WOO SEO BO
BIO
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WOO SEO BO is Bo Kim, an artist based in Los Angeles. They earned a BA in Asian American Studies and Media Arts from USC. They have contributed to VR and AI projects with institutions such as Amazon MGM Studios and the City of LA, and served as Getty Marrow Curatorial Intern with Hammer Museum, contributing to Made in LA 2023 and programming the academic symposium for Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s.
This drew on Kim’s award-winning USC honors thesis documenting state-sponsored artists in North and South Korea, and how they navigated systems of censorship.
This work helped develop Kim’s ongoing interest in how artists navigate legislative gaps and periods of divestment, leading to their current work as a compliance analyst interpreting federal labor policy for a municipal government agency, and as an intern with California Lawyers for the Arts, utilizing their background in arts administration to organize legal clinics for working artists, held directly in local arts spaces.
They trace all these investments to an upbringing immersed in oral histories of fleeing martial law and training in folk dance, leading to their overarching passions for helping marginalized people navigate legal systems and the relationship between art and national identity.
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Education
University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts, BA Media Arts, American Studies & Ethnicity
2024
Lee JaeEun Korean American Youth Performing Artists
2018-2020
Joo MyungSook School of Korean Dance
2012-2018
Exhibitions
Bo Kim: BURN
SOLO EXHIBITION
Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum
Erin Stout, Chief Curator
Sept 11-18 2025
From the Outside In
THESIS EXHIBITION
School of Cinematic Arts Gallery
May 6-9, 2025
Advanced Sound Art Showcase
GROUP EXHIBITION
School of Cinematic Arts Gallery
Mar 26, 2024
Advanced Techniques of Spatial Representation Showcase
GROUP EXHIBITION
School of Cinematic Arts Gallery
Dec 10, 2023
Sonic Media Art Showcase
GROUP EXHIBITION
School of Cinematic Arts Gallery
May 11, 2022
Grants, Awards, & ScholarshipsAAM Scholar
American Alliance of Museums
May 2025
Kundiman & Rowan Scholar
University of Houston
May 2025
Mobilize! Grant Recipient
Arts in Action
2024
Ninfa Sanchez Memorial Scholar
Honors, USC American Studies & Ethnicity
2024
Project Microgrant Recipient
Long Beach Arts Council
2023-2024
Dornsife Continuing Scholar
USC Dornsife
2023
Innovation Scholar
Chinatown History Project
2021
First Place in Dance
5th Competition of Korean Traditional Performing Arts
Oct 2019
Contributions & Collaborations
Irrational Exhibits 13
Power of the Powerless, Kim Zumpfe
PARTICIPANT PERFORMER
The Bendix Building
Oct 26, 2024
Speculative Ecologies Intensive
Suzanne Lacy, Lauren Bon
STUDENT ARTIST
Metabolic Studio
Mar 2024
Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939 with Metro Art
Old Chinatown Prototype
CONTRIBUTING DESIGNER
Union Station, Los Angeles
2021-2022
Curatorial & Museum WorkAssistant Director
Defunkt Press
“Chapbook Contest”
2025 - Present
Director
The Night Aquarium
“Staging Subjectivity” Sept 20 & 27
2025 - Present
Guest Curator
Voidwave Radio
“Alan Nakagawa” Mar-April 2025
“Kai Kubota-Enright” Jan 2026
Museum Educator
Pacific Asia Museum
“Spotlight Tours” 2023-2024
Getty Marrow Curatorial Intern
Hammer Museum
“Made in L.A. 2023” Oct-Dec 2023 (Artist Selection Contribution)
“Only the Young” Symposium Apr 12, 2024 (Program Designer)
“Hammer Projects: Vamba Bility” Jan-May, 2024 (Researcher)
Getty Marrow Curatorial Intern
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
“HOBOLLYWOOD: Thinh Nguyen” Feb 2023 (Program Lead)
“Beatriz Da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics,” Sept 2024 – Jan 2025
(Archivist & Researcher)
Last Updated 12.07.2025