Dr. Sujin Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at Hampton University, where he joined the faculty in 2023. Prior to this, he was a faculty member in the Historic Preservation Graduate Program at the University of Florida and served as director of the Envision Heritage research center. His expertise lies at the intersection of architectural design studio pedagogy and cultural heritage research, integrating computational methods such as 3D laser scanning, environmental simulation, digital representation, and digital fabrication.
In 2026, Kim served as a DG guest curator for Hampton × Habitat 67: Design for Density in the Newport News Community Gallery, featuring work by Hampton University architecture students examining housing, density, and community through the study of Montreal’s Habitat 67.
This exhibition is in-development. Check back in March 2027 for full programming details.
About the Exhibit
“Living Memories: Korean American Cultural Landscapes of Hampton Roads” is an effort to listen to and document Korean American lives through their spaces and places in Newport News and the broader Hampton Roads region. Drawing on oral history interviews, field observation, and photography, the exhibition focuses on domestic and community landscapes that have often remained outside conventional historical narratives.
The exhibition features photographs, objects, and other visual materials that document and represent Korean American everyday living environments, including residential interiors, backyard gardens, churches, businesses, and gathering places. These materials are presented alongside excerpts from oral history interviews that illuminate participants’ experiences of migration, settlement, family life, work, faith, foodways, and community formation, while also revealing the personal meanings attached to the places and objects on display. Together, the visual materials and personal narratives invite visitors to consider how cultural identity, memory, adaptation, and belonging are expressed through ordinary spaces and material practices.
By bringing these stories and environments into a public gallery, the exhibition seeks to make the long-established but underrepresented presence of Korean Americans more visible within the cultural history of Newport News and Hampton Roads, while connecting this local experience to the broader history of Korean American migration and place-making in the United States.
This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from Virginia Humanities, with support from WHRO.
On Display:
June 11 - July 27
Contact Dr. Sujin Kim
Email: sujin.kim@hamptonu.edu