KIEUN KIM NEW MEDIA ARTIST | PERFORMER | VISUAL DESIGNER (617) 999 7871 | [email protected] | kieunkim.com
Biography
New York/Baltimore-based, seasoned professional new media artist and visual designer, experienced computer engineer and in coding. Fluent in Korean and English with international work experience. Main interests are in the fields of visual art, interactive art, installation, physical computing, soft circuit, vital signs and wearable technology. Artistic concentration on self-portrait, emotional expressions and human connection. Mission to focus on interactive healing effects between people on a variety of projects.
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technology Parsons, The New School for Design, New York, May 2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea, February 2000
Honors & Awards
September 2019 Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of South Korea, Washington D.C. Selected Artist – Revealuxion: Be You, Be Free (Performance Art) 2019 Art All Night
September 2019 Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of South Korea, Washington D.C. Selected Artist – Revealuxion Newly Connected 2019
August 2019 Los Angeles CineFest, Los Angeles, CA Selected Artist / Semi-Finalist – Experimental Video Art / Revealuxion: My Journey of Evolution Los Angeles CineFest
August 2019 New Harvest Film Festival - Новый Урожай, Moscow, Russia Selected Artist / Best Video Art + Experimental Video Art / Revealuxion: My Journey of Evolution New Harvest Film Festival - Новый Урожай
May 2019 September 2019 Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of South Korea, New York, NY Selected Artist – Revealuxion Beyond Boundaries 2019
May 2019 Superfine! Art Fair, New York, NY Selected Artist – Revealuxion: Tension No. 1 - No. 8 Superfine! Art Fair New York City 2019
April 2019 Five Continents International Film Festival (FICOCC2016), Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela Selected Artist / Fiction Short film / Best Video Art – Revealuxion: My Journey of Evolution FICOCC #25 Short film
March 2019 Artrooms Fair Roma, The Church Palace, Roma, Italy Selected Artist / Featured Artist – Revealuxion: My Journey of Evolution Artrooms Fair Roma 2019
March 2019 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA Featured Artist / Selected Artist – Sound Tree Open Source 2019
January 2019 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA Selected Artist / Special Recognition Artist – Floating Dreams All Women Art Exhibition
January 2019 Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Everett, PA Selected Artist – Floating Dreams Open Exhibition 2019
January 2019 Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA Selected Artist – Growing 4th Annual Landscapes Art Exhibition
December 2018 Gallery Ring Organization Online Art Gallery Selected Artist / Honourable Mention – Harambe Market Wheels Exhibition 2018
December 2018 Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA Selected Artist – April Sound 4th Annual Leaves & Petals Art Exhibition
September 2018 School 33 Art Center (BOPA), Baltimore, MD Selected Artist – Revealuxion School 33 Project Space
June 2018 Overlea Community Association, Baltimore, MD Featured Artist / People's Choice Award & 2nd Prize in 2D Abstract – Sound Tree 3rd Annual Overlea ArtsFest Juried Show
September 2016 4heads, New York Harbor, New York, NY Selected Artist – Revealuxion 9th Annual Governors Island Art Fair 2016
June 2016 Space in Arts New York Gallery, New York, NY Selected Artist – Revealuxion Kieun Kim Solo Exhibition
January 2016 RAW, Melrose Ballroom, New York, NY Featured Artist – Revealuxion RAW: New York Presents Futures
September 2015 The New York Times, Women in The World Featured Artist / 15 Remarkable Moments from Maker Faire NYC – Revealuxion Women in The World in Association, The New York Times http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/09/28/15-remarkable-moments-from-maker-faire- nyc/
September 2015 Make: Magazine, New York Hall of Science, New York, NY Selected Artist / Best in Class – Revealuxion 6th Annual World Maker Faire
September 2015 New York University Skirball Center, New York, NY Selected Artist – Revealuxion NYC Media Lab Annual Summit
January 2015 Autodesk, San Rafael, CA Featured Artist / Winner of the 2014 Papercraft Contest – Brainwave-Controlled Paper Garment Instructables
November 2014 Autodesk, San Rafael, CA Featured Maker – The Finger Drums Instructables
November 2014 Autodesk, San Rafael, CA Featured Maker – The Healing Lamp Instructables
June 2014 Adafruit, New York, NY Featured Artist – Talk To Me Adafruit Wearable Wednesday
August 2013 - May 2015 New York, NY The Provost Scholarship Parsons, The New School For Design
May 2011 Lydia Fair, Greater Boston Vineyard, Cambridge, MA Featured Artist – Home Tonight Lydia Fair
Feb 2004 Korea Software Awards (KSWA), Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Grand Prize – Digital Ceramics and Patterns Ministry of Science and Technology
Conference Presentations
September 6, 2019, Washington, DC, USA Newly Connected: Kieun Kim, Nam Won Choi, and Kyoung Eun Kang Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC / Embassy of South Korea Selected Artist Panel
September 22, 2018, Baltimore, MD, USA A Discussion of New-ish Media: Hosted by Katie Duffy and Carlyn Thomas Terrault Contemporary Art Gallery Selected Artist Panel
July 7 – 9, 2015, London, U.K. Electronic Visualization and the Arts (EVA), London 2015 Conference Stitch, Bitch, Make/Perform: Wearables and Performance
July 7 – 9, 2015, London, U.K. Conference Authors: Camille Baker & Kate Sicchio Featured Guest Speaker (via Skype)
Professional Experience
January 2019 – Current, Ridgefield, NJ Ultimate Products Global Inc. Digital Designer and Photographer Solely responsible for overall brand design, digital graphics and photography including photo editing and color correction for new e-commerce products.
