ABOUT

Kyung Hee “Kate” Im is an educator and a visual artist who focuses on sculpture and installation art. Her artwork explores cultural differences, connectedness, intimacy, and isolation which depict the ways people maintain remote relationships, staying connected with digital communication tools and complex networking systems. The sculptures portray bodies that are often fragmented, their parts isolated from one another in space, but also bound together by a network of fragile threads. Those physical threads represent intangible connections, which are in a state of constant flux – sagging down or pulling caught under tension, getting clumped and twisted together, and becoming permanently entangled over time. 

Im has exhibited her artwork nationally and internationally. She won first prize at the 34th Annual Materials: Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition & Exhibition at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, best in show at the 2nd Annual Sculpture Exhibition juried by Patrick Dougherty, and Artist of the Year at the 32^nd Insadong People Special Project Exhibition 2024 in South Korea.

Im currently teaches all-level sculpture courses including installation art and digital fabrication at Central Washington University. Also, she is a board member of the Artist Trust, a nonprofit organization that supports working artists of all disciplines in Washington State.