Jamerry Kim

Jamerry Kim was born in Germany, grew up in South Korea and emigrated to America. She considers her most formative years to be spent in Flushing, Queens. She is a multi disciplinary artist and an educator whose interest is the themes of diaspora, language justice, and history. She has worked on various projects which include designing a book that functions as an object which is part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Library. Her documentary film about a Queens Korean adoptee and transgender activist Pauline Park was screened at film festivals including Frameline San Francisco Film Festival at the historic Castro Theatre, Athena Film Festival at Barnard College, and the Korean American Film Festival. Currently, Kim is working on a project that connects Flushing’s rich history to its present day community. She attended the Cooper Union H.S. Art Program and studied art at Yale University.