About

Herry Kim is an artist exploring virtual and physical reality, computer-generated imagery, and artificial intelligence through world-building. Interested in artistic possibilities and cultural implications of ever-evolving technologies, her transmedia practice involves building 3D assets, interaction design, and research.

Education

MFA in Art and Technology, Integrated Media Subconcentration | California Institute of the Arts | 05/2022 | Valencia, CA

BFA in Painting, Sculpture | Seoul National University | 03/2019 | Seoul

Solo Exhibition

Capital-rhythm, California Institute of the Arts, 2022

ILOVEYOU2, CICA Museum, Gimpo, 2021

Living Vicariously Through Us, California Institute of the Arts, CA, 2020

ILOVEYOU, Osisun, Seoul, 2019

Group Exhibition 

(Upcoming) TBD, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2023

PRPT: Table Service, Seoul, 2023

Grasping the Digital, Mashed Potato Seoul, Seoul, 2023

Random Rolling, Alternative Archive, Seoul, 2023 

The Art Plaza: LINK by IBK, Industrial Bank of Korea, Seoul, 2022 

Video Bites, Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, 2022

Durée, Helen J. Gallery, CA, 2022

Asian American Pacific Islander Gallery Night, California Institute of the Arts,  CA, 2022

CalArts Expo, California Institute of the Arts, CA, 2022

Crossed Wires, California Institute of the Arts, CA, 2021

Video Bites, Tipping Point Space, Seoul, 2021

Other Places art fair, Angels Gate Cultural Center, CA, 2021

Other Cinema, Sangheeut, Seoul, 2021

Time Capsule 2021, Osisun, Seoul, 2021

CalArts Expo, California Institute of the Arts, CA, 2021

Play On A.I., Art Center Nabi, Seoul, 2020-2021

Other Places art fair, Angels Gate Cultural Center,CA, 2020

MFA1 Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, CA, 2019

Nomad Pavillion, Venice, CA, 2019

글을 왜 분절하냐 묻는다면…, Woosuk Gallery, Seoul, 2018

Lab, Conference

NeurIPS : Machine Learning for Creativity and Design, online, 2021

New Media Art Conference, CICA Museum, Gimpo, 2021

Art Center NabiA.I. Open Lab Participant

June 2020 – January 2021

With artists and engineers, I created installation art about ethics of A.I. technology. The work was featured in 2021 NeurIPS: Machine Learning for Creativity and Design.

CICA Museum — New Media Art Conference Exhibitor/Presenter

June 2021

As well as participating as an exhibitor, I presented at the Media Arts Conference my view on the concept Metaverse and how its development might affect the value of statistical life(VSL) in the global labor market.

Award

Dean’s Reserve Fund – California Institute of the Arts 2022

Diversity Grant – California Institute of the Arts 2022

Dean’s Reserve Fund – California Institute of the Arts 2021

Research and Practice Fellowship – CalArts 2020

Study Abroad Scholarship – Kwanjeong Foundation 2019-2022

Lilian Disney Scholarship – CalArts 2019-2022

Publication

Vassar Review – Vassar College 2020

New Media Art 2022 – CICA Press 2021