Hye Yeon Nam

Resume

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
          Ph.D. Digital Media, School of Literature, Media, and Communication (August 2014)
          Adviser: Dr. Michael Nitsche           

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
          MFA in Digital Media (May 2006)

Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea
          BFA in Information Design (March 2002)



TEACHING, RESEARCH, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ (August 2024 - present)
Associate Professor in Digital Design
         
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (January 2020 - July 2024)
Associate Professor in Digital Arts
         Director of Computational Creativity Lab

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (January 2014 - December 2019)
Assistant Professor in Digital Arts

New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY (August 2007 - July 2008)
Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Communication Arts


SOLO & TWO PERSON SHOWS & FOUR PERSON SHOWS

Future (Un)Known,Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (Aug 2021)
Shifting Datum,Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (May 2019)
Temporal Aesthetics, Firehouse Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (February 2018)
Art + Technology, CSU, Chico, CA (January - February 2015)
You are Happy, OCI Museum, Seoul, Korea (July - August 2014)
Bold Movement, Gallery Ho, New York, NY (September - August 2013)
Unfamiliar Behavior, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA (January - April 2013)
Touching Anomaly, 3rd ward, Brooklyn, NY (January - March 2012)
Somewhere In-Between, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY (January 2011 - March 2011)


GRANTS

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) $20,000, Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) Environmental Art Grants (2023-2024)
Vertical Harvest: 3D Printed Ceramic Green Wall ($16,016, PI: Brendan Harmon), Co-PI, Sustainability Grant, Louisiana State University (2022-2024)
Shifting Datum $2,500, PI, Provost's Fund for innovation in Research - Arts/Humanities Project Support Fund (2022-2023)
Virtual Production ($1,250,000, PI: Rod Parker), Co-PI, Louisiana Economic Development (2021-2026)
Autonomous Construction of the Natural and Built Environment ($115,000, PI: Brendan Harmon), Co-PI, Student Technology Fee (STF) grant, Louisiana State University (2021-2022)
Robots in Nature $2,000, Collaborative Research Seminar Grant, Louisiana State University (2021-2022)
Robots in Nature ($72,500, PI: Brendan Harmon), Co-PI, Faculty Research Grant, Louisiana State University (2019-2021)
Ecological Robotics ($77,000, PI: Brendan Harmon), Co-PI, Student Technology Fee (STF) grant, Louisiana State University (2019-2020)
Navigate, Fabricate and Simulate ($127,767, PI: Zachary Berkowitz), Co-PI, Student Technology Fee (STF) grant, Louisiana State University (2018-2019)
Southeastern Conference Grant (SEC) $900, Louisiana State University (August 2018 - July 2019)
LSU Robotics = Engineering + Art + Design ($97,325, PI: Marcio de Queiroz), Co-PI, Student Technology Fee (STF) grant, Louisiana State University (2017-2018)
Faculty Summer Research Grant $5,000, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (June - August 2017)
Teaching Enhancement Fund (TEF) $500, Louisiana State University (2017)
Amorepacific Museum $8,000, Yongsan Family Park, Seoul, Korea (August - September 2016)
Melding the Physical and Virtual through Emerging Technologies ($90,000, PI: Derick Ostrenko), Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement Grant, Baton Rouge, LA (2016)
Amorepacific Museum $8,000, Youngin, Korea (August - October 2015)
Digital Media Arts and Engineering (DMAE) Lab ($75,297, PI: Marc Aubanel), Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement Grant, Baton Rouge, LA (2014)
OCI Museum $10,000, Seoul, Korea (July - August 2014)
Next Generation Design Leaders Program $70,000, Korea Ministry of Knowledge and Economy and Korea Institute of Design Promotion, Korea (July 2011 - December 2011)
Next Generation Design Leaders Program $20,000, Korea Ministry of Knowledge and Economy and Korea Institute of Design Promotion, Korea (June 2010 - January 2011)
Creative Divergents $500, Summer 2010 Winner (August 2010)
Focal Press Voucher AUS $1000, Australia (June 2009)


