Christine Sun Kim
| Christine Sun Kim | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Notable awards | Wynn Newhouse Award, 2011[1] |
Christine Sun Kim is an American sound artist who has been deaf since birth. Based in New York City, she started as a visual artist, but started to be attracted to sound as a medium because of the "rules" society attaches to it and her disconnect from sound as most people experience it. She states her mission as to "unlearn sound etiquette." Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Hull House Museum in Chicago, and Art Basel in Hong Kong. She was named a TED Fellow twice.[2]
Background and education
Sun Kim was born and raised in California, with hearing parents and a deaf sister. She has been profoundly deaf since birth. She attended University High School in Irvine, California and graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2002 with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.[3] She has a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and another in Sound and Music from Bard College.
References
- ↑ "Christine Sun Kim statement". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Corapi, Sarah (29 January 2015). "Deaf since birth, artist Christine Sun Kim explores the social rules of sound". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Murad, Susan L. (Fall–Winter 2011). "Alumni Profiles" (PDF). Focus: 15. Retrieved 4 December 2015.