Hyeji Nam

Photo: Ira Tomic

Born in Seoul in 1993 and based in Vienna, Hyeji Nam is an interdisciplinary artist and musician whose work melds the digital with the physical, exploring themes of body, mind, and technology. She graduated from Korea University in Arts and Design 2016, finished diploma under Ashely Hans Scheirl at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 2021 awarded with Würdigungen Prize and Mentoring Program Scholarship. In 2022 she was awarded with START Stipendium, Scholarship of Fine Arts from the Federal Ministry of Arts, Vienna, Austria.

 

Her sound installations and performances have been spotlighted at prestigious events and venues including Gwangju Biennale 2024(Austrian Pavilion) in South Korea, Vienna Art Week, Parallel, ImpulsTanz, Hyperreality, Unsafe and Sound festival, and Mumok in Austria. In  2023, she released her first album “miracles” under the Viennese independent record label Tender Matter. Her most recent multimedia project has been “Choir of Kin” as part of the collective Transformative Narratives shown at ImageTanz Festival 2024 at Brut, Vienna, Austria. Her newest solo performance is to be shown at ImageTanz Festival 2025 at Brut.

 

Website: www.hyejinam.org