 목표를 향해 나아가지만 삶은 늘 계획대로 흘러가지 않습니다. 실패하고, 돌아가고, 때로는 후회되는 선택도 합니다. 하지만 돌아보면 그 순간의 선택은 그때의 내가 할 수 있었던 최선이었고, 그 모든 시간이 쌓여 지금의 내가 되었습니다.

어쩌면 중심을 잡는다는 것은 흔들리지 않는 것이 아니라, 흔들릴 때마다 나만의 방법으로 다시 중심을 찾아가는 일인지도 모릅니다.

그래서 저는 하나의 흔적을 남기고 또 하나를 쌓습니다. 어느 것도 완전히 같지 않습니다. 하나씩 보면 불완전한 흔적들이지만, 계속 쌓이다 보면 서로 관계를 만들고 어느 순간 하나의 온전한 화면이 됩니다.

삶도 그렇게 만들어지는 것이 아닐까요.

이 반복적인 작업은 저에게 일종의 수양과도 같습니다. 지나온 시간을 받아들이고, 지금의 삶에 감사하는 일.

완벽한 하나를 만들기 위해 반복하는 것이 아니라, 서로 다른 불완전함이 쌓여 하나의 온전한 모습을 만들어가는 것.

그래서 오늘도 완벽하지 않은 나에게 감사합니다. 어제의 흔적 위에 오늘의 흔적을 하나 더 쌓으며 나아가고 있으니까요. by @leahlimn

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a month ago

About Me 03

Why do I make these marks with a spatula?

It started simply. I liked the proportions of the small rectangular mark made by a 2 inch spatula and wanted to repeat that form across the surface.

But I soon realized that no two marks could ever be exactly the same. Even with the same tool and the same gesture, each one changed with the pressure, direction, and amount of paint.

At first, those differences felt like imperfections. Then I began to see how much they resembled life.

We move toward our goals, but life rarely goes exactly as planned. We fail, take detours, and sometimes make choices we later regret. Looking back, though, I realize that many of those choices were the best I could make at that moment. All of those experiences accumulated to make me who I am today.

Maybe finding our center isn't about never losing our balance. Maybe it's about finding our way back, again and again.

So I make one mark, then another. None are exactly alike. On their own, they may seem imperfect, but as they accumulate, they begin to relate to one another and eventually become something whole.

Maybe life is made in much the same way.

This repetitive process has become a kind of meditation for me, a way of accepting the time that has passed and feeling grateful for the life I have now.

I don't repeat the gesture to create one perfect mark.
I repeat it to let many imperfect marks become something whole.

So today, I'm grateful for my imperfect self, too. I'm simply adding one more mark to yesterday's and continuing forward. by @leahlimn

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a month ago

When my children were little, we spent a lot of time making art together. As they grew older, one of my favorite things became going to exhibitions with them.

Every year, we would visit art fairs at Barker Hangar together. And this September, I’ll be showing my own work in that same space.

It feels very special to come back, this time as an artist.

Light Note changes subtly depending on the light and where you stand. Colors and traces appear differently as you move around the work, something that has always been difficult to capture in photographs.

I’m excited to finally share that part of the work in person.

September 24–27
Barker Hangar
@TheOtherArtFair Los Angeles

Tickets are 20% off through the link in my bio.

우리가 매년 전시를 보러 갔던 바로 그 공간에서, 이제는 제가 제 작품을 선보이게 되었습니다.

Light Note는 빛과 관람자의 위치에 따라 표면의 색과 흔적이 조금씩 다르게 드러나는 작품입니다. 사진만으로는 충분히 보여드리기 어려웠던 작품의 변화를 직접 소개할 수 있게 되어 더욱 기쁩니다.

September 24–27
Barker Hangar
@TheOtherArtFair Los Angeles

프로필 링크를 통해 티켓을 예매하시면 20% 할인을 받을 수 있습니다. by @leahlimn

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2 months ago

토요일 어느 아침 🤍
그레이스 언니와 함께한 바이블 스터디. 매주 토요일 아침, 사랑하는 친구와 말씀을 나누며 이렇게 즐겁고 의미 있는 시간을 보내게 될 줄은 몰랐다. 책 한 권을 다 마쳤다는 뿌듯함보다 이제 이 시간이 끝났다는 아쉬움이 더 크다. 생각지도 못했던 방식으로 내게 찾아온, 또 하나의 소중한 선물같았던 시간. @grace.chung10 🫶 by @leahlimn

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2 months ago

Light note. 48 × 48 in
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

When my thoughts become tangled, I paint.
I remember the good days,
bring back moments of kindness,
and gently put my scattered mind back in order.
I think peace
is simply a mind that has found its place.

