Clara Kim

Clara Kim is Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, where she curated the critically acclaimed exhibition Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom (2023-24), which traveled to Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2023-25). She is co-curating the upcoming exhibition Afterlives: Japanese American Artists and the Postwar Era (opening Feb 2027) for MOCA.

Previously, Kim served as The Daskalopoulos Senior Curator, International Art at Tate Modern (2016-22) where she expanded the scope of Tate’s international collection and spearheaded transnational initiatives. At Tate Modern, she curated survey of artist/filmmaker Steve McQueen (2020); Turbine Hall commission Kara Walker: Fons Americanus (2019-21); A Year in Art: 1973 Chile (2019-20); Christian Marclay: The Clock (2018-9) at Tate Modern; and co-convened major international conferences including Axis of Solidarity: Landmarks, Platforms, Futures (Feb 2019) and Crucibles, Vectors, Catalysts: Envisioning the Modern City (Mar 2021).

Clara previously held curatorial posts at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, REDCAT, Los Angeles, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and San Francisco Art Institute; and serves on the Board of CIMAM (2023-25 and 2026-28) as well as the Chair of the Content Committee of the 2024 CIMAM Annual Conference in LA and sits on the advisory boards for Contempo, East of Borneo, Stuart Collection and Villa Aurora. Kim received her BA in Art History at the University of California, Berkeley and MA in the Humanities at the University of Chicago.