Born in Busan, South Korea, and raised in Canada, Dahn Gim moved to Los Angeles in 2013 and is currently based in Minneapolis. Her work reflects the dual perspectives of being both an insider and an outsider, intricately woven into the tapestry of her life as a “forever foreigner,” shaped by the nomadic ebb and flow of perpetual immigrant status. Exploring the complexities of hybrid identity, Gim engages with various materials to grapple with the friction and fragmentation of assimilation and dislocation. Deeply informed by self-inquiry during times of dispersion, uncertainty, and a longing for belonging, she transmutes her ideas across multiple mediums, including video, sculpture, participatory drawings, durational performance, and installation.
After completing her MFA in Media Arts at UCLA, Gim has exhibited her work at prominent venues in Los Angeles, including the Hammer Museum, Steve Turner Gallery, AA|LA, Human Resources, Barnsdall Art Gallery, Gas Gallery, Camera Obscura Art Lab, Kala Art Institute, Brand Art Library, and Angels Gate Cultural Center. She has also shown her work internationally at venues such as Somerset House (UK), Post Territory Ujeongguk, Space One, Dongdaemun Design Plaza (South Korea), Basis (Frankfurt); Rabindranath Tagore Centre (India) and ifa-laboratory (Belgium). Additionally, she has participated in various international art festivals, including Currents New Media, the UCLA Game Art Festival, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Other Places Art Fair, Now Instant Image Hall, and the LA Art Book Fair at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, as well as Art Souterrain and Now Play This at Somerset House. Recently, Gim was awarded the 2024 McKnight Visual Artists Fellowship.

https://www.dahngim.com/
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Exhibitions with HAIR+NAILS:

Solo shows:
Names I Had You Call Me // 2.9.25 – 3.9.25 // H+N MPLS

Group shows:
Rotate: Cameron Patricia Downey, Chris Larson, Rachel Youn, Dahn Gim, and Ryan Fontaine // 9.3.2025 – 9.19.2025 // H+N NYC
NANCY JULIA HICKS — Sallow + DAHN GIM — Strata: 2016-2020 + TOGETHER: Lamia Abukhadra, Jonathan Herrera Soto, Daniel Luedtke, Nailah Taman // 11.23.24 – 12.29.24 // H+N MPLS