Abandoning his successful career as a scientist, Man Hee Kim finally pursued his lifelong passion for art in middle age after his family opposed it in youth. The late-blooming abstract painter's works, fusing Eastern and Western aesthetics through the lens of a scientist, attained mastery in abstraction.

Man Hee Kim, the late-blooming abstract artist, pioneered his own creative world across the globe, imbuing free-flowing lines, colors and forms with vitality drawn from both meticulous scientific observation and raw inner emotion. His masterful abstractions harmonizing Eastern and Western sensibilities through the unique lens of a scientist attained mastery without resorting to imitative rote learning.