Jieun Kim

PhD Student


Jieun Kim is a Ph.D. student in the Art and Architectural History program studying with Professor Dorothy Wong. Her research interests revolve around medieval Chinese and East Asian Buddhist art, particularly focusing on rock carvings and cave temples. Before enrolling at the University of Virginia, she earned her MA in Art History from Hongik University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The master’s thesis, titled “A Study on the Liu Benzun Sect Sculptures of Sichuan in the Song Dynasty-Focusing on the Images of Liu Benzun,” reexamines the creation of unprecedented images of Liu and Vairocana Buddha to shed light on their religious functions and meanings.