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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.
Selected Production Credits
2026 Hell’s Kitchen Korea Tour GS Arts Center upcoming*
2026 The Year of Magical Thinking LG Arts Center upcoming*
2026 Lempicka Korea Tour Coex Artium upcoming*
2026 Here Lies Love Mark Taper Forum Animator upcoming*
2025 Beetlejuice Korea Tour LG Arts Center 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
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, ChungKang College of Cultural Industries
영상표현기술 | Media Design Basic (2026 ~ )
공연제작III | Production Practice III (2026 ~ )
Lecturer, Seokyeong University
Design Thinking 2 아트앤테크놀로지 | Design Thinking 2 Art and Technology (2026 ~ )