Miru Kim is a New York-based artist who has explored and photographed various urban ruins such as abandoned subway stations, tunnels, aqueducts, sewers, catacombs, factories, hospi ...read more
Miru Kim is a New York-based artist who has explored and photographed various urban ruins such as abandoned subway stations, tunnels, aqueducts, sewers, catacombs, factories, hospitals, and shipyards. Her Naked City Spleen series of photographs include images of her body in these settings. She was featured in Esquire’s 2007 Best and Brightest issue, and her work has appeared in various other international media such as The New York Times, The Financial Times, NY Arts Magazine, Time Out New York, The Korea Daily, La Stampa, JoongAng Daily, Dong-A Daily, Berlingske Tidende, and ProSieben.Miru was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts in 1981 but was raised in Seoul, Korea. She moved back to Massachusetts in 1995 to attend Phillips Academy in Andover, and moved to New York City in 1999 to attend Columbia University. In 2006, she received an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute.
