Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim

Joeun Kim Aatchim (b. South Korea) is a painter and multimedia artist based in New York City. Aatchim received her BFA from New York University, as well as her MFA from Columbia University. Recent solo exhibitions include François Ghebaly, New York (2022); Make Room, Los Angeles (2022); Harper’s, East Hampton (2021); and Vacation Gallery, New York (2019). Recent group exhibitions include Jeffrey Deitch, New York (2022); Harper’s, New York (2022); Make Room, Los Angeles (2021); and The Drawing Center, New York (2019). Aatchim has received fellowships at Triangle Art Association (2021); Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2019); The Drawing Center (2018-20); Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (2017).

Rajesh Parameswaran is the author of I Am Executioner: Love Stories (Knopf), a Washington Post best book of the year. The collection was named one of the “25 Great Short Story Collections from the 21st Century So Far” by The Scottish Book Trust. Parameswaran’s work has been recognized with a National Magazine Award, and has appeared in The Best American Magazine Writing; The Best American Food Writing; Fiction; Granta; McSweeney’s; Zoetrope: All-Story, and the New Yorker online.