The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation

Project Title- Euphoric Proof: Bacterial Melanin Sculptures

Bio:

Lucy Kim is a visual artist exploring the many naturalizing mechanisms that structure day-to-day visual experiences. Her practice is aesthetically and materially wide-ranging, where her focus is on developing forms that are visceral, tactile, and less vision-centric. Using a broad range of materials such as oil paint, silicone rubbers, resins, and live bacteria cells, she makes work as a way to understand and challenge ocular and photographic authority, and the many socio-cultural systems at work to produce visibility. Kim is a recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the Creative Capital Award, Artadia Award, Mass Cultural Council Grant, MacDowell Fellowship, and the Brother Thomas Fellowship. She was an artist-in-residence at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Surf Point Foundation, Hermitage Artist Retreat, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, and the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College. Kim is Associate Professor of Art at Boston University.