Exploring alternative storytelling and digital empathy through experimental animation and visual poetry.
Sujin Kim is a Korean visual artist and art educator based in the United States.
Academic Profile: Sujin Kim - School of Art | Carnegie Mellon University
Contact: sujinkimart@gmail.com
Sujin Kim is an award-winning filmmaker specializing in non-fiction animated filmmaking, known for her experimental use of cutting-edge animation techniques and 3D visualization tools. Her work explores deeply personal narratives and collective traumas, often focusing on experiences shaped by historical and systemic violence. Rooted in extensive research and interviews, Kim’s practice is driven by a profound personal engagement with the history and politics of women—particularly in relation to her nation’s complex legacy of colonization, war, and national division.
She earned her MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where her thesis film—centered on the testimonies of military sexual slavery during World War II—was awarded the Gold Medal at the prestigious 49th Student Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Kim’s animations have reached audiences across Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, and the Middle East, reflecting her commitment to creating stories that resonate across cultural and geographic boundaries. Her animations are preserved in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive in the United States and the War and Women Human Rights Museum in South Korea.
In addition to her independent filmmaking, Kim has been commissioned by musicians, including the multiple Grammy Award-winning English rock band MUSE (Warner Music Group) and the post-hardcore band Touché Amoré (Epitaph Records).