Kangmin Lim is a mixed media artist and educator based in Columbus, OH, USA. Lim’s work varies from pen drawing to experimental animation, exploring unconsciousness through dreaming and self-reflection. She is currently teaching animation-filmmaking and visual development at CCAD as an assistant professor and working on multiple personal projects. Her recent project Body Portrait 2026 has received Artist Project Grant from Greater Columbus Arts Council and is set to be finished in 2026.

Lim worked in the animation industry as a background designer at Bento Box Entertainment and worked on several shows for the streaming channels Netflix and MAX, including Mulligan (2023), Paradise PD S4 (2022), and The Prince (2021). She is also a freelance animator and worked on music videos. Her award-winning short film Under the Dark Clouds (2020) was selected for film festivals all around the world, including the Palm Springs International Animation Festival, Los Angeles Animation Festival, and Warsaw Animation Film Festival. Lim’s first solo exhibition was ZZZ in 2018. In 2026, she has completed Artist Residency at Creekside Arts in Northern California.

She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Computer Arts at the School of Visual Arts in 2020, winning the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for exceptional achievement. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from Columbus College of Art & Design in 2018. 

She loves penguins and fried eggs.

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contact info : kangminlimart@gmail.com