Feb 2017 – April 2017, New York, NY COCO International Corp. Team Leader, Digital Designer and Photographer Solely worked digital graphics such as photography, photo editing and color correction for new seasonal e-commerce products.
April 2016 – October 2016, New York, NY Space in Arts New York Gallery Exhibition Preparator and Visual Designer Created new graphic designs, poster designs, and information graphic designs. Accomplished Installation/de-installation arts, packing/unpacking arts, art handling, basic carpentry, storing, maintaining in exhibitions.
November 2015 – April 2016, New York, NY WaterWalk Production Company Visual and Graphic Designer Responsible for creating logo, new graphic designs, brand designs, information graphic designs, presentation designs, color corrections, mood boards and video editing for the Marla Wynne Fashion Collection featured regularly on the Home Shopping Network, HSN U.S.A., TSC Canada, QVC U.K., TVSN Australia.
November 2015 - November 2015, New York, NY L&T Company Visual Designer Producing and generating digital contents related to graphic design, information graphic design and illustration for a leading digital content marketing provider.
June 2015 – April 2016, New York, NY Matthew Kim Photography Digital Designer Created and designed digital contents for online site primarily focused on cosmetics, accessories and fashion industry with Fortune 500 clientele. Specialized in photo editing, photo retouching, photo manipulation, color correction, and photo enhancement.
August 2015, New York, NY Human Condition Global Brand Designer Developed User Interface/User Experience design for mobile applications, brand designs and digital/print marketing collateral for a consultancy group focused on global healthcare initiative programs and solutions provided to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, philanthropy organizations, as well as local, state and national governmental entities.
February 2015 - May 2015 New York, NY Laser Lab, 3D Printing Lab and Faculty Resource Center Instructor, Parsons Academic Resource Center Instructed incoming student body for initial class orientation. Provided ongoing individualized prototyping advisement and technical support for the student body as well as faculty members on a continual basis.
November 2014 - November 2014 Brooklyn, NY Open BCI (Open-Source Brain-Computer Interface) Physical Computing Technician Provided overall technical support and uploaded newly developed codes to OpenBCI motherboards for sales and marketing to general markets, educational facilities and industry researchers.
May 2009 - August 2013 Seoul, South Korea Haesol CNS Team Leader, Visual Designer Conceived and developed new graphic designs and illustrations for the company’s updated marketing efforts related to corporate logos, graphics, business cards and online presence.
