Scarlett Kim (she/her) is a diasporic Korean director, artist, and producer who uses participatory performance and mixed-reality technology to enact social change. She serves as the Associate Artistic Director and Director of Innovation & Strategy at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Scarlett originates, directs, and collaborates on multimedia projects across theatre, visual art, and new media contexts internationally. She is passionate about creating unclassifiable spaces and uplifting underrepresented voices at the intersection of art, technology, and community through rhizomatic collaboration.
Recent partners include REDCAT, The Wrong Biennale, Thomas Mann House, Prague Quadrennial, Shatto Gallery, Chilean National Council of Culture & the Arts, Artcore, Automata Arts, Korea Foundation, Coaxial Arts Foundation, Weston Game Lab, Rogue Artist Ensemble, The Main Museum, Seoul Institute of the Arts, Arts For LA, The Offing, Los Angeles Central Produce Market, Heidi Duckler Dance, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Bound Entertainment, UCLA School of Film, TV and Digital Media, and La MaMa Umbria.
Scarlett co-founded and served as Artistic Director of The Mortuary, a performance laboratory for unclassifiable practices in life and art, developing and presenting projects spanning Korean shaman rituals, chamber orchestras, experimental larps, and little death, a salon series of immersive and interactive performances. At CultureHub, a global art and technology community, Scarlett oversaw the artistic programming of its Los Angeles studio, including artist residencies and Re-Fest, an annual festival bringing together artists, activists, and technologists. As a translator and cultural liaison, Scarlett facilitates intersectional dialogue amongst the global Korean diaspora, with a focus on uplifting Korean indigenous art forms and bridging transnational collaborations. Scarlett received her MFA in Theatre Directing from California Institute of the Arts and a BA in Theatre & Performance Studies and Visual Arts from the University of Chicago.
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