Lu Yim is a trans-disciplinary artist who works in experimental performance
to situate pain and sensation within a queer and contemporary conversation.
They are a 2024-2025 A.I.R. Gallery Fellow (NY).
They are a 2024-2026 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence (NY)
Their work has been presented at Performance Space NY, Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, Pageant (NY), Center for Performance Research (NY), and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.
In 2023
they were a Queer | Art Fellow in Performance working with mentor Julie Tolentino.
Yim co-organizes with Physical Education, an artist-run collective, along with Allie Hankins, keyon gaskin, and Takahiro Yamamoto. They were a 2019 Fellow at UCross Foundation (WY) and 2020-2021 AIR at Center for Performance Research (NYC).
Yim holds an MFA in Sculpture from the Milton Avery School of Art / Bard College (2019).
They are a personal trainer and somatic movement facilitator. Since 2020 they have hosted a virtual mutual-aid class ‘Action & Rest’ for folks dealing with burnout, chronic pain, and chronic fatigue.