Biography
Marianne M. Kim is a Korean American artist and educator working in dance, theatre, and video art. She received her M.F.A. from U.C.L.A’s Department of World Arts and Cultures with a focus on choreography and technology in 2004. She received her B.S. in Theatre from Northwestern University in 1993. Known for her work in Japanese Butoh and highly visual multi-media performance works, she has been produced throughout the United States and abroad. Her most recent interdisciplinary works have been presented by Arizona State University, Collision Symposium at the University of Victoria, Man.In.fest International Experimental Theatre Festival in Romania, DeBalie Center for Culture and Politics in Amsterdam and Kinesthetic Kino in San Francisco. She is currently working as an assistant director and performer for choreographer David Rousseve’s newest project Saudade.
As an artistic associate of Chicago performance collective, XSIGHT! (1993-2001) Marianne presented worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, Dance Center of Columbia College, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, University of Illinois Weselyn, University of Alaska in Anchorage and Fairbanks and Out North Contemporary Art House in Anchorage.
Independently, Marianne has directed theatre for Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and the ARGE Kultur House in Austria. Marianne has presented her video work at festivals, galleries, and performance spaces in Portugal, Atlanta, New York City, Anchorage, Toronto, Salzburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ontario, Cluj-Napoca and throughout the Midwest. During her time in Los Angeles (2000-2004), Marianne presented work at LACMA, REDCAT, Crazy Space Gallery, Highways Performance Space, Japan American Cultural Center, and the Electric Lodge. She has taught classes at Northwestern University, UCLA, University of Illinois at Weselyn, and been on faculty at University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Chicago Lab School, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently an assistant professor at Arizona State University’s Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Department.
In the past Marianne has been a guest artist for Yu Dance Theatre, Simone Forti, Victoria Marks, Joe Goode, Johannes Birringer, Richard Maxwell, Deborah Hay, and Katsura Kan. She is a recipient of artist fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council, Jacob K. Javits Foundation, and several grants from the Chicago Artists Assistance Grants, Durfee Foundation, NEA/Dance USA, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts to create new work. She received Chicago’s Ruth Page Award for Choreography and Performance in 1999 and was nominated for a 2002 Lester Horton Award for her piece Passage.