RESIDENCIES

Tri-tryagain, Brooklyn, NY (June 2017 – July 2017)
LAB Residency, Spokane, WA (December 2015 – January 2016)


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS/ ACTIVITIES

Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA (April 2025)

"Shardeology," LIC-A Art Space - The Factory, Long Island City, NY (curator. Eric Lawrence) (November-December 2024)
Hilltop Arboretum, Baton Rouge, LA (June 2024)

Copernicus Science Centre, TEI Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (February-March 2023)

Remember Earth?, CAC, New Orleans, LA (July-September 2022)
Sala Camino exhibition space of the Istituzione Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Creativity and Cognition Exhibition, Venice, Italy (June 2022)
New Ordeals Convention Center, CHI Interactivity, New Orleans, LA (May 2022)

IEEE VISAP Exhibition, Virtual (October 2021)
404 International Festival of Art & Technology, Virtual (October 2021)
Creativity and Cognition Exhibition, Virtual (June 2021)

ISEA Festival, Gwangju, Korea (June 2019)
Robots Love Nature Workshop, Texas A&M, College Town, TX (June 2019)
404 International Festival of Art & Technology, Lowell, MA (February 2019)

Interactive Puppets, Knock Knock Children's Museum, Baton Rouge, LA (August 2018)
Baton Rouge Smart City, Water Campus, Baton Rouge, LA (August 2018)
History of the Future, Boston CyberArts Gallery, Boston, MA (May - July 2018)
Interactive Puppets, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, AL (February 2018)

Art Science Exhibits, Berlin Science Week, Berlin, Germany (November 2017)
Out of the Box, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art (Juror. Jean Shin), Auburn, AL (October 2017 - October 2018)
Faculty Exhibition, Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (September - October 2017)
Hurry up and Wait, Asian Arts Initiative , Philadelphia, PA (September 2017 - December 2017)
Denver Convention Center,, CHI Art Gallery, Denver, CO (May 2017)

Future Innovators Summit, ARS Electronica, Postcity, Linz, Austria (September 2016)
Faculty Exhibition, Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (September - October 2016)
"Make Link", Yongsan Family Park, Seoul, Korea (August - September 2016)
"A Building with a View", Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA (August - October 2016)
ISEA Festival, Open Sky Gallery, Hong Kong (May 2016)

"Researcher's Way", Amore Pacific Museum, Youngin, Korea (August - October 2015)
"When Technology becomes Art", Sinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea (July - August 2015)
"Ewha Portfolio", Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea (June, 2015)

"Project Daejeon: The Brain", Daejeon, Korea (November, 2014 - February, 2015)
Junior Faculty Show, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (October - November 2014)
TEI Art Gallery, Munich, Germany (February 2014)

Parodic Machines, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson, NC (October - December 2013)
"XYZ", MODA (Museum of Design Atlanta), Atlanta, GA, (June - August 2013)
ISEA festival, Sydney, Australia (June 2013)
"Asian-American Portraits of Encounter", Japanese American National Museum, California, LA (May - September 2013)

"Asian-American Portraits of Encounter", Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX (November 2012 - April 2013)
"Reverse & Rebirth", Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY (September 2012)
CHI Interactivity, Austin, TX (May 2012)
FILE festival, Rio, Brazil (April 2012)

"Evolution/Revolution", Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY (October - December 2011)
IndieCade, Culver City, CA (October 2011)
ISEA Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (September 2011)
Juan Media Festival, In-cheon, Korea (September 2011)
"Asian-American Portraits of Encounter", The Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (August 2011 - October 2012)
FILE festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil (July 2011)
"Push/Pop" Open Space screening, Seattle, WA (Feb 2011)

Conflux Festival, New York, NY (October 2010)
"Please Touch", ACM SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (September 2010)
"Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Williamsburg, NY (May 2010)

