Heechan Kim is an object maker. He applies traditional craft techniques in new contexts to reimagine and explore outcomes, and challenge craft's visual potential. Kim has been investigating the relationship between the maker's hand and materials. Kim is currently a faculty member of Parsons School of Design, the City College of New York, teaching product design and sculpture. He received a MFA in woodworking and furniture design from Rochester Institute of Technology, a BFA in metal arts and jewelry from Seoul National University.