{"id":15815,"date":"2025-09-19T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=15815"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:43:12","slug":"michelle-im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/michelle-im\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Im"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7485\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15815-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MichelleIm.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MichelleIm.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MichelleIm.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15869 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_Portrait_2025_Photo-credit-Jason-Campbell_4-1024x679.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_Portrait_2025_Photo-credit-Jason-Campbell_4-1024x679.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_Portrait_2025_Photo-credit-Jason-Campbell_4-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_Portrait_2025_Photo-credit-Jason-Campbell_4-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_Portrait_2025_Photo-credit-Jason-Campbell_4-696x462.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_Portrait_2025_Photo-credit-Jason-Campbell_4-1068x708.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_Portrait_2025_Photo-credit-Jason-Campbell_4.jpeg 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/>Michelle Im creates ceramic sculptures that explore themes of home, displacement, and cultural identity in the context of globalization. Drawing inspiration from ceramic traditions, she examines how historical and cultural forces shape her experience as aKorean American. Using handbuilt figurative forms, Im addresses the psychological tension of embodying conflicting cultural ideologies such as individualism and collectivism. By portraying service workers such as flight attendants, she navigates the nuanced space between cultural dualities, using these figures to reflect on labor, performance, and community.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Im is a Korean-American ceramic artist based in Queens, NY.In 2024, she was selected as the Artist Fellow at the Museum of Arts &amp; Design. Grants and awards include the Center for Craft Teaching Artist Grant, American Craft CouncilEmerging Artist Grant,Penland School of Craft Distinguished Fellowship, and Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Award.Shewas a Visiting Artist in Residence at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Artsand has attended residencies atTownship10,Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and Penland School of Craft. Herwork has received mentions byThe New York Times, ARTnews, and The Korea Times.She holds a BA in Biological Sciences &amp; Art from the State University of New York atBuffalo and is a faculty member at Greenwich House Pottery in New York, NY<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15870\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_001_Hyo-Soon-\u5b5d\u9806_1_2500px-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_001_Hyo-Soon-\u5b5d\u9806_1_2500px-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_001_Hyo-Soon-\u5b5d\u9806_1_2500px-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_001_Hyo-Soon-\u5b5d\u9806_1_2500px-768x1047.jpg 768w, 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src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_003_Young-Eun-\u601c-\u6069_1_2500px-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_003_Young-Eun-\u601c-\u6069_1_2500px-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_003_Young-Eun-\u601c-\u6069_1_2500px-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_003_Young-Eun-\u601c-\u6069_1_2500px-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_003_Young-Eun-\u601c-\u6069_1_2500px-1127x1536.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michelle-Im_003_Young-Eun-\u601c-\u6069_1_2500px-1502x2048.jpg 1502w, 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