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 Nabi — A.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