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 (Busan Biennale 2002 in Korea, Officina Asia 2004 in Italy). 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 teaches a Mixed media class at Albertus Magnus College and Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven. She is a recipient of a 2010 Artist Fellowship Grant from Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.