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Kim's work mixes interests in decorative arts and fine arts. Paper wall hangings combine patterned shapes with domestic imagery and materials, while three-dimensional and installation works blur distinctions between the decorated environment and fine art. Digital projects build on similar themes as a variety of indoor and outdoor locales take on decorative character. Her work creates highly feminized spaces that stand in contrast to prevailing high cultural paradigms. Projects draw from a variety of sources including miniature and landscape painting, carpet, fabric and interior design, and architecture.

Nationally recognized and exhibited, Kim's work has won many awards including a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and a fellowship from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Her work is included in corporate and private collections and is also on loan to the DeCordova Museum's Corporate Lending Program. Kim earned a master of architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, a certificate in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA from Smith College. In addition to teaching, Kim has also worked as an architect. She has taught art and design at colleges and universities throughout the country including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She now teaches at the University of Rhode Island.