Photo by Jayon Park at “You are (not) Invited”

Ariel Urim Chung (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist working across performance, technology, and oral history with an aesthetic constructed through trauma studies, embodied research, and her identity as a Korean woman in diaspora. Currently she is a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute and MAGIC Grantee at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.

In her academic and artistic endeavors, Ariel aspires to strengthen solidarity within marginalized communities by creating safe spaces for difficult dialogues. In her previous research, she has focused on the relationship between performance and trauma culture to create a more conscious environment for trauma-sufferers and artists.

Currently, Ariel is experimenting, merging her academic directions and artistic mediums to create something foreign to herself. Specifically, she is exploring hyper-imaginative sites for Asian and Asian-American children and parents to engage in conversation through oral history on food. She is a little scared. and excited.

Prior to OHMA, Ariel obtained her B.A. in Theatre with Honors and minor in Computer Science at Davidson College. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, learning new recipes, and dancing!