Genie is an interdisciplinary artist and expatriate from Washington, D.C., born in Seoul, Korea, she is a first generation American. The collective impressions of her transnational experiences while residing in Asia, Europe and the Middle East inform her work, enriching a dynamic of art forms and research of regional art history. Genie attended the Corcoran School of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She holds a (BA) in East Asian Studies and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio Art from American University in Washington, D.C., where she received the Ruth Meixner-Bird Scholarship, Robyn Rafferty Mathias Research Grants, and The Wolpoff Award for works on paper. Genie is an awardee of The Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County (ACHMC) Artists & Scholars Project Grant FY25. She is currently a resident artist at Hamiltonian Artists, located in the historic U Street Corridor of Washington, D.C.

Through her work, Genie invites the viewer to question preconceived ideas by challenging internal skepticism. Her art practice emerges from a personal narrative of navigating multicultural landscapes and life in an eclectic panorama. With an itinerent background, her work highlights cross-cultural intersections and the tension and balance between tradition and innovation. She has lived in Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Genie’s practice involves a diverse range of mediums, including screen prints, silk paintings, sculptures, natural pigments and laser-cut plexiglass. Her work is an exploration of collective preconception & identity formation, history, and popular culture conveyed in vibrant colors with vivid silhouettes in hard edged abstraction and provocative text. “Kendall Buster describes Genie’s text art as ‘lovely poetic word play that nuances any danger of sloganeering.”

Recently, Genie completed an Artist Residency in the Almería region of Andalucia, Spain at Joya: arte + ecología, further expanding her engagement with intercultural themes and conceptual inquiry. 

In addition, Genie Ghim is the Curator and Director of InterSpace Gallery, a contemporary art exhibition space founded in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area.

Genie lives and works between Washington, D.C. and Madrid, Spain.