Sung Kim | San Rafael
Sung Kim is an improviser, sculptor, and instrument
builder born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Washington, DC.
In 1989, Kim studied ceramic sculpture at the Corcoran
School of Art. It was at Corcoran that Kim started building
his own variations of the guitar. Kim received his BFA in
sculpture from the school of the art institute of Chicago
in 1999.It was in Chicago where Kim began to deviate
from the guitar to explore other techniques, tonalities,
and sympathetic resonance. It was also in Chicago where
Kim started his collaborations with other musicians to
explore his instruments in an improvisational context.
Kim facilitates his musical and sculptural endeavors by
owning and operating an architectural woodworking
design/build studio in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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