Miru Kim is an artist, photographer, illustrator, and arts events coordinator, who has explored, documented, and photographed various urban settings[1] such as abandoned subway stations, tunnels, the Croton aqueduct, Paris catacombs, factories, hospitals, and shipyards.
Miru Kim | |
|---|---|
 Miru Kim exploring the Paris Catacombs | |
| Born | February 20, 1981 Stoneham, Massachusetts, US |
| Nationality | Korean-American |
| Education | Phillips Academy Columbia University Pratt Institute |
| Known for | Photography, illustration, urban exploration |
| Website | www |
She is the daughter of Korean public philosopher Do-ol.
Early life and education
editKim is the daughter of contemporary South Korean philosopher Young-Oak Kim (aka Do-ol). She was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts in 1981 but was raised in Seoul, Korea. She returned to Massachusetts in 1995 to attend Phillips Academy in Andover, and later moved to New York City in 1999 to attend Columbia University. In 2006, she received an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute.[2]
Career
editKim's Naked City Spleen series of photographs include images of herself nude in these settings. For the series The Pig That Therefore I Am, she visited industrial hog farms and immersed herself amongst the pigs.
She was included in Esquire's 2007 Best and Brightest issue.[3] The Financial Times included Kim in an article titled "We'll climb that bridge when we get to it" [4] about urban explorers.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gibberd, Ben (29 July 2007). "Children of Darkness (Published 2007)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ mirukim.com bio page "Miru Kim". Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2011-02-17..
- ^ Colby Buzzell, "Miru Kim Takes Pictures", Esquire, 20 November 2007.
- ^ John O'Connor, "We'll climb that bridge when we get to it", 14 December 2007