KIM HYE REE
Designing What the world sees
K-Culture Visual Director
Performing Arts × Visual Arts × Visual Identity
Profile
Current Roles
K-Culture Visual Director
Higher Vocational Education & Educational Evaluation Specialist
Professional Experience
Costume Team Coordinator, SBS Art Department II
Simultaneous Interpreter & Coordinator, 007: Die Another Day, Pinewood Studios, UK
Administrative Staff, Consular and Economic Sections, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom
Policy Research Committee Member, Higher Vocational Education Research Institute, Korean Council for University College Education
Selected Work
Performing Arts
- 2026–
Musical · Exit 4
Visual Director · In development
- 2026
Fusion opera choral performance · Chunhyangjeon
Costume Support
- 2025
- 2025
Pansori Performance · ANNE
Costume
- 2013
Musical · High Five
Costume Director
- 2013
Musical · Memories
Costume
Visual Arts
- 2021
Life in Fashion Brands
24th International Invitational Exhibition · Korea Brand Design Association
- 2020
Which Would You Choose?
22nd International Invitational Exhibition · Korea Brand Design Association
Education & Research
Higher Vocational Education
- 2026
Musician Styling
Costume and styling editorial production based on music, artist identity, target audience, stage scale, lighting, and performance.
- 2026
Costume Making Project
Draping-based costume making for dramatic character expression informed by narrative analysis.
- 2026
Magazine AD Styling
Storytelling the value of artisan products through styling and advertising content connected to crowdfunding markets.
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2026
Fashion Illustration
Creative visual directing that interprets fashion and beauty brand identities through fashion illustration.
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2026
Fashion Promotion & Marketing
Integrated visual directing from planning and launching a hypothetical fashion or beauty brand to producing promotional content for blogs and Instagram.
Research Publications
- 2026
Development of AI識(AI-Sik) Educational Principles for Higher Vocational Education: A Cyclical Structure of Identification, Verification, and Reconstruction
The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology (JCCT), 12(5), 171–176 · Sep. 2026
- 2026
An Exploratory Case Study on Online and Blended Delivery Models for Practice-Based Courses in Fashion Styling: Implications for K-Culture Industry Talent Development
Journal of Fashion Business, 30(3), 98–109 · Jul. 2026
Policy Research
- 2024
Higher Vocational Education Talent Development for the K-Culture Industry and Regional Retention
Higher Vocational Education Research Center, KCCE · Research Report 2024-07
- 2024
Measures to Promote Workforce Development in the Arts and Culture Industry
Higher Vocational Education Research Institute, KCCE · Inside Report No. 4
- 2023
Higher Vocational Education Responses to the K-Culture Industry
Higher Vocational Education Research Institute, KCCE · Inside Report No. 3
Degree Theses
- 2013
Variable Styling in Contemporary Fashion
Doctoral dissertation, Seoul Women's University
- 1996
A Study on the Influence of Jazz (JAZZ) on Fashion Design
Master’s thesis, Hongik University
Columns & Press
Columns & Serials
- “Kim Hye Ree’s K-Culture Review”Korean University News
View all columns · 9 articles
- Market-Evaluated Learning: An Experiment in Visual Directing Education
- 60 Years of K-Musicals: Talent Development Needs Precise Roles, Not Just Numbers
- In the Era of 16 Million Curated Travelers, Where Will We Train Narrative Designers to Revitalize Regions?
- The Rise of K-Fashion Begins with Rebuilding the Made-in-Korea Ecosystem
- The Future of AI-Based K-Culture Industries Fostered by Junior Colleges
- A Key Route for Global K-Culture: Turning Local Culture into Media Content
- Data-Driven Talent Development: A Foundation for a Sustainable K-Culture Industry
- The Key to K-Culture’s Success: A Systematic Approach to Arts and Culture Workforce Development
- K-Culture Industrialization: A New Strategy for Regional Revitalization
- “Pianists and Fashion”Piano Music (monthly)
4 articles · View all original page images
Interviews
In the News
- Coverage of the Musical “Exit 4”Korean University News
- MAIN BASE Launches Korea–Japan K-pop Project with the Musical “Exit 4”Korea Arts Newspaper
- Participation in Costume Production for “Chunhyangjeon”Dong-A Education
- Policy Research「Developing K-Culture Industry Talent and Supporting Local Settlement Through Junior Colleges」
- Policy Research「Strategies to Strengthen Workforce Development in the Cultural and Arts Industries」
- Policy Research「Directions for Higher Vocational Education in the K-Culture Industry」
Broadcast
- DIMA TVPolicy Forum
