was born in Taegu, Korea in 1957.
She has lived and worked in New York since 1999.
Solo exhibitions include To Breathe: A Mirror Woman, Crystal Palace, Reina Sophia, Madrid, 2006; To Breathe / Respirare at La Fenice and Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, 2006; A Needle Woman, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/ MOMA, 2001; Rodin Gallery, Seoul, 2000; and ICC, Tokyo, 2000; CCA Kitakyushu, 1999; and Sewing into Walking, Magasin, Grenoble, 1997; Traveling solo shows include: Conditions of Humanity, Contemporary Art Museum of Lyon, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, PAC Milan, 2003-2004; Selected group exhibitions include: The 51st Venice Biennale 'Always a little further',2005, Whitney Biennial, 2002, Sharing Exhaustism, the 5th Biennial de Lyon 2002; d'APERTutto, The 24th Sao Paolo Biennale, 1998, The 48th Venice Biennial, 1999; The 5th Istanbul Biennale, 1997; Manifesta 1, 1996; Cities on the Move Traveling Exhibition 1997-2000; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 1997-2000.