생각이 복잡할 땐 그림을 그립니다.
좋았던 날들을 떠올리고,
다정했던 마음을 꺼내고,
흩어진 마음을 다시 정돈합니다.
평온함은
결국 잘 정돈된 마음인 것 같습니다. by @leahlimn

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3 months ago

Light Note.
Acrylic on Canvas,
14 × 11 in(H × W) × 4 panels
A transition between what has been and what is yet to come. by @leahlimn

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4 months ago

햇살이 좋은 날,
브런치 약속이 있다는 것.

그 시간 속에서
편안하게 웃고, 깊이 대화할 사람이 있다는 것.

아직 이루지 못한 목표들이 있지만
그 방향을 바라보며
조용히 계속 나아가고 있다는 것.

좋은 작품을 마주하며
영감과 자극을 받을 수 있다는 것.

나를 응원해주는 사람들이 있다는 것.
그리고 무엇보다,
나 자신을 끝까지 믿어가고 있다는 것.

행복은 거창한 순간보다
이런 작은 감각들이 모여 만들어지는 것 같아요.

행복하기만 했던 하루.

“매일 아침 일어날 때마다 생각하라.
내가 오늘 살아있어 행운이고
소중한 인생을 가지고 있으니
나는 그것을 낭비하지 않을 것이라고.”

달라이 라마 🤍

A sunny day,
and having a brunch date to look forward to.

Having someone to sit with,
to laugh comfortably with,
and share meaningful conversations.

There are still goals I haven’t reached yet,
but I’m continuing to move toward them quietly and steadily.

Being able to stand before beautiful works of art,
and feel inspired and stimulated by them.

Having people who cheer me on.
And most of all,
continuing to believe in myself until the end.

I think happiness is often created
not from grand moments,
but from these small and quiet feelings gathered together.

A day that felt full of happiness.

“Every morning, think as you wake up:
I am fortunate to be alive,
I have a precious human life,
and I am not going to waste it.”

Dalai Lama 🤍 taken in 뮤지엄 "산" by @leahlimn

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5 months ago

뮤지엄 산의 전시장 ‘Ground’ 에서,

요즘 여행 트렌드, 콰이어트케이션. Quiet + Vacation. 아무것도 하지 않는 휴식이 하나의 웰니스가 되는 흐름 속에서, 저 역시 잠시 멈추는 시간을 선택했습니다.
그 마지막에 찾은 곳은 뮤지엄 산.
자연과 빛, 그리고 건축과 명상이 어우러진 공간 속에서 조용히 멈춰 서서 나를 다시 바라보려 했던 하루.

명상을 하겠다는 계획과는 달리, 공간 곳곳에서 느껴지는 전율에 이끌려 오히려 더 많이 움직이고, 더 많이 담게 되었지만 그 시간은 이상하게도 단순한 ‘쉼’이 아니라 나를 조금 더 또렷하게 회복하는 과정처럼 느껴졌습니다.

요즘의 웰니스는 무언가를 더하는 것이 아니라 덜어내는 방향으로 흐르고 있는 것 같습니다.

At ‘Ground’ in 뮤지엄 산

A recent travel trend: Quietcation.
Quiet + Vacation.

In a time when doing nothing is becoming a form of wellness,I chose to pause.

The last place I visited was Museum SAN.

Within a space where nature, light,
architecture, and meditation intersect,
I intended to slow down and turn my attention inward.

Yet instead of staying still,
I found myself moving more drawn by the quiet intensity of the space.

And somehow,
that time felt less like rest and more like a process of becoming clear again.

Wellness, these days,
seems less about adding more
and more about letting things go.

That’s why, on this trip to Korea,
this place lingers with me the most. by @leahlimn

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6 months ago