kate bae &
chihiro shibayama
artist bio
kate bae & chihiro shibayama
Born and raised in Busan, Korea, Kate Bae is an immigrant artist and independent curator based in New York City. She holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, both in painting. Bae is a founder of Women’s Cactus for the Arts, a collective of women artists working in decorative manner that debuted in the SPRING/BREAK Art show 2020, and a member of Fictional Arts Collective (FAC). She has exhibited nationally and internationally including solo shows at the Sunroom Project Space in Wave Hill, Bronx, NY and the Deiglan Gallery in Akureyri, Iceland. Bae is a recipient of Ora Lerman Trust Grant, 2018 Creative Capital Professional Development Program and the 2017 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. She has been an artist in residence at the Golden Foundation, SÍM Seljavegur, the Studios at Mass MoCA, Trestle Gallery, the Wassaic Project, Chashama and the Serlachius-museot, among others. She is a current fellow at the 2020/2021 Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency.
Chihiro Shibayama is a New York-based percussionist and composer born in Yokohama City, Japan. After graduating from Interlochen Arts Academy with a performance award, Shibayama earned both a Bachelor and Master of Music from the Juilliard School. She played percussion on Miss Saigon the musical and her Broadway debut was as one of three on-stage musicians for a new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard starring Diane Lane. She has also performed for the renowned Radio City Christmas Spectacular, ABC's Good Morning America with John Legend and Common, the Metropolitan Opera, among others. As a chamber musician, she regularly performs with American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), Alarm Will Sound, and A Far Cry. She is also a co-founder/ program coordinator of Multicultural Sonic Evolution (MuSE), a non-profit organization that creates a multicultural environment through sound and collaborations with other artistic disciplines such as dance, theater, and film. A Pearl/ Adams concert artist, she is a faculty member of the Diller-Quaile School of Music and Third Street Music Settlement.