About Grace

Photo by Kaite McTiernan

Grace is a Korean American photojournalist based in Mexico City.  She currently works as a photojournalist between Mexico and Southern California and is open for assignments.

Grace graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Clothing and Textiles from California State University, Long Beach. She has worked as a costume designer in Orange County, Los Angeles, and New York City. In 2017, she enrolled in the School of Photography at Orange Coast College, where she graduated from the School of Photography. 

She can usually be found exploring Mexico City one bike ride at a time- or eating! 


Exhibitions and Awards/Acknowledgments:
2025  First Place Rest of World 2024 Photography Contest 

2024  Photos of the Year, Diversify Photo, work selected for April and October

2023 Group Exhibition, Exploring Shapes and Colours, ArtDoc Photography Magazine

2021  Group Exhibition, Migrants and Shifting Borders, Rome, Italy

2019 Group Exhibition, "Wasted Foods", Newport Bay Conservancy Climate Solutions Conference

2019 Two-Person Exhibition, "Wasted Foods",  Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk

2017  Group Exhibition, "LA Lights", Honorable Mention, black-and-white analog (non-digital) category, Orange County Fair photography gallery


Recent work: 
USC Pro-Palestine campus arrests:



UCLS Pro-Palestine campus protests:



President Biden: 


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