2023 | KIM YE

Challenging dominant narratives: Queer sex worker art in Los Angeles

January 8, 2024 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

“Challenging dominant narratives, interrupting objectification, and queer creativity: Queer sex worker art in Los Angeles” Published in the Journal of Lesbian Studies Authored by Wei Si Nic Yiu, Lauren Levitt, Kim Ye, Kimberly Fuentes, and Ashley Madness. This research paper co-authored by Kim Ye with support from SWOPLA, draws on queer of color critique and […]

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Fellowship: Stanford 2023-2024 CCSRE Mellon Arts Fellow

September 18, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

Kim Ye has been elected to join Stanford University’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity 2023-2024 Mellon Arts Fellowship cohort. Kim Ye will join an extraordinary pool of artists and art practitioners committed to the artistic lives of communities of color from across California. Other 2023-2024 CCSRE Mellon Arts fellows include Rodrigo Reyes […]

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Fellowship: California Arts Council Creative Corps

August 17, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

Kim Ye has been selected to receive a year-long California Arts Council’s CA Creative Corps Fellowship. Kim Ye engages in a multi-disciplinary, research-based practice that engages gendered constructions around power, and the entanglement between public space and private desire. Through their Fellowship, Kim Ye will work with SWOPLA to address social justice and community engagement […]

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Interlude Artist Residency

August 12, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

Interlude Artist Residency welcomes Kim Ye in August 2023 to work in a wide range of mediums. Kim Ye is to be provided with support during their residency to explore and expand their practice, which encompasses performance, sculpture, video, installation, text, and community organizing. Interlude Artist Residency, founded in 2019 by Elsie Kagan, is […]

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The Feminist Curse: Volume VII, Summer ’23

July 28, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

“The Feminist Curse,” Kim Ye’s essay on motherhood, eroticism, and domestic gender parity written from the point of view of a sex worker raising a boy is published in Petit Mort Magazine, Volume VII, Summer 2023. The essay is accompanied by black and white photographs taken by Mark McKnight of Kim Ye and her 6-month-old […]

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A Costco Shopper Analysis

July 8, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

Inspired by the genres of stand-up comedy and the academic lecture, A Costco Shopper Analysis is a 50-minute performance in which the artist traverses the topics of food, fertility, and border control. According to Business Insider, the typical Costco shopper is a 39 y/o Asian American married woman who has a 4-year degree or higher […]

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The Greenhouse Project at UCSC

June 4, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

On Sunday, June 4th, 2023 at 3 PM, Kim Ye will be giving a performative lecture at The Greenhouse Project on food, fertility, and border control through an analysis of the typical Costco shopper: a 39 y/o Asian American married woman who has a 4-degree or higher level of education, and makes over $125k/year. […]

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DOMestication screening at The Roxie

May 18, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

DOMestication is a film created by Kim Ye, directed by Maegan La Trese Philmore, and edited by Jessica Schilling. Inspired by the genre of bridal reality television, this piece chronicles Ye’s wedding to her partner through interviews with the artist, and her friends and family. In tracing the roots of Ye’s reluctance to wed, […]

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KCHUNG PUBLIC: Labor

May 13, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

KCHUNG PUBLIC, founded in 2011, invites visitors to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA at 152 North Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 on May 13th, 2023, from 2 pm to 6 pm, to enjoy performances, installations, and publications inspired by the Los Angeles Labor Union (also founded in 2011). This program is part of KCHUNG […]

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Vibrant Cities Art Grant Award

May 13, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

In June 2023, Kim Ye was awarded a grant from Vibrant Cities Art Grant. This financial support will provide Kim Ye with the means to engage in whatever artistic endeavors they wish to pursue, to research and develop ideas, embark on projects, and complete projects already underway. The Vibrant Cities Arts Grant 2023 is designed […]

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Asian Arts Initiative Residency

April 7, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

Digital Diasporas, founded by yáo collaborative in 2021, is a distributed, remote residency that gives artists the space to research, cultivate their practice, and convene across borders. Digital Diasporas is a spacious opportunity for artists to do deep thinking and form cross-border connections without the pressure of producing a final product. The final selections for the […]

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Home LA: Venice

March 14, 2023 by Zac Chen

HomeLA produces site-specific interdisciplinary performance events in private residences. This Venice iteration takes place at the long-time canal-side home of Mark Mack and Faiza Alhassoun, and features the work of artists Young Joon Kwak & Kim Ye, Emily Marchand, Jobel Medina, Flora Wiegmann & Maya Gurantz, and Stephanie Dai. This HomeLA event explores the intersection […]

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