EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S TEACHERS COLLEGE
EdD (in progress) in Art and Art Education
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Master of Fine Art (MFA), Graduate Fine Art
-Thesis: “The Invisible Jewel Shining the Visibility.”
-Advisor: Professor Diana Thater, Profossor Patti Podesta
-Practice emphasized on video/film installation and criticism
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art
-Thesis: “A Little Contemporary Voice.”
-Advisor: Professor Charles Long
-Cum Laude
-Dean’s Honors Award
-Chancellor’s Honors List
RESEARCH INTEREST
Contemporary studio art teaching in higher education
College Teaching Preparation in MFA Program
TEACHING INTERESTS
Teaching creativity through video art and graphic design
Integrated art and environment (Installation)
Interdisciplinary Practice: Studio Art, Design, and Technology
Traditional Media with Digital Art
DEVELOPED COLLEGE ART CURRICULA:
-College Teaching Preparation Concentration in MFA (CTPM) with 7 theory-based courses
-Foundation of Video Art in the Age of YouTube
-Contemporary Video and Time-based Experimentation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ARC 201-N01 Digital Video – Hudson County Community College, New Jersey 2020
Adjunct Instructor
ARC 107-N01 Print Design – Hudson County Community College, New Jersey 2020
Adjunct Instructor
ARC 201-01 Digital Video – Hudson County Community College, NJ (Journal Square Campus) 2019
Adjunct Instructor
ARC 201-N01 Digital Video –Hudson County Community College, New Jersey (North Campus) 2019
Adjunct Instructor
Through lecture, demonstration, and project-based coursework, students will learn
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the foundational skills of capturing and editing moving images,
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the contemporary context of video as well as it historical origins,
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overview discursive video artist practices and understand the role of time-based media in the creation, presentation, and interpretation in contemporaneity,
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how to integrate art and technologies as a significant element in the evolution of art and creativity,
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the aesthetic and critique skills, and enhance their ability to develop robust concepts, all as applied to practices within the realm of visual arts
Creative Technologies Exhibition “DeCentralized” – Teachers College, Columbia University 2019
Macy Art Gallery
Curator
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Organized exhibition showcasing technology-infused contemporary work of instructors, visiting artists, students in the Art and Art Education Program
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Featured works explored the possibilities of collaboration to revisit definitions, straddle divides, and transform communities into vibrant spaces for collective authorship and artistic creation
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This event included the Creative Technologies symposium V for discussion around technology, art, and educational environment in the 21stcentury
Multiple-Prism – New York, NY 2019
Curator
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Organized online art gallery exhibit that features video artworks by artists and graduate students around NYC
A&HA 4073 Video Art – Teachers College, Columbia University Summer 2019
Course subtitle: “Contemporary Video and Time-based Experimentation”
Adjunct Instructor
A&HA 6907 Studio Work: Digital Media – Teachers College, Columbia University 2018-2019
Adjunct Instructor
A&HA 4073 Video Art Course – Teachers College, Columbia University 2018-2019
Course subtitle: “Contemporary Video and Time-based Experimentation”
Adjunct Instructor
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Graduate-level studio art course integrating lecture and seminar
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Teaching included foundational skills of capturing and editing moving images; historical and contemporary contexts of video; the impact of art and technologies as a significant element of art making in the 21st century; various visual languages with time-based media; video and
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environment
Praxis of Artist and Educator – Teachers College, Columbia University 2018
The Smith Learning Theater
Curator
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Curated contemporary artworks from NYC studio art faculty, MFA graduates, MFA students, and Teacher’s College Students
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Organized discussions around preparation, pedagogy, and practices in the college studio art classroom between participants and Columbia University’s faculty and students during the event
Light Year: Addressing Home II – Brooklyn, NY 2018
Co-Curator with Leo Kuelbs & Richard Jochum
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Addressing Home II presented video responses (projected on the wall of Manhattan Bridge, New York) to the question of what home means to them by students of the Art and Art Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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As part of their coursework assignments for their video art class (instructed by: Dahye Kim), the novice video makers were asked to envision places we call home.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
Kim D (April, 2019). Foundations of Video Art in the Age of YouTube.
17th Biennial Foundation in Art: Theories and Education (FATE) Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
Kim D (February, 2019) Preparing MFA Students to Teach College Art.
College Art Association (CAA) Conference, New York, New York
Kim D (April, 2017) Making New Time: Rethinking through Re-skilling.
