Eana Kim

PhD Candidate

Areas of interest: Modern and Contemporary Art; Science, Technology, and Art; Ecology; Cultural exchanges between Asia and America.

Eana Kim is a PhD candidate at the Institute, where her research focuses on intersections between art, technology, and science of the post-war period. Her dissertation “Becomings: Self-organization in the works of Pierre Huyghe and Anicka Yi” examines new materiality in emerging art practices that engage with living organisms. Kim is the 2022-23 Marica and Jan Vilcek Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Modern Art, and has held positions at the Grey Art Gallery and MoMA PS1; taught courses at NYU. At the Institute, she co-founded IFA Contemporary Asia, a student-run initiative dedicated to fostering scholarship in modern and contemporary Asian art. She holds an M.A. from the IFA and a B.A. with highest honors from Hongik University.