Ham Yang Ah (b. 1968) received her bachelor’s degree in painting in 1991 and master’s degree in art theory in 1993 from Seoul National University. In 1998 she received a master’s degree in media art from the Graduate School of New York University. Her solo exhibitions include “Dream…in Life” at Insa Art Space in 2004; “Transit Life” at Kumho Museum of Art in 2005; and “Adjective Life in the Nonsense Factory” at Art Sonje Center in 2010. She has participated in various group exhibitions at home and abroad including “Contemporary Korean Art: Wonderland” at National Art Museum of China in Beijing in 2007; the 7th Shanghai Biennale in 2008; “Media Archive Project 2009” at Arko Art Center; the 8th Gwangju Biennale in 2010; “21 Rooms” at Nam June Paik Art Center in 2011; “Art of Communication: Anri Sala, Yang Ah Ham, Philippe Parreno, Jorge Pardo” at at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Korea, currently MMCA in 2011; and “Art with Chocolate” at Museum Ritter in Waldenbuch in 2012. She has been selected for artistin- residence programs including International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York in 2003; AIT exchange program in Tokyo in 2005; and Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier in 2009. Ham is the recipient of the 3rd Daum. net Media Art Prize from Parkgeonhi Foundation in 2004; Arts Award of the Year from Arts Council Korea in 2005; Hermes Foundation Art Award in 2008; and the nominee for Korea Artist Prize from National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2013. In her media art, Ham Yang Ah has developed a unique narrative media art that depicts various sides of society, metaphorically based on the life of individuals. Ham has taken interest in three major themes―the individual, society, and nature (or socialized nature)―resulting from her personal life experience, namely frequent visits overseas. By integrating images of reality, which she has acquired by observing various modern lives, with contemplation based on her experiences, Ham intends to examine the dynamics of individuals and their community from various perspectives. For example, an individual’s nomadic life and globalism are overlapped, and so are individual desire and the snobbery of a capitalist society. But she does not indicate a specific view or attitude toward these social issues. Her works only begin from the curiosity towards phenomenon taking place in the “here and now,” where Ham stands. As an active observer, like a documentary film director, she steadily records the present, which consequently serves as an indicator for discourse on the contemporary era.