Kim Kapera (she/her) is a Northeast Ohio photographer and mixed media artist selected for Kent State University's Spring 2026 DI Creatives-In-Residence program, and is one of Akron Soul Train's 2026 artists-in-residence. Her passion for stories and culture has taken her all over the world, but has most recently been pursued through the lens of her Polish heritage. She is interested in collecting memories from the Polish diaspora, and using traditional Polish folk art in modern applications. Her work explores themes of nostalgia, identity, joy and grief. 

Kim studied photojournalism and French at Ohio University, and holds a bachelor's degree in visual communication. The ethnographic research project she completed in Morocco was awarded first place in the Journalism Department at the 2012 Ohio University Creative Exposition.