About

ibre!/.hyd (Howard Kim) is a multidisciplinary artist and creative technician based in the Bay Area, CA. Raised across New Zealand, South Korea, and the United States, early exposure to diverse cultures left a definite mark on his practice - and on the restless, boundary-crossing nature of his work. Since 2015, alongside his studies in aerospace engineering, ibre! began seriously pursuing music as a vocalist and producer. Today his work spans music production, audio engineering, live performance, visual art, interactive installation, poetry, and beyond - without restriction to genre or form.

His influences stretch wide, from Miles Davis, Kevin Shields, Chet Baker, Philip Glass, Erykah Badu, Norah Jones, and D'Angelo - to Nam June Paik, Brian Eno, Jackson Pollock, Tadao Ando and more. His background in aerospace control systems engineering runs quietly beneath all of it: not as contrast, but as collaborator. The aim is to bring the different domains of art and engineering together into pieces and experiences that capture something true about modern life - both personal and universal.

Armed with a distinctive audiovisual aesthetic, multi-instrument capability, deep technical fluency in complex multimedia systems, and hands-on production experience spanning installation rigging, lighting design, and cable routing, ibre!/.hyd continues to push at the edges of art.

This website highlights his artistic practice. For information regarding aerospace engineering work, please click here.  


Contact

email : ibrehyd@gmail.cominstagram : @ibrehyd



Services

General Skills:
Music Composition & Production
Audio Engineering 
Photography
Video Editing and Production
Visual Art
Live Performance
Production & Technical Operations
Interactive/Non-interactive Installation Art
Poetry & Short Piece Writing
Software Skills I:
Ableton Live
Logic Pro
FL Studio
Bitwig
Pro Tools

Final Cut Pro
Davinci Resolve
Adobe Photoshop

Software Skills II:
Mac OS
Windows OS
Linux OS

Touchdesigner
Resolume
Unreal Engine


Python
C/C++
Lua
CAD (NX9, AutoCAD)
etc.




Professional Experience

01.11.2026 ~ current
Production & Creative Technician (Contract)
Gray Area Performing Arts Theater
11.12.2025 ~ 01.11.2026
Production & Creative Development Internship
Gray Area Performing Arts Theater
08.25.2021 ~ 12.17.2023
Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering
San Jose State University
09.18.2015 ~ 05.20.2020
Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign



Exhibitions & Performances


09.10.2025
Live Performance for KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM

08.10.2025
Live Audiovisual Performance for TDSF

06.17.2025 ~ 06.19.2025
Interactive & Immersive Installations for Human Tech Week Conference SF

05.31.2025
Audioreactive Visuals for Artifact

05.22.2025
Audiovisual Performance for Resident Electronic

  11.11.2019 ~ 11.29.2019
MHNT Exhibition



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