Su Hyun Nam




Most Recent Affiliation(s):


  • Syracuse University and University at Buffalo, Department of Transmedia, Assistant Professor and PhD Can­di­date

ISEA Bio(s) Available:


  • ISEA2022

    Su Hyun Nam is based in New York and Seoul as an interdisciplinary media artist and researcher working at the intersection of art, technology, science, and philosophy to investigate relationships with diverse nonhumans. Her work, including experimental video, interactive media, 3D game art, and media performance, has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues from Spain, UAE, Greece, and Singapore to South Korea. She was recently a selected artist by Korean Cultural Center in DC and is currently an artist-in-residence at Harvestworks Media Art Center. Su Hyun Nam earned an M.F.A in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Media Study from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is an Assistant Professor of Mixed Media in the Department of Contemporary Art at Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea.

    ISEA2020

    Su Hyun Nam, Assistant Professor in the Department of Transmedia at Syracuse University and a Ph.D. candidate in media study at University at Buffalo, both USA.: As an interdisciplinary media artist and researcher working at the intersection of art, technology, science, and philosophy, Su Hyun Nam explores her relationship to digital media with an artistic and meditative approach to computation. Her affective experience with technology, which emerged from the process of digital art making, is represented in various forms of media art projects. Her work, including an interactive video installation, 3D game art, and media performance, has been exhibited both nationally and internationally at venues from Spain, UAE, Greece, and Singapore to South Korea. Her community based media art projects were showcased at Burchfield Penney Art Center and Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, and her papers have been presented at SIGGRAPH Asia in Japan and the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) in Colombia. Su Hyun Nam earned an M.F.A in art and technology studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

    ISEA 2019

    As an interdisciplinary media artist and researcher working at the intersection of art, technology, science, and philosophy, Su Hyun Nam explores her relationship to digital media with an artistic and meditative approach to computation. Her work, including an interactive video installation, 3D game art, and media performance, has been exhibited both nationally and internationally at venues from Spain, UAE, Greece, and Singapore to South Korea. Her community-based media art projects were showcased at Burchfield Penney Art Center and Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, New York, and her papers have been presented at SIGGRAPH Asia in Japan and the International Symposium on Electronic Art in Colombia (ISEA2017). Su Hyun Nam earned an M.F.A in art and technology studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Transmedia at Syracuse University, USA and a Ph.D. candidate in media study at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

    ISEA2017

    Su Hyun Nam is an interdisciplinary media artist and researcher based in Buffalo and Chicago, USA, working at the intersection of art, technology and philosophy to explore her relationship to digital media with an artistic and meditative approach to computation. Her works, including an interactive video installation, 3D game art and media performance, has been exhibited both nationally and internationally at venues from Spain, UAE, Greece to Singapore. Her recent paper was presented at SIGGRAPH ASIA in Japan, and her community-based media art projects were showcased at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo. She graduated summa cum laude from Konkuk university in Seoul, Korea, and received her MFA in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Media Study and teaching programming and 3D game technology as an adjunct instructor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.


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Last Known Location:


  • United States of America


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