About Me

Nic Cha Kim is an award-winning television reporter, documentary filmmaker, playwright and cultural activist. Winner of 3 Golden Mikes from the Radio and Television News Association for Best Entertainment Reporting, Best Medical and Science Reporting, and Best TV News Public Affairs and the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club.

Executive Director of Niche.LA Video Art, Nic directs and produces documentaries for public television and curates digital and video art shows. Editor of Niche.LA Video Art featured in the Tumblr Art Spotlight. His plays Trapezoid, RE:verseRise Up!, and Like Yesterday have been produced for the stage by Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and Company of Angels.

Best known as Co-Founder of Gallery Row, a creative district in Downtown Los Angeles, Nic presented a proposal to create a gallery district called Gallery Row through parts of Skid Row, Historic Core, and Fashion District. On July 23, 2003, LA City Council voted unanimously to approve the Gallery Row proposal (Council File Index: 03-1571) which prompted Nic to form Gallery Row Organization, an economic development nonprofit with a mission to create a thriving, pedestrian-friendly, and culturally abundant urban neighborhood. Since unveiling, Gallery Row grew from 3 to almost 40 art galleries, museums, and public art installations and in 2005, Gallery Row Organization co-sponsored the Downtown Art Walk which now regularly attracts 30,000 visitors every month.

Nic currently works as a Multimedia Journalist for Spectrum News 1 SoCal. He previously worked as a television reporter for KCET’s award-winning weekly news series, SoCal Connected and documentary filmmaker for KCET’s transmedia series Artbound.

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PressArticleDate
KCETKCET Wins 11 LA Area Emmy Awards, Garners Most Of Any Broadcast Station7/30/18
VarietyLos Angeles Area Emmy Awards: The Complete Winners List7/28/18
KCETKCET Wins Fourteen SoCal Journalism Awards, Most Of Any Broadcaster6/25/18
LA ObservedLA Observed Notes: Long Beach, LAist, Soon-Shiong and much more6/25/18
KCETKCETLink Receives Most Los Angeles Area Emmy Nominations6/14/18
KCETKCET Receives Most Los Angeles Area Emmy Nominations6/13/18
KCETKCET Tops All Other Stations With Most Los Angeles Area Emmy Wins7/24/17
VarietyLos Angeles Area Emmy Awards 2017: Full Winners List
7/22/17
KCETKCET Earns 19 Nominations at 69th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards6/6/17
KoreAm MagazineNic Cha Kim Makes the Case for Why Art Matters4/30/14
KCETKCET’s Award-Winning Weekly Series ‘SoCal Connected’ Begins May 14th4/30/14
LA Stage TimesSpringtime in LA, at Café Vida and on April 29, 19925/7/12
Asiance MagazineThe Astounding Accomplishments of Nic Cha Kim8/16/11
IET DowntownGallery Row – Los Angeles Success Story4/26/11
Pamela’s PunchArt Weekend Launches in Downtown LA1/26/11
Peachies.netArt Walk Tour with Peachies1/15/10
KoreAm MagazineA Walk on the Artsy SideJan 2010
LA TimesNew street signage coming for downtown L.A. galleries11/4/09
BlogDowntownNew Signs Are Wayfinders For Gallery Owners11/3/09
NBCGallery Row featured on NBC9/10/09
Backstage WestTen to Life review by Jennie Webb5/20/09
LA WeeklyReview of Ten To Life5/18/09
Asia Pacific ArtsTwisted Lives5/15/09
LA TimesLodestone is going out on its own terms5/3/09
Current TVSecond Thursdays – The Downtown L.A. Art Walk4/17/09
A3LAArt Revitalizing Downtown Los Angeles3/11/09
LA TimesDowntown LA Art Walk draws gallery hoppers2/8/09
KoreAm MagazineKorean-American Stories2/1/09
Arts District CitizenArt Spotting: Gallery (P)reviews9/15/08
Downtown NewsA Black-And-White World9/5/08
CurbedLAGallery Row’s New Signage Will Help Herd Downtowners6/5/08
LA WeeklyReview of Nic Cha Kim’s Trapezoid5/8/08
LA TimesCaught up in ‘Trapezoid’s’ A.I.4/25/08
BlogDowntownA Visual Spin3/14/08
LA18Role Models12/1/07
Michelle MalkinThe Latest in Religion-Bashing Art4/13/07
DowntownDowntown with Huell Howser3/7/07
Architect’s NewspaperThe Birth of Cool2/21/07
KTLA Morning NewsMan One on KTLA Morning News2006
Los Angeles MagazineLA SceneJune 2006
Downtown NewsGalleries Gone Wild6/12/06
LA Alternative PressG-Rowing Downtown6/2/06
LA TimesDowntown Exhibits Its Eclecticism4/23/06
LA Alternative PressFacing LA1/5/06
Downtown NewsYear Downtown Opened Up12/26/05
LA TimesWhere All the Lights are Bright!10/23/05
LA TimesSpotlight will be on Caltrans10/6/05
Brentwood MagazineGallery Row Transforms Downtown LA5/15/05
KoreAm MagazineCivic Duty – Street Smart ArtMarch 2005
LA Times6 distinct voices with an L.A. link1/25/05
Downtown NewsSuccess and Growing Pains1/10/05
ArtForum.comDigital World: OzAug 2004
Downtown NewsRow Revelry5/7/04
LA TimesIf You Bill It, They Will Come11/4/03