MIKYOUNG KIM
www.mikyoungkim.com
risd connections: Associate Professor and Head, Department Landscape Architecture; at RISD since 1994
about the artist: Mikyoung Kim, principal of mikyoung kim design in Brookline, MA, is an award-winning land architect and environmental artist whose use of sculpture and music brings a sensitivity and inclusiveness to her designs. According to critic John Beardsley, her “appearance...in the front ranks of contemporary landscape designers tells us a great deal about the shifting focus within the profession.... She is representative of a new generation of artists, philosophers and designers who are interested in the inhabitation and transgression of numerous professional and cultural boundaries.” Kim’s projects have varied from civic gardens and municipal playgrounds to large-scale parks and institutional master plans, and her work has been featured in Architectural Record, Sculpture, Landscape Architecture, Land Forum, and Pages Paysages, as well as in a recent monograph focusing on her designs of the past 10 years.
selected projects
Seattle Mile Alignment Project, SeaTAC Airport, Seattle, WA
US Food & Drug Administration Arts Master Plan, White Oak, MD
United States Federal Courthouse Plaza, Little Rock, AR
Elkhart Riverfront Masterplan, Elkhart, IN
Sol LeWitt Art Collection Sculpture Garden, Chester, CT
Congregation Meditation Labyrinth, Chester, CT
Pan Asian Olympics 2002 Master Plan, Busan, Korea
Kookmin Life Insurance Training Facility, YongIn, Korea
Kyobo Life Insurance Headquarters Plaza, Seoul, Korea
DaeWoo Urban Plaza and Fountains, Seoul, Korea
United States Federal Courthouse Artpiece, Wheeling, WV
Seoul Express Transportation Terminal Steam Sculpture, Seoul, Korea
Central Wharf Artery Project, Boston, MA
Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Seattle Sound Transit, Seattle, WA
Slices: LG Research Center Rooftop, Daeduk, Korea
Contemplation: LG Research Center Entry, Daeduk, Korea
Navigation: Lucky Corporation Research Park, Daeduk, Korea
YeongdongPo Urban Park, Seoul, Korea
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Frasier Terrace
US Embassy for Tunisia, Tunis
Sand Elementary School Courtyard, Hartford, CT
McDonough Elementary School Courtyard, Hartford, CT
McKinley Elementary School, Fairfield, CT
Carroll School for the Blind Sound Garden, Newton, MA
Light Gateway for Chinatown, Seattle, WA
Hide and Seek Wall: Moylan Elementary School Playground, Hartford, CT
selected awards
· US Federal Courthouse, Wheeling, WV: General Services Administration Design Award; Design Honors, Boston Society of Architects
· Kent State University Liquid Crystal Science Center, Kent, OH: Design Award, Boston Society of Architects
· Moylan Elementary School, Hartford, CT: LandForum Design Awards; Design Honors, Boston Society of Architects; Design Award, Boston Society of Landscape Architects
· LG Research Center, Daeduk, Korea: KCAC Grand Prize Award, Korean Cultural Commission
·· Granite Garden: Build Boston Design Honors, Boston Society of Architects
··Entrance Courtyard: Honor Design Award, American Institute of Architects, Connecticut Chapter; Design Award, American Society of Landscape Architects
·Pan Asian Olympics Competition, first place
education
Harvard Graduate School of Design, MLA, 1992
Oberlin College, BA in Sculpture, with a minor in Piano, 1989
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