Selected Exhibitions
Superfine! Art Fair - (WO)MAN, New York City 2020 | Soho, New York, NY | April 22-26, 2020
2019 Art All Night at the KCC | Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of South Korea, Washington D.C. | September 14, 2019
Newly Connected 2019 | Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of South Korea, Washington D.C. | September 6-27, 2019
Superfine! Art Fair [E-fair], New York City 2019 | https://superfine.world/nyc-2019-efair | 2019
New Harvest Film Festival - Новый Урожай 2019 | Сад им. Баумана (Sad Imeni Baumana), Moscow, Russia | August 29, 2019
Beyond Boundaries 2019 | Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of South Korea, New York, NY | May 22-June 21, 2019
Superfine! Art Fair, New York City 2019 | Soho | 107 Grand St., New York, NY | May 1-5, 2019 15th Anniversary Members Exhibition 2019 | Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA | April 11-June 4, 2019
Fiction Short Film #25 - Best Video Art | Regina Mall, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela | April 03, 2019
Artrooms Fair Roma 2019 | The Church Palace, Roma, Italy | March 22 -March 24, 2019
Open Source 2019 | Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA | March 14 -April 6, 2019
2nd Annual Women Artists Art Exhibition | Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA | January 15-April 14, 2019
Red | Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Everett, PA | February 1-February 28, 2019
Artrooms Fair Roma 2019 | https://roma.artroomsfairs.com | February 1, 2019
Flower | Gallery Ring, Online Art Gallery | January 19-January 31, 2019
Open | Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Everett, PA | January 1-January 31, 2019
All Women Art Exhibition | Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA | January 1- January 31, 2019
4th Annual Landscapes Art Exhibition | Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA | January 1-January 31, 2019
6th Annual ALL Photography/Digital Art Exhibition | Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Annapolis, MD | January 2-January 29, 2019
Snap to Grid | Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA | December 13, 2018-January 5, 2019
5th Annual Open/No Theme Art Exhibition | Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Annapolis, MD | December 4, 2018-January 2, 2019
Wheels | Gallery Ring, Online Art Gallery | December 17-December 31, 2018
Feeling Blue 8 | A Singular Creation, Online Art Gallery | December 1-December 31, 2018
4th Annual Leaves & Petals Art Exhibition | Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA | December 1, 2018- December 31, 2018
School 33 Project Space | School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD | August 31-September 29, 2018
6x6 - The International Small Art Phenomenon | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY | June 2-July 15, 2018
The 3rd Annual Overlea ArtsFest Juried Art Exhibit & Competition | Overlea Community Association, Natural History Society, Baltimore, MD | June 2, 2018
Out of Order 2018 MAP’s 21st Annual Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction | Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD | April 13, 2018
7th Annual World Maker Faire | Make: Magazine, New York Hall of Science, New York, NY | October 1-2, 2016
Governors Island Art Fair 2016 | 4heads, New York Harbor, NY | September 3-25, 2016
The Enchanted City 2016 | Troy, NY | August 25-27, 2016
Kieun Kim Solo Exhibition | Space in Arts, New York, NY | June 8-14, 2016
The Art Show | Space in Arts, New York, NY | May 26, 2016
Raw: New York - NYC Presents Futures | Melrose Ballroom, New York, NY | January 13, 2016
6th Annual World Maker Faire | Make: Magazine, New York Hall of Science, New York, NY | September 26-27, 2015
NYC Media Lab Annual Summit | New York University Skirball Center, New York, NY | September 25, 2015
Designing Multiplicity: Performance & Screening | John Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, New York, NY | May 18, 2015
Designing Multiplicity | Albert and Vera List Academic Center, New York, NY | May 18-22, 2015
Parsons Gala | John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center, New York, NY | April 26, 2015
The Brainwave-Controlled Paper Garment | Arnold Hall, New York, NY | January 1, 2015
Papercraft Exhibition | Instructables, Autodesk, San Rafael, CA | November 24, 2014-January 19, 2015
Talk to Me | Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York, NY | June 15, 2014
Talk to Me | Adafruit’s Wearable Wednesday, New York, NY | June 11, 2014
Face-to-Face | Eugene Lang Of Liberal Arts, New York, NY | December 5-12, 2013
Home Tonight | The Lydia Fair, Greater Boston Vineyard, Cambridge, MA | May 21-22, 2011
2000 Dream of New Millennium, Fine Arts & Communication Design & Calligraphy | The National Theater of Korea, South Korea | December 29, 1999-January 30, 2000
