KIEUN KIM
NEW MEDIA ARTIST | PERFORMER | VISUAL DESIGNER
thekieunkim@gmail.com | 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, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education
Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
[ Honors & Awards ]
August 2022 Overlea Community Association, Baltimore, MD
Selected Artist / The Living Stone No.6
Overlea ArtsFest Juried Show 2022
October 2021 Gallery Ring Organization Online Art Gallery
Featured Artist / Merit Award - Sound Tree ii - No.3
Open Exhibition 2021
September 2021 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Selected Artist / Special Recognition Artist - Sound Tree No.3
5th Annual Patterns, Textures & Forms Online Art Competition 2021
August 2021 Overlea Community Association, Baltimore, MD
Featured Artist / 1st Place Award & Honorable Mention Award - Revealuxion: Tension No.1, No.4, No. 6
6th Annual Overlea ArtsFest Juried Competition and Show
July 2021 Contemporary Art Station, London, UK
Selected Artist – Sound Tree
Virtual Summer Art Fair 2021
April 2020 Circle Foundation for The Arts, Lyon, France
Featured Artist - Revealuxion
Spotlight – Contemporary Art Magazine | Issue 19
February 2020 APÉRO
Featured Artist - Revealuxion
APÉRO: Fine Art Collection - Illuminate
December 2019 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Artist – Sound Tree
Open Source 2019
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
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 Competition and 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
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
Selected Artist - Home Tonight
Lydia Fair
Feb 2004 Korea Software Awards (KSWA), Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Grand Prize / Korea Software Awards (KSWA) - Digital Ceramics and Patterns
Ministry of Science and Technology
[ Conference Presentations & Artist Talks ]
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)
[ Donation ]
Revealuxion 6x6 - The International Small Art Phenomenon | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY | June 2-July 15, 2018
[ Selected Exhibitions & Films ]
HCAC Gallery Exhibit | Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, Maryland | December 16, 2022 – February 4, 2023
Overlea ArtsFest 2022 | Holt Park & Center for the Arts, MD | August 12-14, 2022
Superfine! Art Fair - Washington DC 2022 | Gallery Place, Washington D.C. | April 7-10, 2022
Kieun Kim’s Solo Exhibition: Sound Tree | Revealuxion Virtual Gallery | May 1, 2020-December 21,2021
Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center | Alexandria, VA | November 10-December 12, 2021
Open 2021 | Gallery Ring, Online Art Gallery | October 1-31, 2021
Artist of the Month Competition: Sound Tree No.3 | Circle Foundation for The Arts Online Art Gallery, Lyon, France | August 1-September 31, 2021
Textures 2021 | Las Laguna Art Virtual Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | August 5-28, 2021
Overlea ArtsFest | Holt Park & Center for the Arts, MD | August 6-7, 2021
4th Annual Black & White Art Exhibition | Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA | April 7-May 4, 2020
5th Annual Artist's Choice Art Exhibition | Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA | February 5-March 4, 2020
APÉRO: Fine Art Collection - Illuminate | APÉRO | February 1-29, 2020
Open 2019 | A Singular Creation, Online Art Gallery | December 31, 2019-January 31, 2020
2020 All Photography/Digital Art Exhibition | Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Annapolis, MD | December 31, 2019-January 31, 2020
Open Source 2019 | Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA | December 12-January 4, 2020
Snap to Grid | Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA | December 12, 2019-January 4, 2020
7th Annual All Figurative / Portrait Art Exhibition | Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Wilmington, DE | October 8, 2019-November 4, 2019
Newly Connected 2019 | Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC / Embassy of South Korea | September 6-27, 2019
2019 Art All Night - Be You, Be Free (Performance Art) | Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC / Embassy of South Korea | September 14, 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, New York, NY / Embassy of South Korea | 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 22-24, 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 2019 | Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Everett, PA | February 1-28, 2019
Artrooms Fair Roma 2019 | https://roma.artroomsfairs.com | February 1, 2019
Flower 2019 | Gallery Ring, Online Art Gallery | January 19-31, 2019
Open 2019 | Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Everett, PA | January 1-31, 2019
8th Annual All Women Art Exhibition | LightSpaceTime Online Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA | January 1-31, 2019
4th Annual Landscapes Art Exhibition | Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA | January 1-31, 2019
6th Annual All Photography/Digital Art Exhibition | Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Annapolis, MD | January 2-29, 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 2018 | Gallery Ring, Online Art Gallery | December 17-31, 2018
Feeling Blue 8 | A Singular Creation, Online Art Gallery | December 1-31, 2018
4th Annual Leaves & Petals Art Exhibition | Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA | December 1-31, 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 for the Performing Arts, 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 2015 | 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
[ Press & Publications ]
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[ Featured Publications ]
• The Washington Post
In the galleries: At cultural center, art that’s tethered to South Korea
Newly Connected 2019: Revealuxion, Washington, D.C., 2019
Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of South Korea, Washington D.C.