Times Square Screening, New York, NY (curator. Isabella Rossellini) (December 2009)
Future Places Festival, Future Places, Porto, Plato (October 2009)
the Lab, San Francisco, CA (curator. Misako Inaoka, David Cunningham) (October 2009)
Tweak Festival, Ireland (September 2009)
Dumbo Art under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY (July 2009)
Video Screening, The Bhavan, London, UK (curator. Ming Turner) (July 2009)
Simply Screen: Inbetweeners of Asia, Berlin, Germany (curator. Ming Turner) (May 2009)
Screengrab, James Cook University, Australia (May 2009)
This ability, Cafa Art Museum, Beijing, China (curator. Byeong Sam Jeon, Wang Chunchen) (May 2009)
Archetime, TheTankSpace, New York, NY (curator. Olga Ast) (May 2009)

MISC Video & Performance, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY (December 2008)
Hun Gallery, New York, NY (October 2008)
Korus House, Korea Embassy, Washington, DC (October 2008)
The Coyote Festival 2008, Chicago, IL (curator. Catherine Forster) (October 2008)
ACM SIGGRAPH 2008 Art Show, Los Angles, CA (August 2008)
Double Take, Eyebeam, New York, NY (September 2008)
Viridian Artist Chelsea, New York, NY (curator. Elisabeth Sussman at the Whitney Museum of Art) (September 2008)
Windows Brooklyn, New York, NY (curator. Sara Jones) (September 2008)
The Future Was Then ..... so now what, SCOPE Pavilion Lincoln Center, New York, NY (May 2008)
Centennial video special, Crawl Space, Seattle, WA (May 2008)
Mix it up, Rhonda Schaller Chelsea, New York, NY (May 2008)
International Winner 2008, Hun Gallery, New York, NY (February 2008)
Kinetic Image, Torpedo Factory Art Center (Target Gallery), Alexandria, VA (curator. Patrick Lichty) (February 2008)

Portraiture and Identity, Center For New Americans, New York (September 2007)

Translation: Misguided Machines and Cultural Loops, Duo Gallery, New York, NY (curator. Christian Paul at Whitney Museum) (September 2006)
LDN Vs NYC (Inflatable Collapsing New People from London and New York), New York, NY (curator. Karim Hamid)
Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY (May 2006)
MFA Thesis Show, RISD Museum, Providence, RI (May 2006)
Feminism Festival, The Arts at Marks, HI (August 2006)
10 years later, Gana Arts Center, Seoul, Korea (July 2006)
Becoming Uncomfortable, List Museum, Providence, RI (May 2006)

TALKS
LSU Science Cafe "Art meets Technology", Virtual (September 2021)
New Media Caucus Symposium "Border Control", University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (September 2019)
Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Technology Conference, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (February 2019)
Texas A&M, College Station, TX (October 2018)
SCAD, Savannah, GA (April 2017)
Total Museum, Seoul, Korea (2015)
Telfare Museum, Savannah, GA (2013)
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (2011)
Dork Bot, New York, NY (2009)

AWARDS
Type Directors Club (TDC) award, Winner, New York, NY (April 2023)
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Honorable Mention, Auburn, AL(October 2017)
Metropolis Art Prize, Runner-Up, New York, NY (December 2009)
Future Places Festival, Honorable Mention, Porto, Portugal (October 2009)
ZeitGeist, 2009 Video Art Winner, United Creators, New York, NY (September 2009)
19th Annual Juried Exhibition, First Prize, Viridian Artists, New York, NY (September 2008)
Torpedo Factory Art Center, Third Prize, Alexandria, VA (February 2008)
Hun Gallery, 2008 International Winner, New York, NY (February 2008)