Beauty | Jong Ro Gallery, South Korea | October 4-10, 2000
Donation
Revealuxion 6x6 - The International Small Art Phenomenon | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY | June 2-July 15, 2018
Press & Publications
• Camille C. Baker | Published: August 23, 2018 New Directions in Mobile Media and Performance. Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2018 Caption: © 2015 Kieun Kim – Revealuxion Version ii - 1 /r (p.110) ISBN-13: 978-1472467188, ISBN-10: 1472467183
• The New York Times, Women in The World | September 28, 2015 [Do-It-Herself] 15 Remarkable Moments from Maker Faire NYC
• AMT Magazine | September 29, 2015 2015 MFA DT Alumna Kieun Kim Featured in The New York Times
• Washington City Paper | September 8, 2019
• First Friday Dupont | September 6, 2019
• Washingtonian | September 5, 2019
• The Georgetowner | September 5, 2019
• East City Art | September 4, 2019
• The Washington Diplomat | September 1, 2019
• New Harvest Film Festival - Новый Урожай | August 29, 2019
• Korea Embassy | July 26, 2019
• Art All Night Dupont | July 26, 2019
• Korean Cultural Center of Washington D.C. | July 26, 2019
• The Korea Times | May 24, 2019
• Government of South Korea - KOCIS (Korean Culture and Information Service) | May 24, 2019
• Government of South Korea - KOCIS (Korean Culture and Information Service) & Korea.net | May 20, 2019
• The Korea Times | May 15, 2019
• The Korea Daily | May 14, 2019
• AM1660 K-RADIO | May 13, 2019
• Superfine Art E-Fair | May 6, 2019
• The Untitled Magazine | May 4, 2019
• Korean Cultural Center of New York | May 1, 2019
• Asian American Arts Alliance | May 1, 2019
• Thought Gallery | May 1, 2019
• NY Culture Beat | May 1, 2019
• TheArtGuide.com | May 1, 2019
• Club Free Time | May 1, 2019
• Artcards | May 1, 2019
• ArtRabbit | April 30, 2019
• The Untitled Magazine | April 23, 2019
• Superfine Art Fair | April 17, 2019
• Five Continents International Film Festival | April 1, 2019
• D La Repubblica Magazine | March 21, 2019
• Filrouge Magazine | March 21, 2019
• D La Repubblica Magazine | March 20, 2019
• Urban Mirrors | March 18, 2019
• Prima Press | March 18, 2019
• Geos News | March 17, 2019
• Roma Today | March 17, 2019
• The Way Magazine | March 16, 2019
• La Repubblica Magazine | March 16, 2019
• Art Vibes | March 16, 2019
• Lazio in Festa | March 15, 2019
• Project Art | March 15, 2019
• The Los Angeles Center for Digital Art | March 6, 2019
• Artrooms Fair Roma | February 1, 2019
• Colors of Humanity Art Gallery | February 1, 2019
• Gallery Ring, Online Art Gallery | January 19, 2019
• Contemporary Art Gallery Online | January 2, 2019
• Colors of Humanity Art Gallery | January 1, 2019
• Fusion Art | January 1, 2019
• Light Space & Time | January 1, 2019
• Gallery Ring | December 17, 2018
• Contemporary Art Gallery Online | December 4, 2018
• A Singular Creation | December 1, 2018
• ArtfixDaily | December 1, 2018
• Fusion Art | December 1, 2018
• School 33 Art Center | August 31, 2018
• BmoreArt | August 28, 2018
• BOPA (Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts) | August 31, 2018
• Carpe Diem! | August 31, 2018
• Evensi | August 12, 2018
• Maryland State Arts Council | August 11, 2018
• Carroll County Times | June 2, 2018
• 4heads, Governors Island Art Fair 2016 | April 18, 2017
• I Heart My Art | September 3, 2016
• 4heads, Governors Island Art Fair 2016 | September 3-25, 2016
• The Culture Files | September 8, 2016
• Scoopnest News | June 17, 2016
• New York Culture Beat | June 9, 2016
• AllEvents Magazine | June 9, 2016
• Heyevents | June 9, 2016
• Eventbrite | June 9, 2016
• Newsroh | June 8, 2016
• Plus Model Magazine & Marla Wynne Fashion Collection | February 11, 2016
• Artslant New York | June 8, 2016 / December 5, 2013
• Designboom Magazine | April 20, 2016
• 6th Annual World Maker Faire | October 1-2, 2015
• News Talk EE | December 17, 2015
• Workshopshed | November 2, 2015
• Oszine Magazine | October 2, 2015
• Frequency | September 30, 2015
• Adafruit Wearable Wednesday blog: Revealuxion | September 27, 2015
Featured and selected artist by Becky Stern, the director of wearable electronics at Adafruit
• Fruit Industries | September 27, 2015
• Taable Note News Magazine | September 27, 2015
• Make Me Feed | September 27, 2015
• Nuzzel News | September 27, 2015
• New York City Media Lab Annual Summit 2015 | September 25, 2015
Interactive Science Fair – Wearables
• American Entrepreneurship | July 13, 2015
• Ecouterre Magazine | June 10, 2015
• The New School Archives Digital Collections | May 12, 2015
• Instructables | January 2015
• Adafruit’s Wearable Wednesday blog: Talk To Me | June 11, 2014
• CTTAgent (Cyber Technology Transfer Agents) | October 8, 2012
• Ennoble Magazine | February 2005
• Screen Magazine | July 2004
• Film 2.0 Magazine | July 2004