Valerie Yong Ock Kim grew up in rural Kahalu`u on the Hawaiian island of O`ahu, granddaughter of Okinawan and Korean immigrants. She has had many solo exhibits and has been included in juried shows across the US from Hawai’i to Rhode Island and Paris. Her series, “Light Speed Matter, A Still Place Waiting” was the solo exhibition at Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center on Makawao, Maui which included a seven-minute video piece and kiln-fired photographic cast glass pieces.
Kim directed and wrote "Waging Peace," a 25-minute film about Soviet and American children creating Peace Camps during the ending of the Cold War in1987 while Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan worked at Peace Talks between their two countries.
Valerie is a Local 399 Location Manager out of Los Angeles. She worked on feature films with Oscar-winning Directors Ang Lee, and Julie Taymor, and on Gore Verbinski’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies. Handling the demands of powerful creatives and large-scale projects, Kim supported her independent artistic vision.
Kim is a member of ASMPLA and is represented by Photo Resource Hawaii and Fine Art Associates at Art Loft in Hawaii as well as Art for Film in NYC and Appleton Art Design in CT. She is part of the Kipaipai Fellows out of Los Angeles. Her work is on valyokim.com and torusgallery.com
