About Jisun

Jisun is a food performance artist who leads community based food projects with 2 cups of love and a sprinkle of humor. Her most recent work is the Miyeokguk (미역국, seaweed soup) Project - A performance of identities of Korean women diaspora and their reproduction stories (Recipient of R&D grant from AZ commision on the arts, 2022) . 

She worked with the National Theatre for Korea, National Traditional Opera Company of Korea as a part of the directing team. In Arizona, she worked for Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona, Childsplay, Mesa Arts Center as a drama specialist/teaching artist and various theatre productions as a music director. She has been working as a dance studio musician at Arizona State University since 2019. 

Awards and Grants

2022

Research and Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts , for the Miyeokguk project
 

2021

Jerzy Grotowski master course in Pontedera, Italy, Theater no theater (formerly known as Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richard work center), funded by Korean arts council, 2021-2022

2017-2018 ASU

Special Talent Award, ASU Gammage Scholarship, Rita Criste Fellowship Grant Katherine K. Herberger Grant and Teaching Excellence Award