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Kiryung Arrddon Nam
Media Artist & System Designer & Creative Learning Researcher

About

Arrddon is a media artist, system designer, and creative learning researcher working at the intersection of art, technology, and human experience. His practice explores collective imagination by treating society and community as the material of his work. He draws out unexpected interactions and sensorial experiences, focusing on the resonances that emerge between people. Extending this approach, he designs workshops and collaborative systems as artistic practices that explore how collective creativity can shape new forms of learning and connection.

He studied Arts Management at Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts) and founded the artist collective <Rigidbody>, facilitating participatory workshops and collaborative creation. As an Adjunct Professor at K-Arts, he researched art–technology convergence and creative learning environments. He is currently pursuing an MA in Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art, London, and leads research at the Center for Creative Intelligence Design(CCID) in Seoul, focusing on generative AI, interaction design, and prototyping for innovation projects.

Education

2025 - ongoing

MA Information Experience Design | Royal College of Art, London

2013 - 2018

BA Arts Management, Minor in Creative Writing | Korea National University of Arts (K-ARTS), School of Drama

Professional Practices

11. 2024 - ongoing

Principal Researcher | CCID (Center for Creative Intelligence Design), Seoul | Research on generative AI, interaction design, and prototyping

08. 2021 - ongoing

Creative Director | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>

03. 2022 - 08. 2025

Adjunct Professor | Korea National University of Arts, The Department of Multimedia | Lectures on Digital Media Visual (School of Film, TV & Multimedia), Stage Meltimedia Design (School of Drama), AI Experience Design (School of Visual Arts)

10. 2023 - 09. 2024

Director of C&D Planning Group | Smilegate FutureLab | Led creative planning for learning initiative

Selected Works - Exhibitions & Performances

2024

Dance of Objects | Performance, Howling Live, Seoul Arts Center Agora

Gravity | Performance, Howling Live, Junglyeogjang

2022

From Mic to Love | Art Game, Platform Pampa

Talking of Beloved Things Vol.2 | Educational Workshop-linked Exhibition, Seoul Senior Welfare Center & Artspace Isak

Talking of Beloved Things | Seoul Senior Welfare Center

2021

Home in Seoul 100! | Art Game, Online Media Arts Project supported by Arts Council Korea

MemeMe | Art Game, Art Center Nabi, Playmaker

Home in Seoul | Art Game, Seoul Museum of Art

Museum Maker | Art Game, Commissioned by Seoul Museum of Art, presented in Collection_Open Hacking Mining, AR Application

2018

Comes and Goes | Site Specific Serial performance, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC)

Selected Works - Creative Learning

2026

Workshop Series <Systems Practice> | RCA Student Programme, Director & Facilitator

2025

Creative Learning <IED TouchDesigner Workshop> | RCA Student Programme, Director & Facilitator

<AI Commune> Workshop | ArtKoreaLab Super Test Bed Basic Training, Facilitator

Creative Technical Study | Korea National University of Arts, Art Collider Lab, ACCave, Director

VAEKKER#09: SOUND OF VISION | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator

VAEKKER#08: TOUCH AI–NPC | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator

VAEKKER#05: AI + VFX – Next-Gen Workflow | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator

VAEKKER#03: Interactive Procedural Modeling | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator

VAEKKER#02: Facilitation for Creative Learning | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator

VAEKKER#01: Visual Generative AI | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director, Facilitator

2024

TouchDesigner Advanced Class : Technical Study | Korea National University of Arts, Art Collider Lab, ACCave, Director

2022

Noise Jam | [Pipeline] Media Activation Project, Tutor

Collaborations

2025

Iklectik <Noisemas 5> | Visual Artist

Seongnam Cultural Foundation <Upscaling Seongnam Community> | Director

2024

Smilegate Future Lab <SEED 14: From My Own Perspective> | Creative Education, Director

2023

Art Seongsu <GhettoAlive> | Sound Festival, GetoAlive, Forum & Performance, Director

2022

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art <Munsin: Retrospective Towards The Universe> | Exhibition, Electronic Soundscape

Research

2025.6 - 2025.9

Development of an AI-Driven Design Process to Improve Design Process Efficiency | Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation, Co-researcher

2024.7 - 2024.12

Monitoring and Evaluation of the 2024 Our Neighborhood Arts Project <All Arts 31> | Seongnam Cultural Foundation, Korea National University of Arts Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Co-researcher

2020.9 - 2021.12

Operation of a curriculum for training convergence art planners and a convergence performance planning workshop <Toolkshop> | Korea National University of Arts Convergence Arts Center Art Collider Lab, Theater Department, and six other institutions' collaborative education research and development projects, researchers and instructors

2020.8 - 2020.12

<2020 Technology-Enabled Arts and Culture Education> Advisory Group and Consulting Operations | The Korean Arts and Culture Center Association, the Korea National University of Arts Convergence Arts Center Art Collider Lab, Co-researcher

아르동(Kiryung Arrddon Nam, 남기륭)은 미디어 아티스트이자 시스템 디자이너, 크리에이티브 러닝(창의적 배움) 연구자.