Jae Hwan Lim is a politically driven artist-activist focusing on human rights and the struggles for democracy in the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He is the Founder and Director of Humans of North Korea (HNK), an organization that advocates for North Korean defectors in the United States and for global citizenship. Lim's archive includes sketches of artwork, newspapers, brochures, a ticket stub, and other ephemera and research gathered primarily during his time living in Los Angeles, California.

Jae Hwan Lim

Titlesort descending Artist(s)/Author(s) Date Acquired Reference #
The Paintings of Korean Comfort Woman Duk-kyung Kang Hyunji Kwon 6/9/2019
OS.31227.KW
[a new era of peace and a peaceful land exhibit brochure] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31616.LI
[Amorepacific Museum of Art Forever Barbara Kruger Document] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31609.LI
[Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library brochures] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31613.LI
[Comfort Women - Fan] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31627.LI
[Individual attitudes towards North Korean defectors ballot] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31608.LI
[Korea in the Hague book] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31607.LI
[magazine] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31617.LI
[newspapers] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31619.LI
[patch - "hello comrade?"] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31621.LI
[snowpierce ticket stub] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31612.LI
[theater tickets and posture] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31614.LI
[Universal Declaration of Human Rights] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31610.LI
[watercolor] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31615.LI
[We, Activeast exhibition flyer] 1/24/2019
FS.30963.WE
[white house brochures] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31620.LI
[Wilshire event ticket] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31618.LI
[yellow ribbon ferry disaster ephemera] Jae Hwan Lim 8/17/2020
B.31611.LI