About the Artist

Lucy Kim is an American sculptor and painter. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Kim moved to the United States for her education. She received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2001 and then her MFA from Yale University in 2007.

Kim was the artist-in-residence at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard from 2018-2021, experimenting with a genetically modified bacteria that produces melanin. In 2022, Kim received the Creative Capital Award for her work printing images with the bioengineered bacteria.

Kim’s unconventional process challenges the relationship between socially constructed ideas of aesthetic and personal desires.