16th Biennial Foundation in Art: Theories and Education (FATE) Conference, Kansas City, MO
Art School Critique 2.0 Symposium, 2016
Creative Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University
(Student Observing Presentation/Essay)
SOLO EXHIBITION
2020 Untitled, Media Art Gallery, Columbia University’s Teachers College (Expected)
2020 Sound, Gallery C (Macy Galley), Columbia University’s Teachers College
2017 OFF, NO, NO, ON Cross Media Gallery, Columbia University’s Teachers College
2016 On My Way Home Street between Aventino and Netflix, Los Gatos, California
2015 Once Upon This Time The Raymond Gallery, Art Center College of Design, California
2015 Expanded Journey The Goodan Family Graduate Art Gallery, Art Center College of Design
2014 Metaponds: Fantasy of Yesterday I’ve Forgotten The Raymond Gallery,
Art Center College of Design, California
2014 Fourish a.m. The Ralph M.Parsons Foundation Graduate Art Gallery,
Art Center College of Design, California
2014 Naf a morf seirotS The Main Gallery, Art Center College of Design, California
2014 Rhapsody of Yesterday Studio A9, Art Center College of Design, California
2011 Black Veil The Ralph M.Parsons Foundation Graduate Art Gallery,
Art Center College of Design, CA, 2011
2011 Mystic Forest (site specific installation), Phyllis Gill Gallery, Riverside, California
GROUP EXHIBITION
2020 Digital Art Show The Bogart, Brooklyn, New York
2020 HCCC Art Faculty Show Dineen Hull Gallery, New Jersey
2019 Creative Technologies: DeCentralized Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University
2019 Mitte Media Festival DNA Galerie, Berlin, German
Fata Morgana Galerie, Berlin, German
Benhadj&Djilali Galerie, Berlin, German
2019 Vengeance is Mine Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
2019 Multiple Prism Online Art Gallery
2019 Tech/No/Fear (Myers Art Prize) Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University
Juried by Jennifer Mock, Associated Director of Education and Public Program
at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University
2018 Constructing a Praxis of Artist/Educator The Smith Learning Theater,
Columbia University
2018 Light Year: Addressing Home II Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Creative Technology/ Art and the Digital Future Azarian Mccullough Art Gallery,
New Jersey
2018 Studio Art Faculty Exhibition Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University
2018 Art and Art Education Faculty Biennale Exhibition Macy Art Gallery
Columbia University
2018 September Premier Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University
Juried by Teachers College, Columbia University’s Art Faculty
2018 Myers Art Prize Exhibition Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University
Juried by Teachers College, Columbia University Art Faculty
2017 Crossing Boundaries: Art and the Future of Energy
National Juried Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida
2017 Something meaningful Collaboration of Art Students, Online Gallery
2017 September Premier Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University
Juried by Teachers College, Columbia University Art Faculty
2017 FATE Biennial Juried Member Exhibition Kansas City Art Institute Crossroads
Gallery, Juried by Daniel Reneau and Melaney Mitchell, Kansas City, MO
2016 Studio Works Exhibit Myers Media Studio Gallery
2016 Themis and Aphrodite (Myers Art Prize) Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University,
Juried by Teachers College, Columbia University Art Faculty
2016 September Premier Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University,
Juried by Teachers College, Columbia University Art Faculty
2016 Multiple Feeds Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
2015 Chestnut: An Exploration of Narrative Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juried by Walter Maciel of Walter Marciel Gallery, 2015
2015 Out There Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juried by Francisco George and William Escalera
2015 MFA Open Studios Exhibition Graduate Art Studios,
Art Center College of Design, California
2014 MFA Open Studios Exhibition Graduate Art Studios,
Art Center College of Design, California
2012 The International VIP MFA Art Fair New York, NY
Juried by Kate Fowel, Roselee Goldgerg, Matthew Higgs, O Zhang, Joachim Pissaro,
Diana Al-Hadid
2011 University of California Thesis Show
UCR/California Photography Museum, California
2010 Drawing Show Phyllis Gill Gallery, University of California, California
2010 Between Two Points Phyllis Gill Gallery, University of California, California
2005-2006 UCLA Spring Festival of World Music and Dance (Ethnomusicology Annual Events)
Korean Traditional Dance and Kayagum (instrument) playing
AWARDS/GRANTS
2020
2019 John F. Listone Memorial Scholarship
Columbia University, Teachers College
2019 Myers Art Prize (Macy Gallery Permanent Collection):
Columbia University, Teachers College
2019 Provost’s Grant for Professional Development:
Columbia University, Teachers College
2018 Myers Art Prize (Macy Gallery Permanent Collection):
Columbia University, Teachers College
2017-2018 Gold Scholarship:
Columbia University, Teachers College
2017 Provost’s Grant for Professional Development:
Columbia University, Teachers College
2018-19 Minority Scholarship:
Columbia University, Teachers College
2016 Myers Art Prize (Macy Gallery Permanent Collection):
Columbia University, Teachers College
2011-2015 MFA Scholarship, MFA Department Scholarship:
Art Center College of Design
2002 UC Regent Scholarship:
University of California
Skills: Mac OS X; Microsoft Windows, Office; Adobe Creative Cloud Applications including Premier, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; Final Cut Pro; Light Installation; Digital Photography; Oil Painting, Watercolor, Traditional Drawing Technique, Woodworking; Korean traditional instrument, Kayagum, Korean traditional dance; Piano
Organizations and memberships: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Member,
The College Art Association (CAA) Member, Los Angles Art Association Artist, Leo Kuelbs Collection (LKC) Video Artist
