About the Artist
Genie Ghim is a contemporary artist and expatriate from Washington, D.C., born in Seoul, Korea. She is a first generation Asian- American.
The collective impressions of her transnational experiences while residing in Asia, Europe and the Middle East inform her work, enriching her practice of visual art forms and research of regional art history. Recent exhibitions where her work has been featured include Sotheby’s International Realty, Transformer DC, American University Museum, Strathmore Arts, The Universities at Shady Grove, among others.
Her interdisciplinary fine art emerges from life in an eclectic mix of cities and cultures. With an itinerent background, her work highlights intersections of cross-cultural interactions, synthesis and the human connection. She has lived in Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Genie’s recent studio art practice involves various mediums: contemporary screen prints, paintings, sculptures and laser-cut plexiglass. Her work narrates surreal themes, co-existence, and pop culture conveyed in vibrant colors with vivid silhouettes in hard edged abstraction and provocative text.
In November 2024, Mark Jenkins, longtime art critic for The Washington Post reviewed Genie’s new 2D sculptural works exhibited at Stable Arts DC.
During the same month, she completed an Artist Residency in the Almería region of Andalucia, Spain at Joya: arte + ecología. She has shown her work in South Korea, Spain, Qatar and the United States. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections.
Genie attended the Corcoran School of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio Art from American University in Washington, D.C., where she received the Ruth Meixner-Bird Scholarship, CAS Research Grant Awards, and The Wolpoff Award.