Hye Yeon Nam
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Georgia Institute of Technology
Location:
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
Website:
Bio:
Hye Yeon Nam is a digital media artist working on interactive installations and performance video. She holds a Ph.D. in digital media from Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.F.A. in digital media from Rhode Island School of Design, and a B.F.A. in Information Design from Ewha Womans University. She foregrounds the complexity of social relationships by making the familiar strange, and interpreting everyday behaviors in performative ways. Hye Yeon’s art has been showcased in The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C, Times Square, the art gallery Eyebeam and The Tank, the conflux, the D.U.M.B.O. Art Festival in New York, FILE, SIGGRAPH, CHI, ISEA, E3 Expo, the Lab in San Francisco, and several festivals in China, Istanbul, Ireland, the UK, Germany, Australia, Denmark, and Switzerland. Her work has been broadcast on the Discovery Channel (Canada) and LIVE TV show Good Day Sacramento, published in Leonardo Journal and featured in Wired, We Make Money Not Art, Makezine, Business Insider,Slashdot, Engadget among other publications. She is currently an assistant professor in digital art at Louisiana State University.
Art Show Organizing Committee Chair:
Experience Category: Organizing Committee Co-Chair/Adminitrative Assistant:
Exhibition Committee Member:
Art Show Organizing Committee Member:
- DAC Online Exhibition 2017: Immersive Expressions: Virtual Reality on the Web
- DAC Online Exhibition 2014: Aesthetics of Gameplay
Art Show Custom Committee Member:
- DAC Online Exhibition 2017: Immersive Expressions: Virtual Reality on the Web
- DAC Online Exhibition 2015: Altered Books - Digital Interventions
Learning Category: Jury Member:
Art Paper(s):
Artwork(s):
Experience(s):
![International Resources: Women in CG](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
International Resources: Women in CG
[Morales Laines] [Nam] [Peixoto] [Kim] [Bagli] [Arellano] [Auanen] [Buechley]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]
![ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Meeting and Information Session](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2020-SIGGRAPH-Birds-of-a-Feather-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [BOF]
ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Meeting and Information Session
[Szabo] [Nam]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
![DIGITAL POWER: Activism, Advocacy, and the Influence of Women Online](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2020-SIGGRAPH-Birds-of-a-Feather-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [BOF]
DIGITAL POWER: Activism, Advocacy, and the Influence of Women Online
[Huffman] [Nam] [Ostrenko] [Park] [Eifler] [Labowitz Starus] [Gallegos] [Szabo]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
![Postcards from the Immersive Edge and Bloopers from the Virtual Classroom](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2020-SIGGRAPH-Birds-of-a-Feather-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [BOF]
Postcards from the Immersive Edge and Bloopers from the Virtual Classroom
[Nam] [Aoki]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
Role(s):
- ACM SIGGRAPH Village Presenter
- Art Papers Jury Member
- Art Show Artist
- Art Show Jury Member
- Art Show Organizing Committee Chair
- Art Show Organizing Committee Member
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Emerging Technologies Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Studio (SIGGRAPH Lab) Presenter