Komelia Hongja Okim

Komelia Hongja Okim (born 1939) is a sculptor born in Seoul, Korea. She is also known as Komelia Okim, Kim Hongja, and Hongja Kim

Okim received a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University Bloomington in 1969 and a Masters of Fine Arta from the same institution in 1973. She later traveled to Korea to learn traditional metalworking techniques. She taught at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD from 1972 to 2014, and retired as a professor emerita.