EDUCATION
2022 Hansoopool Haenyeo School (Fundamental Course, 15th Cohort), Jeju Island, South Korea
2010 MFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI; Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University, Providence, RI
2003 BFA, Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & COLLABORATION
Founder, Women’s Cactus for the Arts (global artist collective)
Collaborator, Eco Action Forest (marine ecology and climate action)
Mentor, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts
Facilitator, participatory workshops and performances across the United States, South Korea, and Southeast Asia
SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2026
La Napoule Art Foundation Residency, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France
Research Studio Residency, Art & History Museums of Maitland, Maitland, FL, USA
Busan Foundation for Arts and Culture Grant, Busan, South Korea
Jeju Culture and Arts Foundation Grant for Artistic Creation, Jeju, South Korea
2025
Busan City ODA Field Scoping Program, Busan Global City Foundation, South Korea
Casa Na Ilha Artist Residency, Ilhabela, Brazil
Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) Emergency Grant
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center Artist Residency, NE
Sculpture Space Residency, Utica, NY
2024
Speaker, Ode to Green: Seaweed Diary, Korea Pavilion, UN COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan
Busan Cultural Foundation of Arts Grant, Busan, South Korea
Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
2023–2022
Mentor, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, NYFA, NY
Makerspace Community Giving Back Membership Award, Brooklyn, NY
Michael Tomassini Artist Accessibility Fund, Solomons, MD
2021
Betsy Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art, Haverford, PA
The Cabins Residency (Martha MOCA), Lambertville, NJ
Chautauqua School of Art Residency, Chautauqua, NY
Real Art Award, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
MVP Chapter Lead Grant, Malikah Gender Justice Institute, New York, NY
ESKFF Residency at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2026
Breathe with Me, Biyangdo, Jeju, South Korea
Making Time: Crafted Realities, Predicting Futures, Silver Art Projects, 4 World Trade Center, New York, NY
Good to SEA You, Busan Art Foundation, Busan, South Korea
2025
Breathe with Me, Grand Central Digital Program, MTA Arts & Design, New York, NY
Biyang, with Hyo Jung Bea, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, South Korea
2024
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Seaweed Diary, Busan Art Foundation, Busan, South Korea
2023
Homo Migratio, with Hyo Jung Bea, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, South Korea
Project on Crisis, with Eco Action Forest, New York, NY and Busan, South Korea
A Rite of Passage, solo presentation, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2019
Possible, Between and Together, solo presentation, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023
Project on Crisis, The Whale Building, New York, NY
Collaboration with Women’s Cactus for the Arts
2020
How to Care for the Succulent, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
Curator, Women’s Cactus for the Arts
2019
Evasive Maneuver, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fictional Art Collective with A21
SELECTED LECTURES, PANELS, AND MEDIA
2025
Speaker, Korea Pavilion, UN COP30, Belém, Brazil (with Eco Action Forest)
Panelist, Apexart, New York, NY
Panelist, BRIO, Bronx Council on the Arts, New York, NY
Speaker, Department of Marine Biology, Silliman University, Philippines
2024
Speaker, Korea Pavilion, UN COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan
2023
Homo Migratio, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, South Korea
Catalog and interview
2022
Guest Speaker, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2021
Artist Talks, Main Line Art Center and Kean University, NJ
Panelist, Art Students League, New York, NY
2020
Interview, CGTN America (Full Frame: Racism Against Asians in the U.S.)
2019
Artist Talk, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2024
Korea Times, “A diverse array of works…,” September 11, 2024
2023
Homo Migratio, Jeju Museum of Art, publication
2022
I’m Fine, Thank You. And You?, Artspace IAa, Jeju, South Korea, catalog
2021
Artnet News, “See 10 of the Exhilarating Installations…,” September 10, 2021
Twirl Project, Twirl: A Decade of Artist Interviews
2020
Friends of the Artist, Volume 11
KMV-lehti News, Mänttä, Finland
Twirl Project, artist interview
2019
NYCulturebeat, “Everything Is Awesome by Kate Bae”
52 Critical Painters, review by Kevin Smith
Pretty Girls Making Cool Shit, interview
2017
The New Art Landscape, digital magazine
Made in Paint, Golden Artist Colors, catalog
2010
Providence Journal, thesis review by Bill Van Siclen
2005–2003
Bennington Banner
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Creative Loafing Arts
The Korea Daily
Art Papers