Jiwon Ham is a media artist whose practice reconfigures the relationship between humans and physical spaces through data. Through interactive art combined with narrative storytelling, she invites audiences to experience the invisible dimensions of space.
Education
2018–2021M.F.A in Art and Technology Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011–2016B.F.A in Entertainment Design, College of Design, Kookmin University
Experience
2020–Designer, Red Paper Heart, NY
2014–2015Director of Videography, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul
Solo & Featured Exhibitions
2025Live from LA!, Processing Foundation Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2025New Media Architectures: Vancouver – AR Edition, SIGGRAPH 2025, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2024LUMINEX 3.0, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2023HiAi, Gwanghwamun Media Wall, Seoul, KR
2023Seoullo Media Canvas, Seoul, KR
2023Journey of Lights, DDP, Seoul, KR
2021Sight&Sound Festival, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada
2020ExTV Festival, Chicago, IL, USA
2019Wishing Forest – Red Paper Heart, Brookfield Properties, Orlando, FL & Norwalk, CT
2017Information Consumption, Design Gallery 705, Kookmin University, Seoul
2017Blossoms, Hyundai Department Store Daegu, 95 × 46m LED
2017Lights in PyeongChang, 2018 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey Arena, Gangneung
2016All Connected, FISITA World Automotive Congress, Busan
2016Shi-Jak, Provincial Government of Gyeongsangbuk-do, Andong
2013Acquainted with the Night, Seoul City Hall
Selected Group Exhibitions
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
Kinomural, Nadodrze, Wrocław, Poland
Windows to the World, 6018 North, Chicago, IL, USA
Controlling Time, Langer Over Dickie, Chicago, IL, USA
T6: 360 Circle Vision, Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul
Light of Greeting, Kangbook Samsung Hospital, Seoul
100 Korean Media Artist Exhibition, Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju City
Media Art Exhibition ‘SHI-JAK’, Korean Cultural Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Young Artists Exhibition ‘See Seoul’, Seoul City Hall
Scholarship
2018–2021Fulbright Scholarship, Fulbright and Korean American Educational Commissions, U.S.A
Awards & Grants
Semifinalist – Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA), USA
Honorable Mention – Busan Cinema Center LED Facade Contest
1st Prize – Dongwon Global Explorer Scholarship Program
Grand Prize – Jiam Innovators’ Studio Contest of Microsoft
1st Prize – Noon Square Myeongdong Content Contest
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign), Cinema 4D, Apple Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools, FontLab Studio, Videography