Artist Bio
Hye Young Kim was born in 1982 in the city of Gongju in South Korea. She received her BFA in painting from Korea University, South Korea in 2007, and her MFA in painting from Washington University in St. Louis in 2009 and second MFA in Art and Technology at University of Florida in 2013. Currently she is teaching as Assistant Professor of Art at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina since 2013. As a video performance/installation artist, she has investigated human existence with physical and psychological traces by integrating traditional art-making techniques with experimental video and installation. In the United States, Kim’s work has been exhibited in New York City, St. Louis, Seattle, Toledo, Ohio, Gainesville, Florida and Davis, California. Recently, her works were exhibited in “Berlin Liste” in Berlin, Germany, “FILE” in São Paulo, Brazil, “Contemporary Art Ruhr” in Essen, Germany, “Currents 2014” in Santa Fe, New Mexico and “Vector 2014” in Toronto, Canada.