Published in www.washingtonpost.com: September 20, 2019 | Arts & Style
Published in newspaper: September 22, 2019 | Arts & Style E.10
• The New York Times, Women in The World
[Do-It-Herself] 15 Remarkable Moments from Maker Faire NYC
Published: September 28, 2015
• Art Collector's Choice Book | Volume 3 - China
Published In Europe In March 2022 By Contemporary Art Station / Icm Gestora Cultural, Sl.
ISBN: 978-84-19192-59-2
DL: GR 678-2022
• Important World Artists, A World of Art | Volume 5
Designed and Published in California 2022 by World Wide Art Books Inc.
General Manager / Curator: Despina Tunberg
Master Editor: Thomas Tunberg
Design & Editing: MT Design
• Spotlight - Contemporary Art Magazine | Issue 29
Publisher: Spotlight Magazine | P.59 | Published: June 15, 2022
The Living Stone No.6
• FROM | Outsider Art Magazine | Issue 7
Publisher: Artist Portfolio Magazine | Published: August 24, 2021
Sound Tree No.1 & No.2
• Summer Virtual Art Fair 2021
Publisher: Contemporary Art Station Ltd. | Published: July 15, 2021
Sound Tree No.1 - No.4
• Fine Art Collection - Illuminate - February 2020
Publisher: SHOWAPÉRO by EE Jacks | Published: January 31, 2020
Installation Artwork, Revealuxion, New York, 2016
Space in Arts New York Gallery, New York, NY
- APÉRO Catalogue - Hard Cover - Illuminate - February -2020 | Publish Date: Feb 10, 2020 | ISBN - Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781714408665
- APÉRO Catalogue - Soft Cover - Illuminate - February -2020 | Publish Date: Feb 10, 2020 | ISBN - Softcover: 9781714408726
• Spotlight - Contemporary Art Magazine | Issue 19
Publisher: Spotlight Magazine | P.60 | Published: April 24, 2020
Installation Artwork, Revealuxion, New York, 2019
Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY / Embassy of South Korea
• New Directions in Mobile Media and Performance. Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities.
Author: Camille C. Baker | Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2018 | Published: August 23, 2018
Caption: © 2015 Kieun Kim – Revealuxion Version ii - 1 /r (P.110)
ISBN-13: 978-1472467188, ISBN-10: 1472467183
• Observica - Summer 2021 | Issue 14
Publisher: Observica Magazine, Discover the Artist | Published: October 4, 2021
Sound Tree No.3
• Artistonish | Issue 13
Publisher: Discover the Artist | Published: August 25, 2021
Sound Tree No.3
• AMT Magazine
2015 MFA DT Alumna Kieun Kim Featured in The New York Times
Published: September 29, 2015
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• Howard County Arts Council | June 17, 2022
• Torpedo Factory Art Center and Target Gallery | November 1, 2021
• Observica Magazine | October 15, 2021
• Gallery Ring | October 1, 2021
• Overlea ArtsFest | September 25, 2021
• Contemporary Art Station | September 20, 2021
• Light Space & Time | August 1, 2021
• Spotlight - Contemporary Art Magazine Issue 19 | April 24, 2020
• Fusion Art | February 5, 2020
• APÉRO: Fine Art Collection - Illuminate | January 31, 2020
• Washington Post | September 20, 2019
• Washington City Paper | September 12, 2019
• Washington City Paper | September 8, 2019
• Bethesda Magazine | September 6, 2019
• DC Embassy Events | September 6, 2019
• The Daily Progress | September 6, 2019
• First Friday Dupont | September 6, 2019
• Eventbrite | September 6, 2019
• Eventful | 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
• The Washington Diplomat | August 28, 2019
• Korea Embassy | July 26, 2019
• Art All Night Dupont | July 26, 2019
• Korean Cultural Center of Washington D.C. | July 26, 2019
• Overseas Korean Journalists Association | May 25, 2019
• The Korea Times | May 24, 2019
• The Korea Daily | May 24, 2019
• The Korea Times | May 15, 2019
• The Korea Daily | May 14, 2019
• KARN (Korean American Radio Network) | 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
• The Untitled Magazine | April 23, 2019
• Superfine Art Fair | Apr 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
• PrimaPress | March 18, 2019
• Geos News | March 17, 2019
• Roma Today | March 17, 2019
• TheWayMagazine | March 16, 2019
• La Repubblica Magazine | March 16, 2019
• Lazioinfesta | 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
• Bmore Art | August 28, 2018
• BOPA (Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts) | August 31, 2018
• Carpe Diem! | August 12, 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
• Artslant New York | June 8, 2016 / December 5, 2013
• Plus Model Magazine & Marla Wynne Fashion Collection | February 11, 2016
• News Talk EE | December 17, 2015
• Workshopshed | November 2, 2015
• 6th Annual World Maker Faire | October 1-2, 2015
• Oszine Magazine | October 2, 2015
• Frequency | September 30, 2015
• AMT Magazine | September 29, 2015
2015 MFA DT Alumna Kieun Kim Featured in The New York Times
• 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