Insook Hwang was born and raised in South Korea.

She earned an M.E. (major in Art Education) at Seoul National Universtiy in 1994 in Korea and an M.F.A. (major in Painting, minor in Sculpture) degree at City College of New York in 1999 in United States.

She’s had nine solo exhibitions in both Korea and the U.S., and participated in two major International Contemporary Arts Exhibitions (The Busan Biennale 2002 in Korea / Executive director - Kim Airyung,  The Officina Asia 2004 in Italy / Executive director - Renato Barilli). She has exhibited her work at Artspace in New Haven where she has lived since moving back to the U.S. from Korea in 2006. As an adjunct professor, she taught a Mixed media class at Albertus Magnus College in 2010 and a 'Digital and Mixed media class' at Educational Center for the Arts from 2008 to 2010 in New Haven. She is a recipient of a 2010 Artist Fellowship Grant from Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.