SERVICE
ACM SIGGRAPH, New York, NY, 2010-current
SIGGRAPH International Resource Committee (IRC) (2020-)
SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community (DAC) Committee (2010-2021)
C&C (Creativity and Cognition) 2023, , Program Committee, Virtual (June 19-21, 2023)
DIS (Designing Interactive Systems) 2023, , Program Committee, Pittsburgh, PA (July 10-14, 2023)
SIGGRAPH Asia 2022, Emerging Tech Co-Chair, Daegu, Korea (November 6-9, 2022)
Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) 2022 , Advisory Committee Juror for our Artist Fellowship Award (AFA) program in the discipline of Digital Art for the IACA Artist Fellowship Award ($15,000)
C&C (Creativity and Cognition) 2022, , Program Committee, Venice, Italy (June 20-23, 2022)
DIS (Designing Interactive Systems) 2021, , Program Committee, Virtual (June 28-July2, 2021)
SIGGRAPH Asia 2020, Emerging Tech Co-Chair, Virtual (November 17-20, 2020)
UIST 2019 (ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium ) conference, Local Chsir, New Orleans, LA (October 20-23, 2019)
TEI 2019 (ACM Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions) conference, Co-Chair, Art Gallery, Tempe, Arizona, AZ (March 17-20, 2019)
SIGGRAPH Asia 2018, Emerging Tech Committee, Tokyo, Japan (December 4-7, 2018)
NIME 2015 (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) conference , Co-Chair, Workshop and Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (May 31 - June 3, 2015)
Altered Books: Digital Interventions (http://altered-books.siggraph.org) with Prof. Copper Giloth, 2015 on-line SIGGRAPH art show
New York City SIGGRAPH conference, the Metro CAF 2008 Committee

DVD RENTAL (SELF-PORTRAIT VIDEO)
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (March - May 2012)

REVIEWS/ INTERVIEWS
(TV) Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) Art Rocks! Episode (September 2019)
ACM SIGGRAPH, Discovery (2016)
Intel IQ, by Jason Johnson (March 2014)
SI APAP.edu, Recap and Video: Between Image and Word Symposium (April 20, 2012)
PBS News Hour, Negotiating Asian-American Identity Through Portraiture, by reporter Saskia De Melker (October 12, 2011)
VOANews.com, Asian-American Artists Explore Their Identity: Smithsonian exhibit, by Julie Taboh (September 23, 2011)
The Washington Post, Review: The Asian American experience at the National Portrait, by Reporter Jachqueline Trescott (Website and News Paper) (August 11, 2011)
National Portrait Gallery Official Website (July 12, 2011)
Bussiness Insider (March 2011)
(Radio) MDR JUMP, German public radio station, Germany (March 2011)
(TV) Goodday Sacramento, Live TV show, CA (February 2011)
AOL News (February 2011)
Discovery Channel (Canada Broadcasting), Daily Planet Episode, by producer Regine Taduran, (February 28, 2011)
Slashdot (February 2011)
Wired by Bruce Sterling (February 2011)
Engadget By Vlad Savov (February 2011)
Kotaku By StephenTotilo (February 2011)
Gizmodo (February 2011)
Mashable by Charlie White (February 2011)
Tech News Daily by Stuart Fox (July 2010)
Times Square by Glenn Weiss (December 2009)
MSNBC (Broadcasting), Morning Jeo (December 2009)
PSFK(news), by Aziz Ali (November 2009)
Real Time Issue(Magazine), #93 Oct-Nov 2009, by editor Bernadette Ashley (October 2009)
Brokelyn.com, by Faye (September 2009)
Art Fag City, by Paddy Johnson (September 2009)
Discovery Channel (Canada Broadcasting), Daily Planet Episode, by producer Seonaid Eggett, (April 2, 2009)
Wire/multimedia, by editor Eliot Van Buskirk (February 2009)
Makezine, by editor Collin Cunningham (February 2009)
NoiseAddicts(February 2009)
NZMusician (February 2009)
(Radio) Strange Angels, KBCH Radio's weekly broadcast of art & technology, Los Angeles, CA (September 2008)
ACM Siggraph 2008 Art Interview, report by JEN ZEN, Los Angeles, CA (September 2008)
Syracuse City Eagle (News Paper), Vol.3, Issue 37, Community Folks Art Center Opens Double Header, Nancy Keefe Rhode (March 2006)
RISD View(Magazine), The future by Design, p.10 (January 2006)

CERTIFICATIONS
Teaching Certification, Brown University, Providence, RI (2006)
ICPNM (International Certificate Program for New Media), RISD/CRCG imedia, Providence, RI (2004)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant for Virtual Reality Fish Tank, CRCG, Providence, Rhode Island (2003)
Video Engineer, LG Broadcasting Company, Seoul, Korea (2002)
Art Planner Intern, LG Advertising Company, Seoul, Korea (2001)