GENIE GHIM

Artist News

Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

Women Artists of the DMV

September 2025

Full Circle

Strathmore Arts

North Bethesda, Maryland

January – March 2025

The District 51 Art Show

Touchstone Gallery

Washington, D.C.

January – February 2025

Recent Exhibitions

Transcendence

Transformer 20th Annual Auction & Benefit Gala

American University Katzen Arts Center

Washington, D.C.

November 2024

Small Talk

Stable Arts

Washington, D.C.

October – November 2024

Dwellings

FAC Gallery – Frederick Arts Council

Frederick, Maryland

August- October 2024

Pop-up POP ART (Two Person Exhibition)

InterSpace Gallery 

Rockville, Maryland

August 2024

POP! Art with Mass Appeal

Annemarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center

Smithsonian Museums Affiliate

Solomons, Maryland

Juried by Keri Towler of Hirshhorn Museum

May – September 2024

ASA; Artists Sustaining Artists Initiative

Transformer at TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Bethesda, Maryland

June 2024

Translation Through Art

Strathmore Arts

North Bethesda, Maryland

May- July 2024

Building a Caring Community Through Art

The Universities of Shady Grove

Rockville, Maryland

Juried by Yuri Stone & Ariana Kaye, Curators at Glenstone Museum 

April- May 2024

Recent Residency

JOYA: arte + ecología

Andalucia, Spain

October – November 2024

Recent Press & Media

Mark Jenkins’ Discerning Eye “Beyond Borders” 

Review of new work DC Hardcore Punk and Flag

November 2024

Bold Journey 

Artist Interview “Meet Genie Ghim“

September 2024

The Slant Podcast

Artist Interview by Dana Tai Soon Burgess

“Genie Ghim: Crossing Boundaries Exploring Transnational Art & Tradition“

May 2024

Genie Ghim is a contemporary artist and expatriate from Washington, D.C., born in Seoul, Korea. She is a first generation Asian- American. 

The collective impressions of her transnational experiences while residing in Asia, Europe and the Middle East inform her work, enriching her practice of visual art forms and research of regional art history. Recent exhibitions where her work has been featured include Sotheby’s International Realty, Transformer DC, American University Museum, Strathmore Arts, The Universities at Shady Grove, among others.

Her interdisciplinary fine art emerges from life in an eclectic mix of cities and cultures. With an itinerent background, her work highlights intersections of cross-cultural interactions, synthesis and the human connection. She has lived in Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Genie’s recent studio art practice involves various mediums: contemporary screen prints, paintings, sculptures and laser-cut plexiglass. Her work narrates surreal themes, co-existence, and pop culture conveyed in vibrant colors with vivid silhouettes in hard edged abstraction and provocative text. 

In November 2024, Mark Jenkins, longtime art critic for The Washington Post reviewed Genie’s new 2D sculptural works exhibited at Stable Arts DC. 

During the same month, she completed an Artist Residency in the Almería region of Andalucia, Spain at Joya: arte + ecología. She has shown her work in South Korea, Spain, Qatar and the United States. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections.

Genie attended the Corcoran School of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio Art from American University in Washington, D.C., where she received the Ruth Meixner-Bird Scholarship, CAS Research Grant Awards, and The Wolpoff Award.

East Wing/ National Gallery of Art/ Washington DC/ I.M. Pei