HEEKYUNG KIM

EMAIL
info@heekyung.net

CV

Hi!

Heekyung Kim is a projection designer working across 2D and 3D media for live performance. Originally from South Korea and now based in New York, she creates projection and animation work that integrates narrative, spatial design, and digital technology.

Her recent credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Real Women Have Curves on Broadway, The Thing About Jellyfish at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Queen of Versailles at Emerson Colonial Theatre, Redwood on Broadway, Ragtime at New York City Center, Highway Patrol at Goodman Theatre, and international productions of Beetlejuice. Upcoming work includes GUT at HERE Arts Center. She continues to develop new projects across major venues, spanning musicals, operas, dance, and multimedia performance.

Kim is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. She holds an MFA in Live Design and Production, with an emphasis in Integrated Media for Live Performance, from the University of Texas at Austin.

Experience


2025 Beetlejuice Korea Tour 3D modeler / Animator

2025 The Queen of Versailles St. James Theatre Animator

2025 The Monkey King San Fransisco Opera Animator

2025 Real Women Have Curves James Earl Jones Theatre Associate Projection Designer

2025 The Thing about Jellyfish Berkely Repertory Theatre Associate Projection Designer

2024 Maybe Happy Ending Belasco Theatre Animator

2024 The Queen of Versailles Emerson Colonial Theatre 3D modeler / Animator

2024 FUSEBOX Festival Austin, TX Projection Designer / Lead Animator

2024 Romeo y Juliet The University of Texas at Austin Projection Designer / Lead Animator

2024 Highway Patrol Goodman Theatre 3D modeler / Unreal Engine Animator

2023 Ride the Cyclone The University of Texas at Austin Watchout Programmer

2023 Beetlejuice NCL Cruise Tour 3D modeler / Animator

2023 Once Upon A One More Time 3D modeler

2022 This Little Light of Mine Santa Fe Opera Associate Projection Designer

2022 Maybe Happy Ending Alliance Theatre 3D Animator

2021 FUSEBOX Festival Austin, TX Projection Designer

2021 Beetlejuice Broadway Musical Tour in Korea 3D modeler

Education

The University of Texas at Austin, MFA Integrated Media in Live Design and Production, Theatre and Dance Department

Chung-Ang University BA in Theatre Directing

Software

2D
Adobe Creative Suite
After Effects
Premiere Pro
Illustrator
Photoshop

3D
Cinema4D
Substance 3D Painter
Blender
Unreal Engine 5.7
Twinmotion

Programming
Disguise
Watchout 6 - certified
Qlab
Resolume

CAD
Vectorworks
Sketchup
AutoCAD